Jeffrey Blankfort wrote:
....when it comes to the flag, millions of Americans are unique in
their desire to wrap themselves in it. When traveling in countries ....
the flying of flags is reserved for government buildings. Period. What
this suggests to me is on one hand, a certain insecurity among Americans
about their national identity and on the other, a belief that this
country and "American way of life" is better than any other.
JW reply:
What it might also suggest is that the Americans identify the flag more
with the people/nation than with the government, whereas in other
countries where there have been many flags and many governments come and
go people my see the flag more as the symbol of a transitory regime
rather than of the community.
How about a doctoral dissertation on:
Reverence For The National Flag In Modern Societies
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