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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Oooooh, you're reading this as "I have that assumption about the US flag"?

No, no, I have that assumption about my own flag. We did it. We broke the country by following a fascist leader, and so overtly patriotic assholes waving our flag are typically fascistoid idiots.

Assuming all patriotism is a disease is a healthy assumption that has served me well in life.

I do get freaked out by Americans, though. First time I attended a US sporting event in person and saw a stadium stand in silence for a national anthem for no legitimate reason I lost my ability to be shocked at anything that's happening there today. Did not know what to do for the duration because I sure as hell won't stand in awed contemplation, hand in heart, for my own anthem, so I wasn't gonna do it for the US's. But I definitely became hypearaware of who noticed I was not standing up and I was looking utterly horrified because I wasn't sure if that was going to end well.