June 11, 2025
The foreign flag a-raisin’
By John M. Grondelski
Americans watching the phenomenon of Los Angeles rioters (AKA “peaceful protesters”) saw many waving Mexican flags while burning cars and blocking traffic on a major highway. There are now social media influencers arguing that those folks should ditch the Mexican for the American flag. Why? Substituting the red, white, and blue for the red, white, and-green would not raise American hackles. It would not get Americans thinking, “Maybe there’s really something not in America’s interests in mass, illegal immigration.” It would try to turn impeding federal immigration law enforcement into an “American” thing to do.
We should push back on that advice, because it is lacking one critical element: You should wave Old Glory because you love it. Because you pledge allegiance to it. Because it’s your country.
The flag is not a prop, a backdrop to support the cosplay in which you are engaged. If it is, then you’re missing the critical element just stressed: It’s your flag. It’s a symbol, not a stage decoration. People can even give their lives for symbols; they don’t for props. The guys on Iwo Jima weren’t raising a prop.
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