The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September.

The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September.

  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Does a second flag somehow diminish the meaning of a country flag?

    Yes. Which is fine in most contexts, but for an embassy is basically the same as a sign saying what the building is for, so adding more flags muddles what should be a very clear message: “This building is an outpost of the US government.”

    Tho, America doesn’t value queer people so I guess it makes sense.

    Yeah, flying a pride flag would be misleading. It’s like all the rainbow police cars were have in Seattle even though everyone knows cops aren’t on the side of LGBT+ people.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      Huh, I thought an Embassy was meant for diplomacy. A big part of diplomacy is soft power which means making nice with other countries. If a country is having a festival of some kind, it’s nice to say “yeah America supports your festival because we’re friendly people like that.” This makes people in that country like the US a little more and furthers US interests in a small way.

      I feel like your approach is to take a somewhat undiplomatic approach to how US Embassies are run.