Sat Jul 1, 2023 – 11:32 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Encyclopedia Brittanica notes in its column on flags that they “originally were used mainly in warfare, and to some extent they have remained insignia of leadership, serving for the identification of friend or foe and as rallying points. They are now also extensively employed for signaling, for decoration, and for display.” That description effectively explains why the “Pride” flag has become such a flashpoint in the culture wars – and why LGBT activists apply such value to it.
The rainbow flag – since replaced by the even uglier “Progress flag” – was designed by Gilbert Baker, a gay rights activist, at the request of Harvey Milk, a San Francisco politician and LGBT icon. It was unveiled in June of 1978, and now flies on government, corporate, and military institutions around the world, a symbol of the LGBT movement’s rise from rabble-rousing activism to total cultural dominance. To object to the “Pride flag” is to question this dominance – and to provoke an instant and vicious response from those who rally around it.
As I noted in my essay on the ongoing targeting of a single
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