Picture of the Day: Where is the US Flag?
College students and police officers celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule with a performance at a plaza in front of Cheongnyangni Station in Seoul on Aug. 1, 2015. (Yonhap)
“Where is the US Flag?”
Just to put things into perspective… where is the French flag on July 4th?
Nationalism has its problems… but Korean nationalism is a strength. It has maintained a national identity through some rough times… and it currently unifies the country in ways that lead to increasing economic, lifestyle, and social improvements.
Contrast this with the current suppression of the best parts of American nationalism… where American flags have become more offensive than Mexican flags, the unifying language of English is being eroded, failed cultures are being promoted as equal to successful ones, American Exceptionalism is ridiculed, etc.
The National Liberation Day of Korea is a celebration of Korea the Korean identity rather than a celebration of America’s achievements.
America needs no constant little signs of recognition for its many accomplishments.
@1- Touche’ in honor of your French example. I will caveat though that the French did not have as much to do with the success of the American revolution as the US and a lesser extent the Aussies and British for the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Empire.
As far as saying the American flag is now considered offensive I find hard to believe considering from my experience how many foreigners think of us as the biggest flag waving country they have ever seen.
“As far as saying the American flag is now considered offensive I find hard to believe”
There are a number of examples. This one comes to mind…
http://www.americanfreedomlawcenter.org/press-release/ninth-circuit-upholds-ban-on-american-flag-shirts-in-a-california-high-school/