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What’s wrong with a black US flag? It’s a discrete way to display the flag no?
It’s not really a us flag once you change it.
I'm Canadian, they use a black flag up here too. I don't know or care about proper flag usage, I just know if I see a black Canadian flag on someone's car or clothing that they:
It supposedly means that "no quarter will be given".
Well, shit. Didn't know that thanks
That's also what US Nazis say.
Indeed.
Because I'm surely not the only one going 'why would I want change, I paid with plastic': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_quarter
Start asking for bills then. No point in asking for dimes or nickels.
Ugh. I hate it when people downvote others for asking legitimate questions. I didn’t know it had a special meaning either, so thanks for taking one for the team. 🤷♂️
It's against flag code and is considered not a proper flag.
At this point in my life I couldn’t care less about the flag code. I just like to be discrete. But as people have pointed out, there are meanings that people are already using it for of which I fundamentally disagree with so….
Good thing I never got around to it
Seems like a dogwhistle confederate flag to me.
I mean, if it's on clothing, it's not a flag, it's a flag image. Ergo, the flag code doesn't really give a fuck.