▲ 857 ▼ "Yankees not like it when someone threatens to annex your country against your will?" (discuss.online) submitted 1 month ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] flyingSock@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (3 children) british merchant navy if i am not mistaken. Easier to recognizeat a distance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_ensign permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Womble@piefed.world 11 points 1 month ago More relevantly, it was the flag of British America permalink fedilink source parent [–] huppakee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago I didn't recognize it as a flag and i'm not even American, just saw a red background with a tiny little flag in one corner and three white text boxes in the others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) No red diagonals though - this is like some vexillology circlejerk "If England was colonised by the Kingdom of Great Britain's navy" flag permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Womble@piefed.world 11 points 1 month ago More relevantly, it was the flag of British America permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago I didn't recognize it as a flag and i'm not even American, just saw a red background with a tiny little flag in one corner and three white text boxes in the others. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) No red diagonals though - this is like some vexillology circlejerk "If England was colonised by the Kingdom of Great Britain's navy" flag permalink fedilink source parent
