Emotionally charged

This image is emotionally charged. It is full of vigor and movement. It is ripe for discussion. What we say about it to each other depends on where we stand along the political spectrum. That stance could have been informed by our parent-given preconceptions and biases. Or we might stand on the views we acquired through our own examination of it as a symbol.
This image has as many different meanings as a famous modern painting. It is full of society's demands and permissions. It is ripe for exploitation or elevation. It is much more than a construction of color and cloth. The form stands for something else, just as the painting's. Society decides what we can and cannot do to it. There is much right and wrong connected here. It is too much about clashing values, embodied in this emotion-charged image.
This image is a mixture of myth and reality. It is full of truth and fiction, full of assumptions. It is ripe for mistaken meanings and stereotypical thinking. It is mostly "image" mixed with a bit of actual history. A flag is is a symbolic representation of a nation. The myth is that the nation is harmed by what any individual or group thinks about the flag. The reality is that it is people's actions that matter. The health of a nation depends to an extent on how its people deal with the flag's mythology. Each individual has the right to decide for him- or herself.
Cross-posted at Southwest Blogger
My topical post today at South by Southwest and The Reaction is about Democrats.
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