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The point is not just that he's blinded by the flag: He's boldly marching into the void, confident. "wrapped in the flag" is a great saying.
by ggm 6mo ago
The point is not just that he's blinded by the flag: He's boldly marching into the void, confident. "wrapped in the flag" is a great saying.
- ua709 6mo agoWorse than a void because a void is not necessarily bad. Walking “off a cliff” rarely ends well.
- freedomben 6mo agoAgree, but that's what we know. The man in the statue is walking into a void from his perspective because he lacks knowledge of his true predicament and is blindly marching forward.
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- bogdan 6mo agoI have no idea what you're on about
- analog8374 6mo agoHe's suggesting that there are several flavors of blindness going around so if we're going to point fingers then we might start with ourselves.
- danparsonson 6mo ago...which is a blatant false equivalence, to be clear.
- analog8374 6mo agoI think it's a pretty good equivalence, actually. And pretty good advice. Passionate certainty should raise a red flag.
- danparsonson 6mo agoThe equivalence between supporting the rights of oppressed minorities, and inciting violence towards foreigners, is a good one?
- dijksterhuis 6mo agoi find that passionate certainty can be a good thing in some cases, especially when someone really does know what they are talking about. but fanaticism is more often a problem than not. fanatics tend to not really understand what they're talking about, or twist it to fit what they want it to be about. > Fanaticism: Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion, politics or ideology; religious frenzy. note -- not talking about any particular "thing" here. just commenting about passion vs. fanaticism in general.
- kulahan 6mo agoI see a similar idea that often gets people talking past each other re: patriotism vs. nationalism
- dijksterhuis 6mo agofor me, and this is just me, if you have to shout about it then you’re possibly not doing patriotism.
- boxed 6mo agoA red flag that is blowing into your face? :P
- lynx97 6mo agoMatthew 7:3–5 I am not religious, but this quote keeps coming up... And people keep forgetting about it.
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- tim333 6mo agoI think he meant the statue would be unchanged but the meaning of it would be.
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- ninjagoo 6mo ago> He's boldly marching into the void into the void, or off the edge? "off the edge" is a clear interpretation of the statue. "into the void" is a bit more of a stretch. IMHO. But that's art for you. Everyone has their own take on it.
- esjeon 6mo agoI guess “void” here is a bit more like a place you can’t even see (because of the flag).
- nickpeterson 6mo agoI always knew returning void was a bad idea
- rob74 6mo agoI you fall off the edge, you might soon be confronted with the void (of death).
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- ndsipa_pomu 6mo agoThe position of the statue (notably the front foot) make it seem very much "walking unknowingly off the ledge of a tall pedestal" rather than marching into the void. I think there's a difference in that "marching into the void" can be seen as heroic, but unknowingly stepping off a ledge is generally seen as being stupid i.e. not using your senses to inform you about the world, but instead relying on nationalism (the flag) to guide you.
- inglor_cz 6mo agoImagine the torrent of wrath if it turned out to be the Palestinian flag.
- MisterTea 6mo ago"It's never steered me wrong!"
- erikerikson 6mo agoGiven that the flag bearer apparently walked on to the pillar, why wouldn't we suspect they can repeat the performance?
- Timwi 6mo agoBecause by walking off the edge they will injure themselves.
- ismail 6mo agoDeath of the nation state?
- ButlerianJihad 6mo agoI see that we have presumed the gender and age of this figure, or we’ve accepted the headline as definitive interpretation of it.
- IAmBroom 6mo agoThe figure is dressed as a traditional Western business/politician man. The person is also weighty - not at all slim - which is consistent with middle or old age. Since that's all the info it gives us, it is acceptable to believe what we are shown is what we are "supposed to" see. When Whistler paints one half of his mother's profile, I just naturally assume she has the other half of her body, too.