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American pride is something unique to Americans. Over the past two decades up until Trump’s presidency, 81%-92% said they were extremely proud of their American identity, the Gallup data showed. Only this year, the numbers of extremely proud Americans dropped to a record low of 45%.
On the other hand, this alone shouldn’t be reason enough to forget such a seemingly basic fact as what your country’s flag actually looks like. But for some people, a few stars here and there don’t make that big of a difference, until someone points out this is the Liberian flag, or the Chilean flag, or the Malaysian flag.
The cursed emoji everyone has been throwing around may look like the spitting image of an American flag, but hey, guys, why don't we all get our stars, stripes, and proportions right? In the meantime, I can’t deny there’s an element of hilarity to all this. And a big one.
Too often, Americans seem to mix these two flags together:
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Wow
wandile dludlu 4 years ago
I wonder how these trump followers feel after realising they are using a flag from an African nation
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Guess Kelly Was Too Busy Licking Boots To Realize Her Mistake
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Which President Are We Talking About Here?
The American flag is the quintessential element of American pride that has been embedded in the nation's DNA since the country's early years. But these past years, the US has been undergoing extreme political and social challenges that have been making its citizens rethink American pride and its values.
The percentage of Americans expressing extreme pride in the country has been declining over the past 20 years, but recently it took a more extreme turn. The latest Gallup data gathered from a May 28-June 4 poll found that less than a quarter of Americans, 20%, are satisfied with the way things are going in the US. Meanwhile, presidential approval fell to 39%.
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A True Patriot
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
The avatar he has is also a very famous Soviet anti-religious poster with Yuri Gagarin flying in space and proclaiming that there is no God in the heavens. So this person has multiple dysfunctions.
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Funny-American-Flag-Fails
But Gallup also notes that extreme pride is down among all major subgroups since 2016. In particular, Democratic-leaning groups that include young adults aged 18-29, women, college graduates, and non-whites have been increasingly less likely to express extreme pride over the years.
Interestingly, the Gallup findings showed that Republicans’ national pride marks the largest decline in extreme pride, with a 9% decrease spotted in 2020.
#7
He's Still Our President
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Respect has to be earned. The tangerine toddler has done nothing to earn some respect. Not even acknowledging that he lost the elections in a fair and unrigged democratic process.
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Oof
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For Our New Sprinkler System
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
China made and printed the box and since the box was already in China they also made the contents.
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I Think This Belongs Here
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Colorado’s Own Gateway To Liberia
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Investigate The Liberians!
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The Vice President
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No No No
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Murica
#16
On A Post About How Canada Doesn’t Have An Army (We Do)
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Gloriously Liberian
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Life Is Good, But Positively Liberian
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Liberians Will Never Fall To Communism!
#20
Even More Support For The Southern Part Of Liberia
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
The south does not need to rise again. Good grief. I was born, raised, and unfortunately still in the south. We need to catch up with the rest of the world's thinking. We need to stop flying the Confederate flag, realize TRUMP LOST and start being progressive instead of oppressive. I swear some people around here want to go back to the 1850's.
#21
Which Is It
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Lol
#23
It's A Gas Station In Illinois
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Thank You For Your Support Of Southern Liberia
#25
Trump For Liberia
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A Very “Patriotic” Instagram Account
#27
There’s A Lot Going On Here
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A Lot To Unpack Here
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Hell Yeah 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
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Laura 4 years ago
I actually love that all these people are making this mistake because I’m sure that none of these people have any clue as to WHY Liberia’s flag is similar to the US flag. It was founded by the American Colonization Society for African Americans and freed slaves to resettle and have a decent chance at life. And the flag is based on the US flag.
Katchen 4 years ago
It was also founded because Americans were racist af and didn’t want to live with black people.
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Tracy 4 years ago
To be fair, emojis are small and can be hard to see, and at first glance it's easy to mistake one flag for the other. Plus, your brain sees what it expects to see so unless someone already knew what the Liberian flag looks like, it can easily be mistaken as the U.S. flag. Yes, some of these people are clearly idiots (like the one who thinks Obama retired rather than facing Trump) but I'd give a lot of them the benefit of the doubt. Seems like honest mistakes.
Jace 4 years ago
Why not give them the benefit of the doubt? Because extremely arrogant & aggressive nationalism should be pushed back against at all times. It’s also hypocrisy on their part to act all patriotic but not demonstrate enough understanding of their own country’s flag to choose it in a list of flag emojis. They should know better because they act like they’re superior.
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Sprinkled Donut 4 years ago (edited)
My biggest questions is why people hate each other so much because of their political party. Why do Republicans hate Democrats and vice versa. Can't we agree to disagree? Why does politics have to take over our entire personality? 2. Question: Why don't people know their country's flag🤦♀️
Cori 4 years ago
As a Democrat, I don't hate Republicans. They scare me sometimes, but I definitely don't hate them. I have some close friends who vote Republican and I love the conversations we have. They help me to see the reasoning behind different types of thinking.
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Laura 4 years ago
I actually love that all these people are making this mistake because I’m sure that none of these people have any clue as to WHY Liberia’s flag is similar to the US flag. It was founded by the American Colonization Society for African Americans and freed slaves to resettle and have a decent chance at life. And the flag is based on the US flag.
Katchen 4 years ago
It was also founded because Americans were racist af and didn’t want to live with black people.
Load More Replies... Tracy 4 years ago
To be fair, emojis are small and can be hard to see, and at first glance it's easy to mistake one flag for the other. Plus, your brain sees what it expects to see so unless someone already knew what the Liberian flag looks like, it can easily be mistaken as the U.S. flag. Yes, some of these people are clearly idiots (like the one who thinks Obama retired rather than facing Trump) but I'd give a lot of them the benefit of the doubt. Seems like honest mistakes.
Jace 4 years ago
Why not give them the benefit of the doubt? Because extremely arrogant & aggressive nationalism should be pushed back against at all times. It’s also hypocrisy on their part to act all patriotic but not demonstrate enough understanding of their own country’s flag to choose it in a list of flag emojis. They should know better because they act like they’re superior.
Load More Replies... Sprinkled Donut 4 years ago (edited)
My biggest questions is why people hate each other so much because of their political party. Why do Republicans hate Democrats and vice versa. Can't we agree to disagree? Why does politics have to take over our entire personality? 2. Question: Why don't people know their country's flag🤦♀️
Cori 4 years ago
As a Democrat, I don't hate Republicans. They scare me sometimes, but I definitely don't hate them. I have some close friends who vote Republican and I love the conversations we have. They help me to see the reasoning behind different types of thinking.
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