Whoever introduced political flags to Somalis had no idea the chokehold it’d have on Somalis

[Caaro]

For such a small and homogenous ethnic group, we seem to have dozens of flags, most of which have no history and have been created within the past century.

does anyone else find it so cringe?

Not much effort has been put into the flags either. Make a flag on ms paint, print it out on tshirts, dirac’s and bracelet and suddenly you have a new flag Somalis will start repping.

every sub-sub-sub qabiil has their own flag, every region has their own flag, every wannabe state has one too lmfao.

Flags have not been a part of Somali culture to this extent. I’m seriously so confused where this infatuation with flags came from.

could it be because most Somalis feel very lost and don’t seem to carry a national identity they resonate with so they create their own regional flags to place their pride in?

by the way, this isn’t me saying we shouldn’t have flags. Like yeah sure, have a flag for puntland state or whatever, that makes sense. But Somalis are the only people who wave their state flag like its their pride.

I can’t think of other nations that do this.

 

[The Oponian Guild]

For such a small and homogenous ethnic group, we seem to have dozens of flags, most of which have no history and have been created within the past century.

does anyone else find it so cringe?

Not much effort has been put into the flags either. Make a flag on ms paint, print it out on tshirts, dirac’s and bracelet and suddenly you have a new flag Somalis will start repping.

every sub-sub-sub qabiil has their own flag, every region has their own flag, every wannabe state has one too lmfao.

Flags have not been a part of Somali culture to this extent. I’m seriously so confused where this infatuation with flags came from.

could it be because most Somalis feel very lost and don’t seem to carry a national identity they resonate with so they create their own regional flags to place their pride in?

by the way, this isn’t me saying we shouldn’t have flags. Like yeah sure, have a flag for puntland state or whatever, that makes sense. But Somalis are the only people who wave their state flag like its their pride.

I can’t think of other nations that do this.

Because every clan is in effect a nation and a political bloc and this our inheritance from the past, nothing much has changed since the days of the Tirri and Harla and Madanle.

 

[Jaffar]

ket them represent what ever they want it doesn hurt people as long as people dont die i dont see a proble

 

[SilentE1001]

For such a small and homogenous ethnic group, we seem to have dozens of flags, most of which have no history and have been created within the past century.

does anyone else find it so cringe?

Not much effort has been put into the flags either. Make a flag on ms paint, print it out on tshirts, dirac’s and bracelet and suddenly you have a new flag Somalis will start repping.

every sub-sub-sub qabiil has their own flag, every region has their own flag, every wannabe state has one too lmfao.

Flags have not been a part of Somali culture to this extent. I’m seriously so confused where this infatuation with flags came from.

could it be because most Somalis feel very lost and don’t seem to carry a national identity they resonate with so they create their own regional flags to place their pride in?

by the way, this isn’t me saying we shouldn’t have flags. Like yeah sure, have a flag for puntland state or whatever, that makes sense. But Somalis are the only people who wave their state flag like its their pride.

I can’t think of other nations that do this.

the purpose of this was an agenda against somaliland so xamar can say "they just the same as all these other ones"

 

[caano_shaah]

It's embarrassing and cringe. We are watching the manifestation of mental divide and conquer by qabiil being passed down to the next generations in plain sight and people don't realize how this will only further separate us. I mean look at how they turned the Minneapolis Mayoral election into a qabiil based shit show.

And don't get me started on the qabiil wrist bands too

 

[Jaffar]

tel me what qabil is the mayor candidate for mineapolis

 

[Caaro]

ket them represent what ever they want it doesn hurt people as long as people dont die i dont see a proble

It leads to more senseless division and tribalism around flags. Disrespecting flags will just turn into another conflict point.

it is hurting people, whether you see it or not

 

[Caaro]

the purpose of this was an agenda against somaliland so xamar can say "they just the same as all these other ones"

Do you genuinely believe that Xamar is capable of pushing any sort of PsyOp’s? There’s Somali intelligence agents all over somaliweyne distributing and creating flags?

this is just a consequence of Somali people’s lack of national identity/pride.

 

[Kamaaludeen Al Reewin]

You know what's funny. It's gotten to the point that people from other countries are confused to why somalis are using their flags.

They are seeing accounts on tiktok with the sierra leonian flag , or the Gambian flag , or the Azerbaijan flag , or the Iranian flag , or the Luxemburg flag and they open the account and see a somali person and think why is his Somali has our flag in their account .

Before the problem used to be the regions aka Somaliland and puntland and SWS or Jubbaland having flags. It was bad but it was like 4 or 5 flags. Now it's gotten to the point every Jufo has their own flag.

