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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.98,0:00:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1989,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.11,0:00:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an artist by the name of Dread Scott,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.56,0:00:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has also graced the TED stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.63,0:00:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created a piece of art in Chicago
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he simply placed\Nan American flag on the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.30,0:00:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then invited you the viewer\Nto go and stand on that flag
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.29,0:00:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and record how it felt in a journal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.45,0:00:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to me, one of the most powerful things\Nwritten in that journal in essence says,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.92,0:00:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are we so OK
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.99,0:00:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with homeless people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.41,0:00:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with human beings laying on the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.48,0:00:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not flags?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.27,0:00:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to some of you,\Nthis piece of art is quite disturbing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.03,0:00:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's kind of the point of this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.53,0:00:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to upset you or to make you mad
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.69,0:00:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to prove to you that flags\Nhave an incredible power,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.45,0:00:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that even if you think\Nyou don't care about flags, you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.60,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:00:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.99,0:00:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the end of it,\NI hope that you're inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.74,0:01:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go out and harness this power of flags\Nand fight for a better world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.98,0:01:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before we get there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.46,0:01:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to start\Non the opposite end of the spectrum,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.44,0:01:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before I show you the next stuff,\NI need to say that anything I show here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.26,0:01:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an endorsement,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.09,0:01:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's usually quite the opposite,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.97,0:01:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more than anything,\Nwhat I want to do is create a space here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.86,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we can look\Nat these flags, these designs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.06,0:01:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and examine how they make us feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.24,0:01:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to talk about our emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.37,0:01:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that OK with everybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.02,0:01:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.22,0:01:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ready for your first flag?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.49,0:01:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cool, we'll start with an easy one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.07,0:01:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.54,0:01:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some of you may be a little bit uneasy\Nsitting in a room with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.82,0:01:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm certainly feeling uneasy\Nstanding in front of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.72,0:01:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may be feeling\Na little bit of pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's understandable. This is Texas.\NThis is not a rare sight, is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.100,0:01:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's start with the facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.93,0:02:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is not the Confederate flag. OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.42,0:02:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the battle flag\Nof the Army of Northern Virginia
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.91,0:02:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led by General Robert E. Lee,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.05,0:02:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so next time someone tells you\Nthat this is their heritage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.18,0:02:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless their family fought\Nfor that very specific militia,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.27,0:02:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're wrong. All right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.97,0:02:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have a flag expert's\Npermission to tell them so.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.42,0:02:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This flag rose into prominence\Nduring the mid-1950s and '60s
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.12,0:02:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a response to the growing\NCivil Rights Movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.63,0:02:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, of course, today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.22,0:02:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has come to represent\Nthe Confederacy to most of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.62,0:02:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I shouldn't have to remind you\Nwhat the Confederacy is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.81,0:02:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a rogue nation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.35,0:02:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rose up against the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.20,0:02:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waged war on the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.07,0:02:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at one point in time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.57,0:02:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was one of the most\Nun-American things you could have.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.46,0:02:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yet, this flag is protected
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.22,0:02:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the same laws that protect\Nthe United States flag
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.69,0:02:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the states of Florida, Georgia,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.23,0:03:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.75,0:03:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's pick on Georgia\Nfor a second, shall we?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.77,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 1956,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.68,0:03:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few years after desegregation\Nwas mandated in public schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.41,0:03:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgia changed their state flag to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.87,0:03:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everyone watching can agree
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.63,0:03:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this was not meant to be a flag\Nthat every Georgian was proud to fly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.51,0:03:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of their home, was it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.97,0:03:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like all of the Confederate statues\Nerected in the mid-1950s and '60s,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.81,0:03:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was meant to be a symbol\Nof who was in charge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.08,0:03:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who was not.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.94,0:03:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This remained the flag of Georgia
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.94,0:03:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the year 2001,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.05,0:03:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that year they changed their flag
