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Posted By: Hazymac, 7/6/2025 5:44:47 PM

Over this July 4th holiday weekend, the controversy over the Minnesota state flag has re-emerged. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Some communities won’t fly new state flag: ‘It’s not a greater Minnesota flag.’ “Greater Minnesota” is how we refer to the rural parts of the state, which represent the vast majority of the state by area. Here is the old state flag, which flew in more or less this form from 1893 to 2024. Apparently, the problem was, buried deep in the emblem, is the depiction of a Native American riding a horse. That, and the state’s motto (The Star of the North) is rendered in the original French.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 7/6/2025 5:53:07 PM (No. 1973635)
What an UGLY, unimaginative crapshow of a "flag". Time to fire Stupid Timmy and get back to the old flag.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: smidgen 7/6/2025 6:11:10 PM (No. 1973636)
Awfully similar to the flag of Somalia
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Venturer 7/6/2025 6:15:39 PM (No. 1973638)
There is always some rectum who wants to change in history to suit themselves
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Reply 4 - Posted by: voxpopuli 7/6/2025 6:15:39 PM (No. 1973639)
uhhh.. hold on there Baba Looie.. a little more than THAT to the story.. in case you haven't heard omar and her merry bad of cutthroat somalis are now running Mogadapolis and by that fiat, Minnesota.. take a look at the SOMALI flag.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Somalia and you can understand why MINNESOTANS refuse to acknowledge the demonrat flag
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Reply 5 - Posted by: bamapreacher 7/6/2025 6:30:05 PM (No. 1973641)
It needs a star and a crescent to be truly representative of Minnesota.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: konocti95 7/6/2025 6:36:10 PM (No. 1973642)
Flags are the most controversial display of public art. One would like a flag to be distinctive, memorable and meaningful. The old flag, with the "state seal" motif might be meaningful but lacks the other two qualities. The new design while distinctive and memorable isn't meaningful. I managed to get a second opinion from a plumber friend, he said, "Yeah, and it's ugly, too!"
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Reply 7 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 7/6/2025 7:03:07 PM (No. 1973644)
Regarding the similarity to the Somali flag, from the article: Dozens of cities and states have adopted – or are considering – new flag designs featuring the unfamiliar eight-point star, a symbol critics claim is more common in Islam than in US history.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Encore 7/6/2025 7:13:48 PM (No. 1973645)
I’m just surprised it doesn’t have George Floyd’s mug on it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Catherine 7/6/2025 8:16:31 PM (No. 1973663)
I googled the flag of Somalia. Yep, it has that star thing on it.
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