Flying Flags…I don’t get it.

A quick search on the Internet shows that the flag of Denmark is the oldest national flag still in use — dating back to 1478. I don’t know if flags weren’t flown before that, or if other flags were flown before then and it’s just that this was the one that has been in use the longest, or what. I’m guessing that other flags have been flown before 1478. Humans have some kind of fascination with flags. Correction — men have some kind of fascination with flying flags. Correction #2 — primarily white guys have some weird fascination with flying flags. I’m a white guy and I honestly don’t get it.

I’m not talking about flying our nation’s flag either. I can understand people flying the US flag on their house. No big deal. That’s been a common thing for a long time. It’s not anything unusual and it’s often been seen as basically patriotic in a healthy kind of way. It’s an option for a citizen to do and no one really has a problem with that. The same goes for your state flag or flying a military branch flag if you served in that branch. There are other flags that pretty benign too.

No, what I’m referring to here are the “other” flags. When did it become a thing for so many people to fly so many “other” flags? The list is getting longer and longer. This is a recent development in the last few years. And the flags have gotten stranger and more crude with each year too. And more obnoxious too — like toddlers trying to get people’s attention throwing tantrums on the floor of the grocery store looking for attention. And other flags have become more…