# Is there a movement to redesign the American flag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 23, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141 "2021-07-23T14:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/21 "2021-07-26T01:01:30Z")
Or, in a fairly recent incident, dry humping the thing on stage. Oh, and the Flag Code is purely advisory. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/22 "2021-07-26T03:44:10Z")
Yes, I know that. It advises on what constitutes disrespect of the flag. I’m not saying that they should be arrested for violating the flag code, or anything. But I am saying that they’re hypocrites for violating it, while accusing others of disrespect. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/23 "2021-07-26T04:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > “Our Stars and Stripes should be the only thing representing this country at the Olympics and Paralympics,” said the Fox News anchor. And the big Ralph Lauren logo on their uniforms. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I might not get much support for this, but I’ve always felt the American flag should get redesigned, so that in the middle (with entirely white background) there’s a small black star, then a plus sign, then the number 50, then an equals sign, and then, finally, a smiley-face dude with thumbs up (drawn 1940s ad illustrator style) underneath the pride-inducing equation. Still wouldn’t be as cool as the proposed flag for New Zealand. [https://nzhistory.govt.nz/files/styles/fullsize/public/laser-kiwi-flag.jpg?itok=6BLBoHTA](https://nzhistory.govt.nz/files/styles/fullsize/public/laser-kiwi-flag.jpg?itok=6BLBoHTA) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/24 "2021-07-26T05:48:45Z")
Oh wow! ding ding ding ding ding! ✅ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/25 "2021-07-26T15:44:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Which idiots are almost always themselves disrespecting the flag, by doing things like defacing it with a blue stripe, or wearing it, or flying it after dark or in the rain Or flying it from a big pickup truck in all kinds of weather. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/26 "2021-07-26T19:14:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Or flying it from a big pickup truck in all kinds of weather. Then it just becomes a flagpole rag, and the wind won’t stop. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/27 "2021-07-27T14:01:41Z")
On second thought - yeah - I’ll show a movement to re-deisgn the US flag. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/28 "2021-07-31T19:36:05Z")
I kind of like this one. [https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/f/fic\_foof.gif](https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/f/fic_foof.gif) I see the stars as representing the people of the country rather than one per state. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/29 "2021-07-31T20:10:19Z")
I don’t know; that one looks to me as if the USA were trying to claim the galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/30 "2021-07-31T20:53:05Z")
That was my thought as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/31 "2021-08-03T15:08:57Z")
The Milky Way has 100-400 billion stars, so that design might be overstating things by quite a bit. Perhaps it should depict the [Small Magellanic Cloud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud), that has about the right number. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141/32 "2021-08-03T17:38:26Z")
I know, but the Milky Way just looks a lot cooler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movement-to-redesign-the-american-flag/947141.md?page=1)