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.40,0:03:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.27,0:03:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as a flag expert, I can tell you\Nthis is officially ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.54,0:03:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK? It's OK to laugh at this flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.56,0:03:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's ugly, and because it's so ugly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.82,0:03:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's one of the reasons\Nthey changed it just two years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.04,0:03:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a referendum
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.54,0:04:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they got to choose\Nbetween that thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.93,0:04:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then what is now\Nthe current flag of Georgia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.46,0:04:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now some of you might be wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.46,0:04:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wait a second, Michael,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.49,0:04:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that before wasn't\Nthe Confederate flag,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.03,0:04:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was the Confederate flag?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.06,0:04:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgia flies the first flag\Nof the Confederate States of America
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.32,0:04:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.32,0:04:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just slapped their state seal on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.34,0:04:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well let's go back\Nto our emotions for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.68,0:04:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That didn't punch you in the gut\Nas much as the other one did, did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.19,0:04:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.87,0:04:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why I love flags.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.18,0:04:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the simplest pieces of design,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.32,0:04:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually just two or three colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.55,0:04:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just some bars or stripes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.84,0:04:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but yet they can invoke\Nthe deepest emotions within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.71,0:04:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll make us swell with pride\Nor burn with hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.60,0:04:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will die for a flag
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.39,0:04:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even kill for one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.06,0:04:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite designers,\Nhis name is Wally Olins,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.95,0:05:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they call him the father\Nof nation branding,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.61,0:05:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's quotes as saying
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.36,0:05:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyone wants to belong,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.50,0:05:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they want to display\Nsymbols of belonging.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.62,0:05:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's crazy that these pieces of cloth\Nthat are just sewn together or dyed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.94,0:05:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to be such a sacred item,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.12,0:05:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's because they become\Nparts of our identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.68,0:05:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are powerful tools to unify
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.54,0:05:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but equally powerful tools to divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.58,0:05:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ready for the next flag?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.37,0:05:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.79,0:05:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.44,0:05:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really examine how you felt\Nwhen this hit the screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.16,0:05:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to change\Nthe slide pretty quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.35,0:05:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don't take pictures of me\Nin front of this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.99,0:05:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.26,0:05:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Germany after World War I,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.40,0:05:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was in a pretty bad state,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.48,0:05:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a young Adolf Hitler had a lot of,\Nlet's call them ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.14,0:05:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how Germany got to where they'd gotten
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.98,0:06:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to get them out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.95,0:06:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent entire chapters\Nin his book "Mein Kampf,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.89,0:06:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I don't recommend reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.86,0:06:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how Germany lost World War I
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.99,0:06:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partially because the British\Nhad better graphic design
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.63,0:06:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and better propaganda.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.54,0:06:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as the Nazi Party rose,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.76,0:06:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hitler created one of the thickest\Nbrand guides I've ever seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.89,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's thicker than most\Ncompany brand guides today,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.22,0:06:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in it he details titles and uniforms
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.06,0:06:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lots and lots of flags.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.01,0:06:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hitler knew the power of flags.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.72,0:06:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says in "Mein Kampf,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.35,0:06:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The new flag... should prove\Neffective as a large poster,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.48,0:06:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because "in hundreds of thousands of cases
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.76,0:06:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really striking emblem
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.32,0:06:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be the first cause\Nof awakening interest in a movement."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.29,0:06:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was an artist, after all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.06,0:06:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew the power\Nof visual identity and uniforms
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.27,0:06:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could reignite the German identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.14,0:07:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to millions of Germans\Nthis was a welcome sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.10,0:07:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course this was\Na mark of death to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.17,0:07:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't often think of flags as weapons,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.50,0:07:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but like the Confederate battle flag,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.70,0:07:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Germans used their flag
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.100,0:07:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make an outgroup feel unwelcome
