Should I wave the Iranian flag at a protest in America (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I will avoid saying why I'm planning on doing it now only because it will color people's interpretation of why I'm doing it.

Hopefully my Iran flag will come in time, but it will the a 3' by 5' flag and it will tough be 10' in the air and I will be with other protestors.

I have waves the Palestine flag in multiple previous protests and I get the sense that people don't recognize it like the LGBT flag

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[-] venusaur@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If it’s to support Iranian government, no, if it’s to support Iranian people, yes. If you are not Iranian, maybe leave that to Iranian people or those living/have lived there. Either way there will be people that interpret it one way and people that interpret it another. I’d try to understand the overall purpose of the protest and see if it’s supporting that or distracting from it.

EDIT: I guess there’s a lion and sun flag that can be used to represent the people and not the government. Maybe do a little research about it.

[-] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 days ago

Yeah it just came to my mind that I should wave the old Iranian flag and not the current one since the citizens use it there to protest their government

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The lion-and-sun flag is the flag of the old Safavid Empire.

If you want to use a historical flag, a more appropriate one might be the pre-Islamic Sassanid Standard of Kaveh—the flag of the legendary blacksmith who overthrew the tyrant Zahhak. (But that flag has also been used by Iranians protesting the current regime, which may not be the overtone you’re intending.)

[-] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Standard of kaveh is pretty cool. Interest to see how people of the past made their flag and history behind it is interesting, but is the average American going to understand that?

It's hard to invoke a meaning, but I would be cool to bring to a protest and tell protestors about kaveh.

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