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minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoCzech here, glad Scouts hold the flag to the same standard everywhere. We used to burn the flag if it touched the ground or was “desecrated” in a different way.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI hope current scouts in your country can still treat such things as normal. Here in the US, any patriotic symbolism has been taken by the crazies.
minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoThey still do! At least our center does. Other were saying it they do it as well, but that was about 10 years ago, and I hope they still do it. It is not treated as some kind of patriotism, it is merely to uphold the highest standard for a national symbol. But nobody here really treats it as overly dramatic or extreme.
Czech here, glad Scouts hold the flag to the same standard everywhere. We used to burn the flag if it touched the ground or was “desecrated” in a different way.
I hope current scouts in your country can still treat such things as normal. Here in the US, any patriotic symbolism has been taken by the crazies.
They still do! At least our center does. Other were saying it they do it as well, but that was about 10 years ago, and I hope they still do it.
It is not treated as some kind of patriotism, it is merely to uphold the highest standard for a national symbol.
But nobody here really treats it as overly dramatic or extreme.