Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5051846-20131016172937/@comment-53539-20140406222931

I find the biggest issue flags lead to is the alienation of others through several reasons.

I find myself it only bothers me when its being used to rub others the wrong way by being well... Patriotic. Whats so great about America? I'd rather live in the UK any day, but according to some shows, its better to be born American then English.

Especially since my early net days I encountered many Americans who weren't friendly to foreigners.. It took nearly a decade to adjust to talking to Americans on-line comfortably because of those early days. It kinda got sickening to listen to someone ranting on about the british having bad teeth, being overweight, alcoholic... Smelly... When... The rates of a LOT of the things I was stereotyped to be, the Americans were overall worst at then we were at the time.So it just displayed ignorance.

I've never had any issues with the French saying that, but this is the problem with flag designs. This was my issue with Nana English... It was a cold reminder that I had a lot of hassle on-line in the late 90's-early 00's... especially the early 00's when dial up net access was being retired.

Keeping a design away from flags, will appealing to a wider audience, while flags cause focus on just one culture or another. :-/