solidheronMar 16

Should I wave the Iranian flag at a protest in America

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56906067

Should I wave the Iranian flag at a protest in America - sh.itjust.works

I will avoid saying why I’m planning on doing it now only because it will color people’s interpretation of why I’m doing it. Hopefully my Iran flag will come in time, but it will the a 3’ by 5’ flag and it will tough be 10’ in the air and I will be with other protestors. I have waves the Palestine flag in multiple previous protests and I get the sense that people don’t recognize it like the LGBT flag

Show threadAbouBenAdhemMar 16

I will avoid saying why I’m planning on doing it now only because it will color people’s interpretation of why I’m doing it.

Flags are symbolic—they exist to communicate, and the only criterion to judge their appropriateness is whether they communicate the intended message to the intended audience.

Without knowing your intended message, it’s impossible to say whether or not you should use one in a given context.

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I know. Kinda want to figure out what someone waving an Iranian flag at a protest would mean to an American.

If I gave my reason then it would add to meaning of waving Iranian flag

Mar 16 at 4:18pmWeb
Show threadRiverRockMar 16
I would see it and see someone who is too smart to be caught up in nationalist bullshit: who understands that regardless of one’s feelings about the government of Iran, it’s currently the tip of the spear against the US-zionist empire threatening the world and committing genocide, and is therefore the enemy of my enemy.
Show threadsolidheronMar 17
Yeah I articulate it as Iran is another front against the Epstien class/America empire. Empire taking on more fronts effectively means more allies. Iran is fighting with violence and I’m hoping to get people organized in the US to resist in more peaceful ways