On Flags
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After talking it over a lot with family and friends over the course of last week, I decided against hanging a replacement rainbow flag in my window. One of the main reasons for hanging the first one was to test the neighborhood in which I live, and the results of that experiment are definitely in. So one of my main reasons for hanging a new one would be as an act of defiance, a pacifistic sort of revenge. And I don't really believe in the nobility of that sort of sentiment after I've calmed down sufficiently.
The other ostensible reason for hanging a flag would be to send a message to people. The problem with that idea is that since the medium is so detached from my person, the content of the message is too far out of my control and more likely to negate the ideas and feelings I'd want to convey than affirm them. So I'll go back to continuing the methods I've been practicing. Saying more by speaking less and letting my actions and demeanor speak for themselves. Forcing people to think and feel about a three dimensional human being rather than two dimensional stereotypes or one dimensional symbols.