Well said, spoke-. I’m glad more Georgians and other Southerners have contributed to this thread (mouthbreather, you’re not invited).
It wouldn’t have surprised me if someone had proposed a red flag with the white Coke flourish ("~") across the bottom. Or a peach (a peach looks like someone’s ass), or a bunch of peanuts, or a view of the back of Stone Mountain (the back, of course, because showing the carving would have opened a whole 'nother can of worms).
I can’t really think of a single symbol or image that would sum up the state. That’s probably a good thing; it illustrates our rich, multifarious history and geography. Consider that:
Providence Canyon, Dungeness, Peachtree Center, Howard Finster, The Appalachian Trail, St. Simons Island, Columbus, Chateau Elan, the nuclear power plant at Baxley, Sky Valley, Savannah, the McDonald’s in Madison, Emory University, Berry College, Tom Murphy, Cynthia McKinney, the Okefenokee Swamp, Kings Bay Naval Base, Helen, alligators, Augusta, Sparta, Spanish moss, Dallas, kudzu, Houston, the Cherokee Rose, Cleveland, Ted Turner, Ray Charles, Athens and Rome…
…are all people, features, fauna or flora of the same state. It gives me a warm feeling inside, even if it thwarts my efforts to think of a good flag.