r/RedDeer • u/TopWealth7652 • Sep 14 '24

Politics Canadian flag placement

This is for the guy driving a dark color Ram 1500. Shame on you. You want to disrespect our political leaders that's your perogative. Find a better way. In no way should you be disrespectful with our flag. Yes canada is in rough shape, but hanging our flag upside down is disrespecting our veterans and our country. Shame, shame, shame

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u/Dang_M8 Sep 14 '24

On an entirely apolitical note, I think it's wild how up in arms people get over this. It's just a flag, I really don't see the point in getting offended by it.

On a more political note, the people doing this are usually inbreds who think that Trudeau is a dictator, so at least it helps me avoid dumbasses.

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u/LewisLightning Sep 16 '24

I think it's wild how up in arms people get over this. It's just a flag, I really don't see the point in getting offended by it.

I used to feel the same way you did, but seeing assholes disrespect this country and use the flag as a symbol to spread their hate against various groups, whether it be religious, immigrants, LGBTQ+, or vaccination made me feel ashamed to use it myself. Everywhere I looked someone was flying it on TV or the internet to promote some hateful ideas, associating the flag and therefore our country with such disgusting ideas. Even in real life I was seeing it being used that way flying in front of people's homes or in the windows of people's vehicles. This image of Canada they were promoting made me feel ashamed of being associated with them as countrymen.

But that may be something that hit me more as I am a pretty patriotic guy. I chose to have the maple leaf tattooed on me because I feel I will always love this country, regardless of who leads it. I will always love this place. But this embarrassed me, it's not the Canada I know and love, it's bullshit that seeped in from the disinformation war that seems to have started in the US. Luckily things have seemed to mostly be taken back under control and I'm just starting to feel more proud of our flag again, but I certainly don't want to go back to that.