"Could These Redesigned State Flags Bring America Together?"

Only the one-headed ones though.

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Your debearing fore bearers?

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So much star, so wow, so flage.

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These are horrible. I grew up in Washington and live in California. Both those flags (with all their green-including glory) are way better than this one. Also, the colorful array of all the state flags together is a wonderful thing, IMO. You’d lose that by reducing everything to red, white and blue.

But his biggest sin, IMO, and why I’m not sending this to my wife to grumble at, is the Texas flag. Uh, let’s just say that changing that flag ain’t gonna fly.

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Behold Bearberus, guardian of the Golden Gate to the underworld.

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None of those flags really look like an improvement, but I wouldn’t mind going back to Oklahoma’s old flag (back when we were more known for socialist farmers than conservative bigots).

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This is clearly the best solution, assuming the problem is “America isn’t similar enough to iOS 7.”

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There’s not enough racism or treason in these designs.

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Nice theory, but flat, dull and boring.

I thought part of the purpose of having 50 states, and however many commonwealths/territories was to celebrate their inherent differences, cultures and histories? E pluibus unum and all that…

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It HAS to have already been done, but someone should do the “ugly histories of the states” state flags…

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remember the “barcode flag” proposal for the EU?

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So he wants to change the flags to unify them as a nation. Isn’t that what Old Glory is for? I mean, we fly it over the state flag, FCOL.

The designs are just awful, like some first year design student cranked them out in a few hours so he could go drinking that night.

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I can’t speak for the whole state, but this native New Mexican certainly is unhappy about it.

I rather like the weird, weird flag of Ohio.

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Take away Arizona’s copper-colored star at your own risk.

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

With emphasis on the ‘little’ part. Claiming to be 'true to “the rules” of flag design would be great, if it went beyond the claim. Regulating the proportions and colors? How Napoleonic. Putting tiny red stars on solid blue fields? How hidden. (See ‘The rule of tincture’ for why it is a bad idea.)

Let me see how far I can get considering the real vs his ‘improvements’:

Alabama: Original: Simple, iconic, classic herald design. A perfect flag.
His Idea: Take your cat the vet, it is really sick.
Score: -10

Alaska: Original: Eh. Once you are close enough to see the tiny bits, you’ll know who it is.
His idea: A slavish adherence to his idea of ‘unity’ results in a poorer design. Making Polaris bigger might have worked; changing the color so it is red on blue, not at all.
Score: -5

Arizona: His forced color change doesn’t hurt it when seen by itself, but does succeed in hiding it amongst the others. Gold/yellow is underused in US flags, and its use in AZ’s flag is a good thing.
Score: -5

Arkansas: Original: Busy in the details, but overall design is distinctive, in spite of the excessive fiddly bits. His: A marginal improvement, at the cost of some personality.
Score: +1 (maybe)

California: “History? We don’t need no stinking history!” Also, wasn’t one of the ‘principles’ he cited against text on the flag?
Score: -10

Colorado: “Now the official state of Target!” Ah, no.
Score: -5

Connecticut: Original: OK, yeah, the ‘state seal on blue’ flags are pretty much impossible to defend. His: Unfortunately, the replacement isn’t an improvement, replacing what was once original (hey, CT can’t be blamed for the others, can it?) with something that still isn’t. Plus his beloved red-on-blue failure. Why even put it there? Ugh.
Score: -10

DC: If you are going to change something, it needs to be an improvement. This isn’t.
Score: -10

OK, I can’t keep this up. Here is an idea though; go look at a bunch of flags. Then go look at a history of civic coats of arms. Expand to learn the basic requirements for contrast and identifiability. And then realize that just because your corporations want to believe that they are equal to governments, doesn’t mean that the symbols of governments are improved by making them look like they are just another corporate logo.

Now, if it is all the same to you, I’m going to go find a visual palate cleanser…

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The North Carolina flag is basically the current Texas flag with colors switched. That will never fly. Also, the new Texas flag is horrendous.

Ugh. No thank you.

The idea we have to “be unified” by using the color palette of campaign bumper stickers makes me nauseous. I think a DIVERSITY of flag design is better.

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They made my blue state red.

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He claims to have based Illinois’ new flag on Chicago’s. Uh, no. (Except in the vaguest sense.) And I’m still seeing some Confederate symbolism in Arkansas’ and Tennessee’s flags.

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