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Mississippi Gets a new flag! From worst to to tier design.
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The yellow symolizes that its the 20th state to join the union
The NY State flag says Excelsior on it
(Some renditions of the NYC flag has the words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci" on it, too)
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I think the third one is better personally, save for the tiny text. There's just a few too many elements in the one they chose. Still, it's a surprisingly decent win for a design by committee.The five finalists:
That second one is bland.
Would you prefer what it replaced?
Even totally ignoring the racist symbolism, this flag still looks like utter shitFor comparison, the old one:
What is the reason?
City and state flags is something I was thinking about recently. I asked a few people where I live (we were all born+raised in NYC) and we all agreed that we feel much more patriotic towards our city and/or our state than to our country, yet none of us own a flag of our city or state. Not that I'm saying I want to go out and display NY State flag merchandise lol, but I wouldn't mind having a state flag. I just never see them anywhere, nor have I ever thought about it.
You do see them here in NYC on occasion, though, like in state parks.
Well it's on there "in God We Trust"
On each dollar and coin, seems like forever
In God We Trust - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Jesus, why do you people keep replying to me with stuff like "have you seen money?" as if that's some kind of own? I'm aware the phrase is on money. Guess what, it's not ideal for the government to make an explicit endorsement of a religion on money either.
…and?
(Actually only been on bills since the fifties, because communism.)
Which religion are they explicitly endorsing? Has the government tried to establish a state church? The founding fathers were theists, so recognizing the existence of A god isn't necessarily unconstitutional. I'm not a fan of it either, but honestly it being so commonplace has probably removed any religious connotation for the vast majority of Americans.
Except it's "God," singular, capitalized.
And the founding fathers didn't make "In God We Trust" the motto, reactionary politicians in the fifties did.
I don't especially care to debate this in this thread, but thank you for following up with a comment that wasn't just "have you seen money"
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Okay, lots of religions use that spelling, whats your point? It has been used on coins since the 1800s, and "so help me god" has been used for every presidential oath ever. Versions of it have appeared on bills and flags for the entire history of our country, and the Star Spangled Banner stated it was our motto I get your point, but if your argument is going to use history you should look a little more comprehensively.
IN GAWD WE TREUST.
I can't wait until America drops this whole super Christian act. It's getting so tiring.
I can't wait until America drops this whole super Christian act. It's getting so tiring.
Because the NYC flag doesn't adhere to the five points outlined by the American Vexillology Association.
It's the stupid seal. Remove that and you willsee vastly increased usage.
Repeat it with me: Seals. Don't. Belong. On. Flags.
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huh. do we ignore the entire religious aspect of this? Or was your comment only made to claim Eisenhower was a communist? it's a cool buzzword and stuff, i guess
weird
The five finalists:
That second one is bland.
I'm bummed they didn't choose the top right one, because I can't stop seeing a butt over water and would have laughed forever.
You know I said "on bills" in my post, right?
It wasn't until the fifties when "under god" was added to the pledge of allegiance and "in god we trust" added to bills, both as part of a cold-war-era popular reaction against the state atheism of marxist-leninist countries
I wasn't saying Eisenhower was a communist, and I really don't know how you got that from my post
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Not very many things in america are unfortunately. Our money has the same phrase and kids say "under god" to a flag everyday in school(when school is happening of course).
This is way better then the previous flag even with the religious connotations.
Okay okay maybe this is me being paranoid but.....
The confederacy had 11 US states in it.
This flag has 10 white stars on the left, 10 white stars on the right, and 1 yellow star in the middle (representing Mississippi). Some people mentioned that Mississippi was the 20th US state to join but then why do you end up with 21 when adding the white and yellow stars? If you add just the left or just the right half of white stars with the yellow star, then you get 11 total stars.
Also, putting in the god stuff is just some petty bs.
The confederacy had 11 US states in it.
This flag has 10 white stars on the left, 10 white stars on the right, and 1 yellow star in the middle (representing Mississippi). Some people mentioned that Mississippi was the 20th US state to join but then why do you end up with 21 when adding the white and yellow stars? If you add just the left or just the right half of white stars with the yellow star, then you get 11 total stars.
Also, putting in the god stuff is just some petty bs.
The five finalists:
That second one is bland.
middle one on the left is really close to the Gondor flag.
I agree- but have you never looked at our dollar bill? or quarter? or anything?
The five finalists:
That second one is bland.
"Look, we just really trust god, okay?"
Please. When I moved here, I thought it was being pranked.
The yellow star made of five diamonds is a symbol designed by the Choctaw Nation. Several of the finalists originally only had 20 stars but their designers all agreed to alter their designs to add the Choctaw star.
Ya Georgia's last three flags have all either bad a confederate flag on it or been based on a Confederate flag.
I made this one real quick one day to make a less racist one that is more based on the original Georgia State flag. Though that is debatable as Georgia like most US states only received an official state flag due to the civil war and seceding.
Don't you dare touch our bear!
(even though we haven't had a grizzly in the state for over 100 years)
After looking at some of the other state flags....yeah, lotsa garbo
At least Mississippi's isn't one of them anymore!
Not "liberals of Mississippi", liberals in general. Doesn't matter if liberals are religious or not. "In God We Trust" is one of the Right's perceived "wars", and it absolutely tracks for them to see mandating it as a blow to liberals. That's how conservatives think and operate.
Definitely an improvement over the previous one that glorifies the confederacy.
I don't care either way about the "In God We Trust" part. I imagine it was the best they could do to still appease their constituents butthurt over having to redesign the flag at all.
I don't care either way about the "In God We Trust" part. I imagine it was the best they could do to still appease their constituents butthurt over having to redesign the flag at all.
