You're A Grand Old Flag

For John, BLUF:  Here in the United States we are having a periodic hissy fit over if we have perfect freedom for all.  We don't, of course, but we are working on it and we have more than most.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Left Can't Stomach This Symbol That Inspires Freedom Fighters in Cuba, Hong Kong, Venezuela

From PJ Media, by Reporter Tyler O'Neil, 12 July 2021, 12:15 PM ET.

Here is the lede plus two:

On Sunday, protesters took to the streets in 32 cities across Cuba, calling for an end to the Communist regime’s oppression. These protesters carried a symbol of freedom in their arms — the same symbol that freedom fighters in Hong Kong used last year when they marched against Chinese Communist oppression. Yet many on the Left have demonized this same symbol, denouncing it as an icon of white supremacy and “institutional racism.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pointed out the tragic irony.

“Across the globe, there is no more ubiquitous symbol for freedom than [the American flag]. [It] inspires billions; drives American Leftists crazy,” the senator remarked.

I think the late George M Cohan said it best.

You're a grand old flag,
You're a high-flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'Neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

Let New York Times editorial board member Ms Mara Gay be free to express her fears of pickup trucks with American flags.  Let Olympian hopeful Gwen Berry protest the National Anthem.  We know, the whole world knows, this flag and its anthem stands for freedom.  Not perfect freedom, but more than most, and the aspiration for perfect freedom.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff