Which Flag?

DallanC said:

Why change it... its like the new generation has OCD and zero attention span, they gotta change EVERYTHING... what is a man, what is a woman... gender in general, language now flags.

But if were going to change it, go with this:



-DallanC

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I don't see anything??? But as to why change it? Our current and soon to be old flag sucks. That's why! Our state flag can be a point of pride for Utahns if it doesn't suck. Give it time, you'll get on board, old timer!

Meh. That's not our state flag. That belongs on the back of your pickup truck, not flying at the state house.

DallanC said:

I'm so glad this flag issue has come up. We were running out of things to divide us as a People.

-DallanC

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It only divides if you allow it to. I think it is kind of fun. This might be the single best thing Dan McCay has done as an elected official. Not might, actually...it definitely is.

Let's get an awesome flag. Something we can be proud of here in the state. Critter comes from a dumpster fire crap hole, yet their flag is great. Lone Hunter is an invader from that other crap hole of California, but their flag is good too. Our flag sucks. I look forward to hearing about some of the meaning on the proposed flags, as others have indicated. But I'm leaning towards the top left version.

Make flags great again! #MFGA!

The arch is iconic, and definitely speaks to Utah, but it speaks to what the world gets in Utah. I don't think it speaks to our legacy and tradition the way the beehive does.

The new flag has to have the beehive. A shout to our national parks and red rock country is permissible too. That's why I think I've settled on top left on this list.

Still not as good as the commemorative flag. But better than the current version. Even though Dallan makes a solid case for its meaning.

Fair point..."suck" may be a little harsh. I just look at some other flags and you see that there is great pride in them. People in those states fly them, display them, have shirts with them pictured, etc. We don't get that in Utah. Heck, half the school aged kids in Utah probably couldn't even describe 50% of what is on Utah's flag. (I wonder how many on this forum could?)

We can come up with something simple, that is attractive and can be a branding for our state. Something we can be proud of, because we certainly have a lot to be proud of here in this great state!

A thread asking which flag design you like is turning into nerding out on language arts! This is my kind of party.

I love this place.

You can give feedback here on designs, and it explains each as well. Things make a lot more sense after the explanations, but so many of those flags you’d need a plaque sitting next to the flag to understand any of it.

The Beehive State is represented well by a beehive. This flag isn’t so the world can be proud of it or how they see us (IE, Delcate arch and national parks). This is for us.

Give me the beehive or give me death!!!! (Or something like that…) Give us the commemorative flag with the star changed to the 8 point star to represent our 8 tribes. Crossroads of the west, the beehive, our tribes, and red/white/blue. It’s nearly perfect!

Bax* said:

Lol I think you just move to Draper from what I understand 😂😉

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I was just about to say go door-to-door in Draper!

Sorry, not sorry Draper residents reading this!

The sego lilly version looks like a butthole. Sorry, not sorry!

Old Cowboy said:

Who decided it needs to be changed?

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The legislature.

Old Cowboy said:

WRONG. They only voted to change it. What organization or individual put them up to it? It might have been an individual within the legislature but whose idea was it?

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I have no idea whose original thought it was, but I assure you I’m not wrong, let alone WRONG when I say the legislature decided it needed to be changed. They put it into state law, the only way it could happen.

People have hair-brained ideas every day. Only one bossy can make hair-brained ideas state law.

Critter said:

I have always heard that it came from the Arctic Circle on 900 East and around 450 North in Provo. That location was just a couple of blocks away from my grandads homestead and where we lived.

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Well you guys are in luck, since this was just published this summer.

Fry sauce is great. If you don't like fry sauce, you definitely don't get to vote on the flag. I would say you have to leave the state, but we have to have some diversity here. It absolutely disqualifies you from voting on the flag, however. And maybe should trigger some sort of red flag law, or something. (not that kind of red flag law...this isn't a gun thread!)

Catherder said:

It has already been established that I don't get to vote on the flag, but the rest seems a bit harsh. Don't I get due process on the red fry sauce law? I actually will eat it sometimes, it just isn't my favorite. Can't say the same about funeral potaotes, I don't like the cheese.

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"Funeral potatoes" is a broad term these days. People do all sorts of weird crap to them, making me want to banish them from the state too. But, you know...diversity? Gotta allow some diversity. I'll allow you to not like funeral potatoes, but for anyone in this state that does not like fry sauce, you're going on a watch list.

I used to order Vanilla Cokes at Gallaxy Diner long before Coke was making Vanilla Coke. That was in the 80s.

But if you try and defame the inventors of fry sauce, so help me I will turn this car around RIGHT NOW!

PBH said:

SLC flag looks like a butthole.

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As Michael Scott would say...

THANK YOU!

Maybe we can put a giant middle finger on our flag?


(For those that say people don’t associate the beehive…what does Forbes call us?)

I see what you did there!!!

Welcome aboard.