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I'm just amazed how high it is. Living in Europe, and reading "43% in the U.S. say they display the American flag outside their home" ... wtf. Is there any Euro
by spwa4 4mo ago
I'm just amazed how high it is. Living in Europe, and reading "43% in the U.S. say they display the American flag outside their home" ... wtf. Is there any European country that has 1% do that?
- stvltvs 4mo agoContext: this is usually just for national holidays like Independence Day next weekend. It's just a way we've traditionally observed them.
- bestouff 4mo agoOK. But even then we don't do that here.
- esseph 4mo agoDo you have an Independence Day from another world power?
- DougN7 4mo agoIt’s just cultural. I don’t think Americans wear red, white and blue as much as the Dutch wear orange on their holidays as an example.
- wolvesechoes 4mo agoWho is we? Because we do that here (Poland).
- maxldn 4mo agoMaybe NL? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Netherlands#Display_and_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Netherlands#Displa...
- bryanlarsen 4mo agoFlags are weird. In Canada, the right wing loves to fly lots of Canadian flags. At the same time one of Pierre Pollievre's main slogans was "Canada is Broken". He dropped that slogan after Trump made Canadian pride cool again, but the sentiment is still there.
- palmotea 4mo ago> wtf. Is there any European country that has 1% do that? News flash: other cultures are different than yours. People in them will do things that you don't do, or not do things that are extremely common to you.
- 1659447091 4mo ago> Is there any European country that has 1% do that? I dunno about the rest of the country but take a stroll through Madrid. I have never seen so many flags on display, especially around and near a city center. The number of Spain's national and civil flags around the city and hanging off apartment balconies was surprising. In the US flags are generally in the suburbs where the houses are (not so much apartments, leases usually prohibit it). In my experience (Texas, USA) I see more college and state flags than American.