The Minnesota flag process was initiated by a high schooler, passed by the legislature, had an open submission for ideas from the public, and was chosen by a board with representatives of the general public. They must have forgotten to drive out to Gravelpit, MN and consult you before moving ahead.
the conflict as a war of liberation, and as a formative event in the state's history, identity, and orientation.
/anyways, it's ridculous and asinine that major questions are being raised about the flag *now*, and not 3 years ago, when there was a very public design contest and process to select and create it!
This is up there with "say their names" about police horses
additionally in flag discourse -- it's not in the official description, but another alternate interpretation I've thought of is recalling Minnesota's history in the Civil War -- the colors of soldiers' uniforms, the swallowtail shape of guidons, and more fundamentally ...
DFL Party-State (民主農工－黨國) lock-in when 🤔
I've seen enough bsky.app/profile/aust...
sort of meta-contrarian take on mamdani is that he's drawing attention to good government stuff rather than doing it over baseline, like the number of potholes filled isn't really meaningfully above baseline, but this is good because more attention should be paid to positive things local govt does
the strib really be out there trying to be the NYT of minnesota (derogatory)