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The sun has bleached any color off that moon flag.

Which means it’s French.

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Durka? Ooooooh. Not durka. Surrender flag.

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It’s probably black not white at this point, not because of bleaching, which did happen, just cause of decay. At least that’s what PBS Spacetime told me

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So pirates then?

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I’m continuously confused about why they think they are free, or at least uniquely free? What does the moon even have to do with that supposed freedom?

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To conservative Americans the word “freedom” doesn’t mean the same thing that it means to you and I. That’s the simple short explanation for your confusion. It would require a much longer discussion to really unpack why that is and how it intersects with ideology.

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I don’t think they’re trying to make a logically rigorous argument

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It’s a big part of our culture, it’s even in our theme song

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Propaganda

What they said is a line from a song we are made to sing as children. They don’t really teach us about life in other countries, we have to do that ourselves if we happen to be curious.

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You were made to sing that song? Gross!

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Yep. From kindergarten to 6th grade we had to sing that along with a myriad of other similar songs. By the time I was around 13 I started to realize how weird it is and I began questioning everything I had ever been taught. Growing up, my parents made me go to a Catholic school every Wednesday evening so I had been taught lots of incorrect and distorted information. Eventually I began skipping class and I would walk around town and do whatever and that is the first time I actually felt free.

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