I’m surprise of the reactions to my post... It’s likely my skill in English is not good enough and my idea is not clearly explained, as some of you guys notice, but I don’t think this is the point.
First, if I gave the impression of any anti-american feeling, I apologize, I never had that intention. I like the States (even if I don’t like their present politic), I traveled there intensively and I have many close American friends and colleagues.
About the thread, I simply find naïve the surprise of some of us that exposing a flag can provokes bad reactions. Should be clear to any wise traveler that people can misunderstand the exposure of a flag with a support for the politic of a country, especially in this period of strong international contrasts.
That looks as obvious to me as riding wearing a helmet or having insurance. That is why I had an “angry” reaction, as GlobalGS wrote.
Additionally, in Europe most of us don’t have the habit to display national flags. I know this behavior is more common in US, but here it can be misinterpreted as a kind of “nationalistic” approach, especially in this period of international tension. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, it’ simply a fact...
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