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.32,0:07:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and less than.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.48,0:07:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when you create a flag,\Nyou immediately do two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.15,0:07:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You create an ingroup,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.08,0:07:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a group that's meant\Nto be represented by the symbol,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.57,0:07:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then inevitably\Nyou create an outgroup.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.83,0:07:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And usually that's subtle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.38,0:07:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a byproduct.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.73,0:07:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's usually not the intent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.53,0:07:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Germans were very clear\Nas to who was represented by the swastika
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.94,0:07:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who was not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.18,0:07:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1935, Jewish people were banned\Nfrom flying German flags.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.88,0:07:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.67,0:07:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Germans, maybe more than\Nany other time in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.09,0:07:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used the dual power of flags
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.44,0:07:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unite but also to divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.98,0:08:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flags were used as identity weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.22,0:08:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, in 2019, the Nazi flag\Nis banned from being flown
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.51,0:08:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by anyone in Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.21,0:08:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anyone in Austria, in Hungary,\Nin Russia and in Ukraine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.23,0:08:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.85,0:08:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a piece of cloth, but it's banned.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.27,0:08:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On its face, that sounds crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.58,0:08:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think anyone\Nin this room would disagree
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.78,0:08:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's probably good.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.07,0:08:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds a lot like a weapon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.67,0:08:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a vexillologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.30,0:08:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes the most interesting\Nthing about a flag
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.12,0:08:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not so much its design,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.78,0:08:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's those laws around the flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.79,0:08:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.51,0:08:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in India, to create an Indian flag,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.55,0:08:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must use a hand-spun\Ncloth named Khadi.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.70,0:08:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you make a flag out of anything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.26,0:08:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could go to jail\Nfor up to three years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.51,0:08:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.71,0:08:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.52,0:08:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've all heard
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.25,0:08:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Texas flag is the only state flag\Nthat can fly at the same height
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.74,0:09:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the US, flag, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.10,0:09:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we were a nation\Nbefore we were a state.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.75,0:09:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who here has heard that?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.67,0:09:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.67,0:09:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm here to tell you\Nthat is completely false. OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.29,0:09:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we were not the only state\Nthat was a nation before joining up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.02,0:09:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and secondly, all state flags can fly\Nat the same height as the US flag
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.09,0:09:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the US flag code.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.63,0:09:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't have to ask you\Nhow you feel about this one, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.65,0:09:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us grew up pledging allegiance\Nto this every morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.81,0:09:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing we should never\Nlet it touch the ground, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.31,0:09:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take our flag code very seriously\Nhere in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.23,0:09:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember, recently some NFL players\Nkneeling during the national anthem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.44,0:09:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a big controversy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.34,0:09:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were breaking the flag code.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.23,0:09:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It states during the national anthem,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.32,0:09:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand at attention,\Nhand at the heart, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.71,0:09:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what was fascinating to me\Nas a vexillologist is that I didn't see
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.91,0:09:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone getting upset
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.72,0:09:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something like this happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.46,0:10:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flag code says the flag should never\Nbe carried flat or horizontally,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.96,0:10:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but always aloft and free.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.00,0:10:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes during\Nthe exact same national anthem,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.76,0:10:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was being done and no one's upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.39,0:10:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or this. This happens all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.69,0:10:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flag code is clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.08,0:10:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No part of the flag should ever be used\Nas a costume or on an athletic uniform.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.55,0:10:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Texas A&M baseball,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.29,0:10:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to get them in trouble,\Nbut this happens all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.18,0:10:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in November.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.93,0:10:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure, I can almost guarantee\Nwhen you leave here tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.34,0:10:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will see on the back\Nof someone's car or truck
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.02,0:10:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a black and white American flag\Nwith a blue stripe,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.56,0:10:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thin blue line, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.08,0:10:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blue Lives Matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.33,0:10:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That breaks the flag code\Nin multiple ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.60,0:10:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of these things are done\Nwith the best intent.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.25,0:10:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one's here to argue that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.56,0:10:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course they break\Na section of the flag code
