Friendship Flag

Whoops! That idea quickly went South ;)

@Mikhails Can I nominate this for comment of the month?

@AReasonableAmerican of course!

@Mikhails I've seen one with 40 upvotes, but now I can't find it.

@Mikhails I see what you did there......Good one

@Mikhails pun intended?

One does not simply make puns of that magnitude unintentionally.

It is a very pretty flag just from an esthetic viewpoint. It is a shame that it is associated with such dreadful events.

I like how sister america tries to be nice while she's not the brightest candle on the cake...

Hey you should do a comic on an incident during the American Civil War. During the war the British sent three raiders to the Confederate forces to help them against the Union. After the War the US demanded compensation for the damages the ships did. Guess what they demanded? CANADA!

@Hyporia Oddly enough, Canada stated that they would have broke away from Britain and combine with America if Britain joined The Civil War on the side of The Confederates (Canada was extremely anti-slavery and even sheltered runaway slaves).

So instead, Britian started growing cotton in India.

yeah I've seen the confederate flag around here a few times before and it honestly should stop in my opinion. I don't think that most Europeans get the seriousness of hanging that flag. Cause I'm from the south and to anyone who isn't a die hard racist sexist straight white male, that flag means trouble. I went to an elementary school (primary school to you guys I think?) where we were allowed to wear those flags on our clothes. And the first time I ever got called and faggot and assaulted was by someone wearing that and he said he did it for his dad. So that flag is no joke to us...sorry to make it all serious. But it's a bad symbol where I'm from.

My Norwegian friend showed me an article about an American women who saw someone flying a Norwegian flag and mistook is for a confederate flag and made a fuss about it. We both had a laugh about that XD.

Sister America seems dumb, but at least she's trying

About amaricans who like to think of themselves as their origins (speaking as one myself.) I think it's the fact that we wanna know where we came from; and, from both your and our eyes we came from Europe just a few generations ago. When I found out I was 3/4ths Irish. (When I was 5.) I thought 'cool'. And decided to learn as much about it as possible! We don't realize how much we annoy you; but please understand we just wanna know where we came from.

'@Bluesamurai' I was like that once. Sadly, I found out that I was nothing but a polish untermensch.

Mississippi has the confederate flag on the corner of their state flag.

@Ptarmigeon That's because it was voted to be the most racist state (but I think Alabama is worse).

Come to think of it, it is VERY weird that we (Americans) never call ourselves American when we talk about our nationality. Well, some of us do, but it's considered very ignorant and overly conservative to deny your heritage. If someone asks your family's origin and you say, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, I'M AMERICAN," you'll likely get an eyeroll.

@ScotchieMistress yeah... When people ask aboot my heritage, the first thing that pops into my head is the fact that I'm technically Prussian. Not German

'@kawaii'_kitten
Prussians were Germans, ethnically. Just like Austrians.
In fact Prussia was the place that united and created modern Germany for all intents and purposes.

@sagas yeah. Makes sense since Germania is their dad xD

@ScotchieMistress It's because America is a country of immigrants. If you look in your family tree far enough back, then you'll find an ancestor from a foreign country who left in search of either economic opportunity or escape from persecution (in some cases, such as Ireland and Armenia, "persecution" translates to "outright genocide").
One thing Americans pride themselves on is having ancestors who came to this country with nothing and built a life for themselves (that's why America is sometimes called "the land of opportunity").

Even before there WAS an America, the thirteen colonies were populated by people fleeing religious persecution (Puritans in Massachusetts, Catholics in Maryland, etc) who had many different backgrounds and came from different parts of Europe.

Though when talking of their heritage, most Americans will refer to themselves as "German-American" or "African-American" or "Japanese-American" instead of simply "German" or "African" or "Japanese".

@ScotchieMistress Wait, what about people with Native American heritage?

@satwnhetafangirl
Indigenous Americans often reference the specific nation or tribe, such as Cherokee, Seminole, Cheyenne, or Choctaw.