This shows how divided we have become and how the colonials job has done very well

 

[Warzio7]

the purpose of this was an agenda against somaliland so xamar can say "they just the same as all these other ones"

You’re right that’s how it all started. Even the questioner will probably lump Somalilands flag in with the rest saying the same “it’s just another clan flag”.

 

[SilentE1001]

Do you genuinely believe that Xamar is capable of pushing any sort of PsyOp’s? There’s Somali intelligence agents all over somaliweyne distributing and creating flags?

this is just a consequence of Somali people’s lack of national identity/pride.

It's not just that.

It's also pushed on self interest and greed. They want what Somaliland got.

Why do you think we've been dealing with yous everyday spamming blue flags and shouting anytime anywhere Somaliland is mentioned.

Like the girlfriend you leave but keeps begging you to stay. Don't want you or nothing to do with you.

The same people that attacked DPW for investing in Somaliland now created pages advertising all developments in Somaliland as done by the Govt of Somalia. They know deep down there's nothing they have to offer they just want to take what others have worked on. Go work on controlling the country instead of just photo ops for geo politics

 

[Xoriyo]

There is nothing wrong with having flags representing the federal states of Somalia especially when it’s flown alongside . Same thing can be seen in other countries like America where states have their own flags.

It is the literal clan flags that are the issue. Those who wave them simply jumped on a bandwagon but have nothing to back up their so called flags.

 

[Caaro]

There is nothing wrong with having flags representing the federal states of Somalia especially when it’s flown alongside . Same thing can be seen in other countries like America where states have their own flags.

It is the literal clan flags that are the issue. Those who wave them simply jumped on a bandwagon but have nothing to back up their so called flags.

No even the federal state flags have become an issue.

people will put it in their bio (with a similar looking flag of another country). They will have whole xaflads with only the federal state flag and no site of the Somalia flag.

 

[Jaffar]

It leads to more senseless division and tribalism around flags. Disrespecting flags will just turn into another conflict point.

it is hurting people, whether you see it or not

It’s. Not a big issue what do u want ban them. If u ban them people will still use it . Siad barre tried to bury Qabil so u couldn’t mention qabil at some point the whole thing exploded

 

[Burqad]

Wah wah more centralist slop.

 

[Caaro]

It’s. Not a big issue what do u want ban them. If u ban them people will still use it . Siad barre tried to bury Qabil so u couldn’t mention qabil at some point the whole thing exploded

I didn’t say ban them.

Banning it won’t solve anything, the root of the problem stems from a much larger societal issue.

 

[caano_shaah]

Garre got rid of its clan flag, hopefully this is the beginning of something good.

 

[3LetterzMM]

Tons of countries have different flags for their states up here in Canada every native person I’ve ever met who’s originally from Nunavut has the Nunavut flag hung up in their house them niggas take that shit just as serious as Somalis do even schools and government buildings outhere have the Ontario flag hung up beside the Canadian one plus the province flag is on everyone’s drivers license and health card you’re sorely mistaken to think it’s just us.

 

[Caaro]

Tons of countries have different flags for their states up here in Canada every native person I’ve ever met who’s originally from Nunavut has the Nunavut flag hung up in their house them niggas take that shit just as serious as Somalis do even schools and government buildings outhere have the Ontario flag hung up beside the Canadian one plus the province flag is on everyone’s drivers license and health card you’re sorely mistaken to think it’s just us.

This is such false equivalence.

show me one person in Ontario repping the Ontario flag lmfao.

the only places that have Ontario flag up are government owned buildings like Ontario service.

Half of Torontonians don’t even know how the Ontario flag looks.

the provincial flags exist almost purely for official purposes. Not for some type of provincial identity/pride.

I have never in my life met a single person who owns or flies the Ontario flag. You are delusional if you think the provincial flags in Canada and how the people treat them is the same as the state/qabiil flags Somalis rep.

 

[3LetterzMM]

This is such false equivalence.

show me one person in Ontario repping the Ontario flag lmfao.

the only places that have Ontario flag up are government owned buildings like Ontario service.

Half of Torontonians don’t even know how the Ontario flag looks.

the provincial flags exist almost purely for official purposes. Not for some type of provincial identity/pride.

I have never in my life met a single person who owns or flies the Ontario flag. You are delusional if you think the provincial flags in Canada and how the people treat them is the same as the state/qabiil flags Somalis rep.

Reer Nunavut rep their flag heavy how is that not the same? Take a trip to Quebec those guys don’t even hang the Canadian flag up anymore everywhere you go it’s that shitty quebecois flag it’s a symbol of pride for them exactly like how the qabiil flags are just cause Ontario doesn’t use their flag doesn’t mean other provinces don’t. Also Canada is just one example tons of other countries use their state flags in a similar way.