We know all about Trump, migration, the EU, Israel and all those international issues. But what crazy stupid thing is unique to the nutjobs in your country?

  • Foni@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    In Spain we have a problem with our flag.

    The current one was adopted at the beginning of the 19th century and during that time it was more or less unifying (like all of them I suppose) but in the second republic (in the 1930s) the bottom stripe was changed to purple. After that, the fascist dictatorship restored the current one, and when democracy arrived in the 70s, only the coat of arms was changed.

    Since then, a significant portion of the population associates it with fascism, the far right, and dictatorship; another portion says it should only be seen as a representation of the people; and a third portion couldn’t care less.

    Something similar happens with the national anthem.