This flag was used by militias around the town of Culpeper, Virginia, during the American revolution, when “minutemen” (troops ready for duty in “a minute’s warning”) got their name. But the phrase was originally a battlecry for Texan independence. Come and Take It flag (1835)Ī symbol of defiance created by a band of Texans who resisted Mexican forces in 1835, the flag features a slogan that has been co-opted by gun rights activists, abortion rights advocates, marijuana enthusiasts, and even McDonald’s. This flag was adapted from a decal featuring a bastardized version of the character Calvin, from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Watterson. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton A Betsy Ross flag Calvin peeing on Biden White supremacists cling to fascist iconography because Hitler’s army demonstrated how potent flags can be when seen en masse, he explains. “This is how things started in Yugoslavia,” notes Ilić, who was born in the former socialist republic. As curator of the Tolerance Project and a scholar on white supremacist iconography, he says watching the mayhem at the Capitol felt a bit like déjà vu.
Surveying the footage, artist-activist Mirko Ilić recognized several neo-Nazi symbols in the crowd. They communicate ideas quickly especially when hoisted to the heavens.” This contributes to the effect of a bigger, more unified rally behind a cause. “More than a cardboard sign, flags are dynamic. “They’re powerful because they’re visible symbols of our identity,” Scofield says. Laura Scofield, a graphic designer and member of the North American Vexillological Association, contends that flags are “the most powerful artifact ever designed.” Graphic marks, she explains, instantly gain emotional weight when emblazoned on a piece of cloth.
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