Julius Caesar was assassinated for wearing red boots. Barrack Obama was lambasted for wearing a tan suit. Purple is associated with royalty, white is associated with clergy, and gold is associated with superiority. Red and Blue have powerful meanings in America, and so does Green. Which colour is the most political in your opinion?
77% of national flags contain red.
…Which is a bit disturbing because it is generally used to refer to bloodshed or might in battle - partially in a “let’s honor the past” sort of way, but mostly in a “don’t fuck with us” sort of way.
Fun fact: the flag of Jamaica is the only country flag which has neither red, white or blue.
During the Golden Age of Piracy, pirates would fly a red flag to communicate no quarter. That meant that if anyone decided to fight back would be killed because they were not taking prisoners.
Imagine being a miserable English sailor months from home, broke af, and hungry, when you’re out in the ocean about to head back and you see this pulling up:
☠️ TIME TO MOTHERFUCKIN DIE ☠️
Red. It is used and associated with countless movements, flags, banners, all across the political spectrum.
Red is associated with social democracy, socialism, communism in most countries; almost only in the US is it the color of the conservative party.
Which was basically a coincidence of one close election night and the TV networks trying to act objective. Parties don’t have official colors in the U.S. and every network was using red, white, and blue for their maps. To use red for Democrats would have implied a connection to communism and white was obviously for states without results yet. So, they all, independently, chose blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, and white for states whose polls hadn’t closed.
Purple is probably the only one that I’m aware of on your list where there’s a legit logic behind it, since dyes used to be harder to come by
Drag thinks maybe there’s a historical reason why white is associated with purity and black with sin, and it ain’t because of the price of dye.
EDIT: Drag just wants to talk about colours, not have to defend drag’s identity!
This guy’s gimmick is to speak about himself in the third person. You can safely block him.
Red for sure.
