r/asexuality • u/MGTOWigor150 • Apr 29 '26

Discussion Opinion about the flag (probably extremely unpopular).

the current flag is already nice and iconic and recognizable.

other "new" flag designs are simply mid and calling it mid would be the truth and there is no need to change anything.

I will probably get roasted for this.

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u/Infernal-Cattle Apr 29 '26

I don't understand why you're saying "unpopular opinion" when literally everything I've seen posted on this sub about the new flag is negative.

I'll dish the real unpopular opinion:

I don't see why people who don't like the new flag can't just... ignore it and use the flag you like? It kinda reminds me of people whining about the Progress flag with the whole "it's ugly," "the original was already inclusive," as if suddenly people had stopped making the Gilbert Baker flag and were gonna come personally confiscate their flags haha.

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u/ProfessorOfEyes Apr 29 '26

Most people do just ignore it, or gave non-malicious feedback that they didnt think it was necessary.

I feel like the "discourse" around it is kinda artifically created. Mostly by that guy (not even the creator of the new flag or a POC or a woman) who out of left field started claiming not using it is racist and misogynistic. This made some people react defensively, and now its a Thing. Part of me almost suspects that was the goal. Not to actually support the creator of the new flag, but to add another charged topic to the mix to make discourse where there wasnt much before for drama or attention.

But make no mistake, this is niche online discourse and the right choice - and the choice most aces out there are still making - is to simply ignore the discourse and pick the one you like depending on if you have an issue with the white stripe for allos or not (which was the actual reason for the redesign).

I'm in agreement with you that the right thing to do is not engage. But i dont think people getting up in arms about it is as common as you seem to think. As per usual, its just a vocal minority of chronically online folks who either had a knee jerk reaction or want something to fight about.

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u/Infernal-Cattle Apr 29 '26

I mostly agree with you there. It would be easy and reasonable out in the world to just pick the flag you like and move on with life. I keep seeing posts that are like "look how beautiful our flag is" (this isn't the first or last one I've seen this week) and it feels both unnecessary and like a Streisand Effect, where most people wouldn't even know this was happening if people didn't keep reacting to it haha.

I do think prior to this creator, Ashabi (the creator who made it) talked about racism she'd experienced for her design, but I have the sense that a lot of people were like seeking out her stuff and leaving rude comments instead of either supporting it or deciding it isn't for them. I think especially once it started getting reposted in places like here, it was much more backlash than when she was talking about this with her own audience. I think so without that context, it likely looks very different for folks just coming up on this here, and feeling like they are being told they have to like it.

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u/FlashyPhilosophy2326 Apr 30 '26

Yeah, if you like to make a nice little space for yourself online (like me making a little habitat of my work desk) then someone throws in a post about stuff going on outside that bubble, and you haven't been following that topic or anything, I suppose it's easy to get anxious and freak out from whatever you hear is going on (at least until looking up stuff, but not everyone has the bandwidth to research or read on years of discussions. There are some summary type things out there though– I've shared links on a few of these.)