Posted on 02/17/2025 9:50:31 AM PST by algore
George Washington could be removed from the flag of the state that bears his name, with local Democrats accused of a woke plot to erase him from history.
Washington state lawmakers want to redesign their current emblem from 1923 that sees the United States' first president's face sit in the center of a green background.
Progressive Dem politicians Strom Peterson, Julia Reed and Greg Nance introduced House Bill 1938
They want the existing flag to be ditched for a more 'representative' design
In a post on Olympia Time, O'Connell wrote: 'We all know that symbols matter. Without much prompting, we can all think of negative controversies about symbols.
'No one would fly a Trump flag from their truck while honking annoyingly through downtown Olympia (This happens more often than you’d think) if symbols didn’t matter.'
He added: 'Let’s seize this moment to create a flag that reflects the beauty, diversity, and spirit of Washington. After all, symbols matter, and so do we.'
But some of O'Connell's readers took aim at calls for a new flag and claimed they were politically-motivated.
'Spend your time while there in Olympia resolving the issue of gangs and the exploding crime problem amongst the young,' commenter Bruce Heyduck wrote.
'You crazy people don’t care about what the citizens of Washington think! We want law enforcement, bad people in jail/prison.'
'What drivel, uninspired, unoriginal, politically spun nonsense,' a third commenter wrote: 'There is no flag that these virtue signallers could make that would be better.'
And a fourth commenter called Curtis M said: 'What’s the matter with the flag not enough color, maybe a rainbow in the background , drag queens to represent the state’s standing on DEI and LGTBQ+'
George Washington has become a villain to some progressives in recent years because he owned slaves.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Most of us here still call them the ‘Redskins’.
If they are going to take George Washington’s image off of the state flag, then they should change the name of the State from Washington State to Shithead State.
Redraw the state boundary of Oregon to include Seattle and Portland. Washington State should take what’s left of both states.
It means that they’re annoyed about being interrupted in their daily routine of sex-trafficking children...
In 1967, Polish mercenary Rafal Ganowicz was asked what it felt like to take human life, “I wouldn’t know, I’ve only ever killed Communists”.
I believe they would have to change all their highway route signs, too. Those are all shaped at least partly like George Washington’s head.
Gotta overturn Reynolds v. Sims and have the Washington Senate represent counties equally so that coastal sh*t like this don’t fly.
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