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.72,0:10:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,titled "Respect for the Flag,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.17,0:10:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so by putting this on your uniform,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.66,0:10:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are legally disrespecting the flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.24,0:10:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I find interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.68,0:11:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that those NFL players\Nkneeling during the anthem
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.34,0:11:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people who would put\NBlue Lives Matters stickers on their car
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.31,0:11:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are both on the opposite end\Nof a very big issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.00,0:11:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're both breaking\Nthe exact same law,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.95,0:11:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a law that is 100 percent unenforceable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.02,0:11:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it was Dread Scott's\Npiece of art in 1989
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.92,0:11:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that led the Supreme Court to rule\Nthat the flag code is just a guideline.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.04,0:11:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot be prosecuted\Nfor breaking the flag code.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.35,0:11:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot be forced to be patriotic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.19,0:11:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why, then, have all of these\Nlittle laws around how we use our flag
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.26,0:11:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can't enforce them?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.96,0:11:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's because a nation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.18,0:11:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a fragile collective idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.74,0:11:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only exists in our minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.53,0:11:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See this? Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.18,0:11:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes a flag is the only\Ntangible symbol of that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.63,0:12:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? Our unity is sometimes\Nonly held together by literal threads.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.91,0:12:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.85,0:12:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flag code is meant to preserve\Nand protect that fragile idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.19,0:12:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also protecting\Nyour right to break it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.96,0:12:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what's special\Nabout the United States, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.31,0:12:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what's unique about our flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.54,0:12:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our flag is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.79,0:12:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has changed more than\Nany other flag in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.19,0:12:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the flag code that says\Nwhen a new state is created,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.14,0:12:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a star shall be added\Nto the union of the flag,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.97,0:12:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and such addition shall take place\Non the fourth day of July.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.43,0:12:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our flag is unique because\Nit is meant to grow as we grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.76,0:12:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By design and by law,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.48,0:12:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is meant to change with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.91,0:12:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a living symbol of our individuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.70,0:12:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our diversity in the stars,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.16,0:12:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.25,0:12:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a gift in the United States\Nto have a flag that is inclusive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.78,0:13:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the Nazi flag was an identity weapon,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.55,0:13:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States flag, by design alone,\Nstands in direct contrast.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.33,0:13:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have to say,\Nas a vexillologist in 2019,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.82,0:13:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using this flag
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.43,0:13:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an identity weapon against anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.79,0:13:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disrespects it far more\Nthan letting it touch the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.86,0:13:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any one of the other little laws\Nthat we break every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.98,0:13:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.34,0:13:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This flag is a symbol of our union.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.51,0:13:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should never use this as a weapon\Nagainst someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.81,0:13:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I resonate so deeply with the person\Nwho wrote in Dread Scott's journal,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.52,0:13:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We should never value the symbol\Nover the thing that it symbolizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.99,0:13:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should never value a piece of cloth\Nover a human life."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.25,0:13:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're ever going to use\Na piece of cloth as a weapon,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.34,0:13:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should never use this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.01,0:13:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not when it has always\Nhad room for more stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.75,0:14:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully by now, you've felt\Nthe power of flags
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.44,0:14:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see what they can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.77,0:14:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if we harnessed that power
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.75,0:14:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we used it to fight\Nfor something greater?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.10,0:14:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the flag of Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.75,0:14:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed by Oskar Pernefeldt of Sweden.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.85,0:14:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine with me for a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.12,0:14:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if we celebrated our humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.12,0:14:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much if not more
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.88,0:14:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we celebrate our nationalities?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.12,0:14:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we become a spacefaring civilization\Nand we go off into the stars,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.70,0:14:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do our nations mean anyway\Nwhen you're standing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.70,0:14:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the surface of Mars\Nor any other planet?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.44,0:14:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then of course, back here on Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.92,0:14:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our planet is facing a climate crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.88,0:14:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our climate could be unlivable in\Nour children or grandchildren's lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.34,0:14:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we need a strong symbol, a flag,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.18,0:14:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to unite us to fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.68,0:14:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just as nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.32,0:15:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a species.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.97,0:15:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.47,0:15:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)