Months after a New York Times editorial board member spoke about how the American flag triggered her and other reporters have written on the flag's divisiveness, the paper reached out to artists and graphic designers to create a new one as part of a series "exploring bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment." As you can imagine, the renderings are execrable and got the online mocking they rightly deserve.
Prior to introducing the six new flag designs, the Times explained that the design of the American flag "shifted frequently until the early 1900s." The flags the contributors created "reflect a mix of approaches," including "functional designs" and "artistic renderings," while others “represent America as it could be” or “how the artist sees the country now.”
Prepare to cringe.
Congratulations. These are all terrible. https://t.co/qMfLrAv9xM pic.twitter.com/NB7acb4IkU
— Cullen (@cullend) September 29, 2021
Trying to decide if the Times is just straight up trolling with this: "REDESIGNING AMERICA’S FLAG; Six New Takes on Old Glory"https://t.co/r2y7NZ8A7R pic.twitter.com/9JtpS97Pn4
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 29, 2021
This link should be banished from the internet and the NY Times should have to take a timeout. https://t.co/WQgIokwX1x
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) September 28, 2021
Still trying to noodle out WTF the NYT was thinking here?https://t.co/EZ5lO58wFe
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) September 29, 2021
This was entirely unnecessary. https://t.co/Z8OrEJmgfm
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 28, 2021
This is terrible. All of it. https://t.co/I9tAE88Jm4
— Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) September 29, 2021
If exile were an option, the people who participated in this should be exiled. https://t.co/jVgaNvB41n
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 29, 2021
These are all completely terrible https://t.co/MDCcgE3NIe
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 28, 2021
The Left hates everything about America.
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) September 28, 2021
-Our national anthem
-Our pledge of allegiance
-And even our flaghttps://t.co/iiF7Uc4ETw
