r/vexillology • u/kbhina • May 29 '25

Identify Help identify this flag in Germany

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Found this flag cut out sticker in the small German town of Irrel. Can someone identify this flag?

Irrel: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NgVkz7ow3FFwUmX3A?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

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u/kvd_ May 29 '25

it's a "german pride flag" used by the AfD as a way to mock LGBT people. not sure why they added prussia but it's probably just more german nationalism. here's an AfD poster doing the same thing:

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u/Playful_Addition_741 May 29 '25

Its too late socdem, I have already depicted you as the crying wojack and me as the smiling Pepe

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u/theindepantmage May 29 '25

Even better, the Pepe is even listed on a long document of nazi symbols and phrases as an example of far right memes as published by the German Verfassungsschutz. They know what they're doing.

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u/DreamFlashy7023 May 30 '25

They try to claim pepe, but pepe was never their property. Dont stop using him or they may be successfull one day.

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u/draggingonfeetofclay Jun 02 '25

It was a specific "clown world honk honk" pepe that they were describing and it's not one of the symbols that are liable to persecution (unlike the more obvious ones that are actually punished if found). It's like runes and triscles and other old Celtic/Norse symbols. Not inherently fascist, but simply sus if there is not further context and you didn't know the person.

It's moreso that this document is a dossier of things to watch out for if you're working for the police and trying to contextualise symbols that people use.

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u/Kiebonk May 30 '25

88 pages. Do they, really?

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u/theindepantmage May 30 '25

I think it was just a coincidence. A pretty funny one at that

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