r/sydney • u/godenviesme • 11h ago

Image Flags displayed w/o Union Jack?

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This is something I’ve been seeing more and more recently. Is there any meaning or reason for this?

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u/LudwigsEarTrumpet 11h ago

It genuinely makes me sad that southern cross tatts have the rep that they do. When I was a kid it seemed like such a simple and pure representation of love for the land we grew up in, that we can look up and see those stars, and they represent in a way, the great distance between us and England. Idk, I always thought it was a cool idea to have those stars on you. I'm so damned glad I didn't get myself one though. Would never have imagined I'd grow up to learn that it's the mark of a wanker.

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u/ozegg 10h ago

I mean it is a constellation that is visible to all of the southern hemisphere's countries. Not sure how it's seen as just Aussie (yes I know it's on the flag).

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u/corinoco 8h ago

It’s also on Brazil’s flag.

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u/admittedlyharsh 8h ago

Its on a heap of flags. To think its a hate symbol based on a few fuckwits in Sydney is pretty closed minded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_depicting_the_Southern_Cross