Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/07/07

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Subject: [Leica] Monday Misc.
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 21:46:30 +0530
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Brian,
Thanks
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 8:30?AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> 
wrote:

> My experience and memory is that the US flag became a right-wing
> political symbol in the end and aftermath of the Vietnam war. There were
> fierce anti-war protests in the USA in the late 1960s, and many pro-war
> protesters insisted that anti-war protestors were un-American and hated
> their country. Those who disagreed with the anti-war protests began
> wearing flag pins in their clothing, putting flags and flag decals on
> their cars, and being publicly scornful of anyone who did not. These
> flag pins and decals supposedly said "I love my country and you don't".
>
> The most popular magazine in the USA, Reader's Digest, included a flag
> decal in their February 1969 issue, with instructions to show it proudly
> as evidence that you supported the Vietnam war. Singer-songwriter John
> Prine soon released a hit song entitled "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You
> Into Heaven Anymore", which ridiculed the Readers Digest effort. Its
> lyrics began "While digesting Reader's Digest in the back of the dirty
> book store/A plastic flag with gum on the back fell out on the
> floor/Well, I picked it up and I went outside And stuck it on my window
> shield..."
>
>  From my point of view it was that conflict over the value and meaning of
> a flag decal to indicate support for the Vietnam war that was the
> beginning of hyperemphasis on the US flag. Instead of just being a flag,
> it was a political symbol.
>
>
>
>
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