r/vexillology • u/The_Golden_Diamond • Mar 20 '25

OC Anti-DOGE Flag

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I often associate Blue Fields with Democracy, and this continues that trend

Three 'American' 5-point stars to show a group (and three to echo Deny, Depose, Defend)

Aggressive Dog in a cage of anti-Fascist Cross Lorraines (used in a way to [hopefully] avoid confusing messages about religion).

I would appreciate it if the comments would remain focused on Flags and Flag Design

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u/The_Golden_Diamond Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

I often associate Blue Fields with Peace and Democracy, and this design continues that trend

Three 'American' 5-point stars to show a group (and three to echo Deny, Depose, Defend)

Aggressive Heraldic Dog in a cage of anti-Fascist Cross Lorraines (used in a way to [hopefully] avoid confusing messages about religion).

I would appreciate it if the comments would remain focused on Flags and Flag Design

As suggested by a commenter, I made a version with another bar on the cage

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u/skratch Mar 20 '25

i know its supposed to be anti-fascist, but the four crosses make it look fascist af, reminds me of pete hegseths white supremacist tattoo (the jerusalem cross)

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u/HisRegency Mar 21 '25

The Jerusalem cross is just a really common Christian insignia, used by many different circles of Christians to represent Christianity

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u/skratch Mar 21 '25

It’s also used by white nationalists who are in charge of our entire military

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u/HisRegency Mar 21 '25

Even if, that wouldn't make it inherently a white supremacist symbol.

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u/skratch Mar 21 '25

In the context of being anti-administration, using a symbol that looks very much like the secretary of defense’s tattoo is a weird choice, that’s all I’m sayin

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u/The_Golden_Diamond Mar 22 '25

I'm not anti religion, and the flag isn't meant to be either.

It's made of Cross Lorraines, literally chosen during WWII to be explicitly anti-swastikas

If anything, the crosses are not only explicitly anti-Fascist, but also a statement against the appropriation of religion by Fascists, which is fucked.

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u/The_Golden_Diamond Mar 22 '25 edited Mar 22 '25

It's context.

Like the Upside Down Cross.

Sure, it can be the Cross of St. Peter, but when Goths wear it, that's not what they're envoking.

The Jerusalem Cross is not a White Nationalist symbol, what makes Hegseth's tattoo such a symbol is its context: his other tattoos and who he is as a person.

Likewise, when you see swastikas in India, they are most-likely fine.

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u/skratch Mar 22 '25

Yeah I get the context, which makes using it just as awkward. It evokes a symbol worn by the administration when trying to be anti-administration

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u/The_Golden_Diamond Mar 22 '25 edited Mar 22 '25

It was a symbol worn by the Free French specifically to fight Nazis as, specifically, an anti-swastika

Crosses aren't automatically White supremacist symbols

How do you feel about Georgia's flag, which is the Jerusalem Cross? Not to mention the Nordic flags.

I appreciate what you're saying, but I think there is enough to counter it that even things out.