Being prideful of your country means that you have nothing done or are nothing that you are proud of.

They might just have the flag in there to indicate their account is in German language

I really wish there was a pictoral way to indicate preferred language without tying it to a country or making people think I like the values of said place.

We could always do (ENG) or (DE) or something but that doesn’t offer much more clarity to the difference, and it reads as less scrutable than 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 or 🇩🇪 to me . Maybe something like (🗣️:🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪) would work?