Minnesotans... you have Offended me!!!!

[GSPTOPDOG]

Minnesotans... you have Offended me!!!! I am NOT travelling to Minnesota* until YOU change your state flag!!! I am highly offended ... ... and IF ONE person is offended ... WE ALL should be offended


* Minnesota: apparently a state FULL of Racists

[rmsize]

What a load of CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[garddogg56]

[djknife13]

I don't have a Minnesota flag and I've lived in Minnesota all my 76 years. Now I want one and a pole to display it on. Everything in this world offends someone. My existence is offensive to them. This Dem. group of liberal socialists, that have stolen my state and given it over to every goofy cause of theirs offends me almost daily. The Twin Cities have become a third world state, but there is a beautiful northern half of this state where they are not welcome and you don't see them up here much.____Dave

[treefarmer]

We went through a similar thing some years ago here in the state of Florida. Our flag was racist because it had a Seminole woman scattering flowers on the river bank! It was slightly redesigned, there's still a Seminole gal scatterin' flowers, a steamboat in the river and a Cabbage tree (Sabel Palm) depicted on the seal. Another thing mentioned back then was the red "X" on the white flag conjured up thoughts of the Confederacy, it's still there, too.
Slowly rewriting history, changing and destroying the past in order to help folks feel better about themselves. Sad state of affairs we find ourselves in today!
Treefarmer

[MissouriGuerrilla]

Here's an idea. Now, here me out.... what about.....George Floyd's face with the trans flag behind him as background and a rainbow border!

[Case V42]

By golly, Guerrilla, I think you hit it on the head. That would be a pretty accurate representation, but they should probably work Marx in there someplace, too.

[Unk]

Maybe they should just replace it with the hammer and sickle and be done with it?

[djknife13]

With all the really stupid stuff these guys have done this year already, I have zero hope they'll come up with anything that isn't a total embarrassment to us living here. If we had an honest election, they wouldn't be there.____dave

[dsutton24]

Being offended is one of the great joys in my life, but it offends me that I can't read a single word of the OP. What a letdown.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Being offended is one of the great joys in my life, but it offends me that I can't read a single word of the OP. What a letdown.

You can read the article below.
See:

Minnesota seeks unifying symbol to replace state flag considered offensive to Native Americans (msn.com)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minne ... e58c&ei=18

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here's an idea. Now, here me out.... what about.....George Floyd's face with the trans flag behind him as background and a rainbow border!

Maybe this guy might have some good ideas on a new flag....

[GSPTOPDOG]

Here is the article for those not able to read the print;

Minnesota seeks unifying symbol to replace state flag considered offensive to Native Americans

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission went to work Tuesday on designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota to replace a current emblem in both that's considered offensive to Native Americans.

One of the main elements of Minnesota's state flag includes a prominent state seal against a blue background. The seal depicts a Native American riding off into the sunset while a white settler plows his field with his rifle leaning on a nearby stump. The imagery suggests to many that the Indigenous people were defeated and going away, while whites won and were staying.

Not only do the state's Dakota and Ojibwe tribes consider that offensive, but experts in the scientific and scholarly study of flags — known as vexillology — say it's an overly complicated design.

Guidelines from the North American Vexillological Association say flags should be simple but meaningful, with just a few colors, easily recognizable from a distance, and without seals or lettering. The association ranks Minnesota in 67th place out of 72 U.S. and Canadian state and provincial flags. Minnesota's design dates from 1957, an evolution from the 1893 original.

Minnesota is joining several other states in redesigning flags that haven't withstood the test of time. The Utah Legislature last winter approved a simplified flag design that still includes a beehive, a symbol of the prosperity and the industriousness of the Mormon pioneers who settled the state. Mississippi voters in 2020 chose a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust” to replace a Confederate-themed flag that had been used by Ku Klux Klan groups and was widely condemned as racist.

Other states considering simplifying their flags include Maine, where voters will decide next year whether to replace their current banner with a retro version featuring a simple pine tree and blue North Star, as well as Michigan and Illinois.

The Democratic-controlled Minnesota Legislature earlier this year tasked its commission — which includes representatives of the state's tribal and other communities of color — with producing new designs for the flag and seal by Jan 1. Unless the Legislature rejects them, the new emblems will automatically become official on April 1, 2024, which Minnesota observes as Statehood Day.

“What I am looking forward to is creating a flag that we can all be proud of, and a flag that everybody can look at and say: ”Yeah, that’s Minnesota’s flag. That’s a cool flag. That’s very distinctive," said the commission's vice chair, Anita Gall, who teaches state history at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington.

In contrast to flags, state seals, which are used among other things to stamp official documents, can be more intricate, said Democratic Rep. Mike Freiberg, of Golden Valley, an author of the legislation for the new emblems.

Democratic Secretary of State Steve Simon, who sits on the panel, noted that one of his official duties is to serve as keeper of the state seal. “These are enduring symbols and emblems meant to last not just decades, but one or more centuries," Simon said. "And so it’s a big responsibility.”

Two Republican legislators with nonvoting seats on the panel urged their colleagues to choose designs that will be unifying symbols.

Rep. Bjorn Olson, of Fairmont, said the change will be difficult for him, as a student of history and as a captain in the Army Reserve, because outnumbered soldiers from Minnesota staged a critical charge that helped hold the Union line against advancing Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment suffered heavy casualties while carrying a flag that was similar to the current design, he said.

“I know that there’s many Minnesotans that think we need a new flag and there’s many that don’t,” said Sen. Steve Drazkowski, of Mazeppa. “Obviously, the decision is made — we’re going to have a new flag. And so my goal going forward ... is that we have a flag that doesn’t represent one idea or one ideology or one anything, but represents all of Minnesota.”

[GSPTOPDOG]

Being offended is one of the great joys in my life, but it offends me that I can't read a single word of the OP. What a letdown.

I posted the article for all to read.