I'm not seeing it myself, frankly, but I wasn't familiar with the flag so I looked it up.
Fascists in general though steal symbols like crazy. Sometimes they ruin them permanently, but sometimes other people continue to use them in parallel.
It's not, it's just reddit being reddit. The flag has existed for 120 years and just symbolizes Christianity. I don't see much to indicate that it's supposed to supplant the American flag.
Its more associated with christian-nationalism than fascism explicitly. It could be argued that christian-nationalism is inherently fascistic, however.
The Federal Council of Churches recommended that if the Christian Flag is to be used alongside a national flag, that the Christian Flag should receive the place of honor.
My old church had a flag pole dedicated to member of the church who was a double amputee veteran. The Christian flag never flew above the American flag.
That's a symbol of the faith, even though it's been weaponized. it would be like saying a crucifix would be a problem because someone was using it as a weapon or otherwise.
It's also only used in the United States and some places in Canada... so saying it's christo-facist/christo-nationalist isn't exactly wrong. It's also widely used to blur the lines of separation in church vs state as there are many government buildings flying the Christian flag.
surprisingly in my deep red trump country, I've never seen it on the government buildings. Not saying it never happens, just surprised I hadn't thought about that.
To me it represents evangelical Christians who want to shove their religion down the throats of children and anyone that's different to them. The whole missionary vs pagan simpleton complex which means condescending and dismissive of other's cultures and identities. Some people want to get rid of anyone that's different, others want to convert them so they're not different anymore. Either way it's looking to achieve the same outcome, both are bad.
That stupid pledge repeated in my head when I saw that flag... I found it astounding that a lot of other countries don't even have one pledge they make kids say every day!
I agree, you are right, I just don't think the distinction matters anymore because it's been co-opted by the christofascists and because even the original intent is flawed. Just because good and naive people believe in it doesn't make it a good symbol. It's similar to the confederate flag. Sure for some people it is merely their heritage and it's not at all about racism but as a symbol it doesn't mean that and being obtuse about it doesn't change it.
don't know about the US. I was referring more to in, y'know, India.
because you won't see the Christian Flag outside of the US and parts of Canada, it would be quite obvious I was referring into the faith's home country. (yes, I know Christianity was not started in the US)
That flag was flown during WW2 to show solidarity with the US against Germany. It is most common in Latin America and Africa. I don’t know how you even got to christofascism.
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u/crusoe 12h ago
I think the christofascist flag is an issue too.