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Re:Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies flag by DieBruderBauer on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:17AM (#33982484)
To be charitable, it seems as though the Iranian flag was simply made easy to see for Twitter posts. Doesn't seem to have a malicious undertone to it.
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Re:Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies flag by ndsipa_pomu on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:20AM (#33982509)
That seems over-charitable to me. It's a very specific change and the article implies that it was intentional

>US footballer told CNN on Sunday that it wanted to change the official flag for 24 hours to show “support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights” but always planned to go back to the original flag.

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Re:Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies flag by prepend on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:20AM (#33982516)
Iran’s true flag is perfectly easy to see on Twitter, removing words from it is actually harder because people familiar with the flag will be confused.

I don’t think the editing was malicious, just stupid.

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Re:Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies flag by tibbydudeza on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:29AM (#33982598)
The US flag has too many stars in it - hurts my eyes - let's make it one big star.
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Re:Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies flag by dreen on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:32AM (#33982622)
Agreed, and make it yellow/gold for better visibility, also remove the blue and the white for better contrast.
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Re:Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies flag by tibbydudeza on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:38AM (#33982671)
The "Star Spangled Banner" won't have the same feels anymore :).
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