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Flag flown upside down as sign of distress outside of US State Department building today (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wasn't the upside down us flag thing used by j6'ers? Are the line workers taking it back as the symbol of a stolen country for themselves, or is this Musk and crew indicating we're fucked?

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 104 points 5 months ago

It's a sign of distress.
They were distressed, but it's only because they're sore losers and couldn't cope with Trump losing.
This is actual distress, it's appropriate this time.

[-] Completely_random@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Off-topic:

My impression is the most folks who voted for Trump did so because they genuinely, honestly believed that he is really and truly and antiestablishment rebel… Who is genuinely trying to help the working poor.

Which they are [working poor.] (and, goes w/o saying, were hoodwinked by said ConMan… Just like all those retirees who voted for Ronald Reagan… And then were shocked and pissed when he immediately cut their Social Security.)

In short,… Please don’t blame cult victims who've been deceived by s/o they misperceive as an authentic, charismatic individual.

I could say the same thing about my parents, who (still) strongly support(ed) Biden, despite being equally strongly opposed to things he & his cronies did.

They believed the lies.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 93 points 5 months ago

Its nothing exclusive to J6. Its an international sign that an insurrection or coup has occurred or is occurring.

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago

Not quite, it's an international sign that a vessel is in distress.

Then mostly right wing lunatics co-opted it to mean that our country is in distress.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Which they co-opted from protesters in the 60's, rallying against the Vietnam war, which they co-opted from the Revolutionary war, where (allegedly, much harder to source), the revolutionaries also flew the Union Jack inverted. Its history to mean insurrection in the US is as old as the US.

Its been used in many other instances internationally, and yes, also at sea with a much deeper history to signal distress. Regardless, the pedantry is both technically and figuratively misplaced.