Let's design a liberal American flag

Conservatives have somewhat appropriated the American flag; flying one risks being painted as a knuckle-dragger. If they want to make it more obvious they have multiple options, like the black flag, Betsy Ross, or the thin blue line.

We need an unabashedly American flag that also says we don’t support insurrectionists. My suggestion is a flag with a single green stripe, similar to the thin blue line. It’ll have to be a bright green to differentiate it from blue.

Another possibility is a flag with a rainbow of stripes. My concern there is that it’s not obviously inclusive of minorities but there would be no confusion as to the intent. It would be a great flag for Pride day.

Old Glory is my flag and I will not allow the forces of ignorance to commandeer her. No quarter

Already taken. A green stripe means you support the Border Patrol.

Lets replace the stars with marijuana leaves.

All 50 at once, or one for each state that legalizes it?

Well boo. I guess that leaves the rainbow flag.

I agree. It’s not THEIR flag.

Leaves no room for ambiguity or unfounded interpretations, I hope.

Anyone who flies the black flag has forfeited the right to use the real one.

It’s our (all of us) flag. Fly old glory at Pride marches and Juneteenth celebrations

It represents our great experiment in democracy.

Flying a modification of the flag, like the Blue Line or the black flag, is a sign of lack of patriotism. The flag code is clear that using the American flag as the basis for some other flag is disrespectful.

Just fly one with a gold fringe.

That says we’re not the on the side of conspiracy theorist people.

I was quite sad when the Gadsden Flag became associated with the Tea Party movement as I was no longer comfortable displaying it in my home. I’m not letting them take Old Glory from me. They can fight me for it.

If you read the whole flag code I doubt you’d find anyone who abides by all that nonsense. Intent determines respect not arcane rules that nobody knows. In any event those modifications you mentioned are still more respectful than the weirdos who burn and stomp on the flag which is typically far left theater.

A flag with 52 stars for Porto Rico and DC statehood.

A flag that says BLM, LGBTQ, Coexist, and cannabis, in five languages

You mean like Trump dry-humping the flag while the GOP pelvic-thrusted in unison?

There is a singer/songwriter named Macy Gray (whose work I do not know) who has been floating an idea of replacing the all-white stars with multi-colored stars, to represent diversity. (Not so incidentally, there is an artist named Kate Kretz who filed a copyright for this idea in February 2020, something to remember when one is arguing the merits or otherwise of this flag idea.) Anyway, of all the revisions this seems both radical enough to inspire attention, but still recognizably the same flag. Good luck agreeing what all the colors should be and where they should be placed, though.

here’s Macy’s flag

Beat me to it.