Changing Stripes

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Rioters carried many familiar flags during the January 6th insurrection at the United States Capitol -- Confederate, MAGA, as well as some custom-made ones like a flag of Trump looking like Rambo. Except for onlookers who were already familiar with the design, it would have been easy to overlook one particular bright yellow flag with three red horizontal stripes across the center. This was the flag of South Vietnam.

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0:00.0	This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.
0:05.0	I'm sorry to do this, but I'm going to take you back to January 6th, 2021.
0:10.0	I can see at least half a dozen protesters scaling literally climbing.
0:16.2	A violent mob of Trump supporters attempted to overturn the 2020 election results with
0:20.8	physical force.
0:22.2	They broke into the capital, disrupted the
0:24.1	electoral college vote, and occupied the building for hours. Like most of you, I had my
0:29.1	butt clenched that day, watching the insurrection unfold on television.
0:33.2	Producer Vivian Lay.
0:35.0	I also happen to be watching that news coverage with my mom.
0:38.4	I see every channel.
0:41.4	I watch ABC, I watch CBS I watch CNN I watch Fox every every perspective
0:50.8	This is my mom by the way do you want to say hi to my boss real fast?
0:55.0	Good day.
0:56.0	Roman?
0:57.0	Hi Roman. It is Sedian's mom.
0:59.0	Hey mom.
1:00.0	So that day during the insurrection, yes, we were both horrified and yes, we were both worried about the state of democracy.
1:07.0	But as my mom and I scanned the aerial shots of the rioters marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, we also couldn't help but notice
1:14.7	the dizzying amount of different types of flags there that day.
1:17.8	Aside from seeing the obvious choices like the US or MAGA flag, there were some that were just really hideous graphic designs.
1:26.0	Like the flag of Trump photoshopped as Rambo, or Kelvin from Kelvin and Hobbs peeing on Biden.
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