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TIL about "flag disposal boxes" (content.govdelivery.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Cevilia to c/til@lemmy.ca

They're rubbish bins (or perhaps textile recycling bins, but probably not) specifically for national, regional, and/or local flags.

Edited to clarify: No judgment, I am not making a political or societal argument, just posting about a thing I learned exists. If this post gets hijacked I'll ask the mods to lock it.

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[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Religious practice precedes religious belief. The first generation to perform religious practices don't do it for "religious" reasons. They don't really "believe" that a flag is a person and that it fundamentally deserves to be treated like one, they just choose to act that way. But when the following generations are raised seeing adults consistently treat a flag like a person, they DO take on religious beliefs towards the flag. And it quickly gets creepy and scary.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

TIL, that's actually make sense

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

This YouTube channel is an awesome resource for anyone (athiest, theist, alien anthropologist) to understand the effects of religion on the world from an impartial point of view.

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