“In McCay’s mind, it sort of illustrated that most people never really paid much attention to the old flag and that the resistance to change is rooted in just that — resistance to change,” writes Robert Gehrke.
| Jan. 14, 2023, 1:00 p.m., he would often ask them what it was they liked so much about the existing flag.“Oh, yeah, that’s important. That’s got to stay,” they’d reply, McCay told me. The hitch is there is no sea gull on the flag.
“It’s called perversion of a historic flag,” one Twitter user ranted after Cox posted an image of the new design. “Though not surprised, facists [sic] and communists like simple corruptible designs. But, far be it for you to listen. Arrogant closet far left wingers can’t handle feedback.” The “wokeism” apparently stems from comments made by supporters that the new flag should represent everyone in Utah and reflect the diversity of the state. Others see the new flag as “canceling” the state’s pioneer heritage.
Some of the opponents are like he was initially — they don’t see the point. Others, those like Badger and company, are clearly more vitriolic. “Politics are the new bright line,” my friend Julie Stewart, a sociology professor at Westminster College, explained. “Because some people feel that way, there’s a greater need to signal your identity to the outside world.”
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