{"id":2255514,"date":"2024-05-30T04:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-mistake-democrats-war-on-americas-heritage-as-just-a-clash-over-a-pine-tree-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T04:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:26:35","slug":"dont-mistake-democrats-war-on-americas-heritage-as-just-a-clash-over-a-pine-tree-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-mistake-democrats-war-on-americas-heritage-as-just-a-clash-over-a-pine-tree-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid seeing the Democrats&#8217; fight against America&#8217;s heritage as merely a dispute over a pine tree flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdont-mistake-democrats-war-on-americas-heritage-as-just-a-clash-over-a-pine-tree-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The recent focus of progressive critics\u2064 is on reshaping \u200dhistorical symbols, like the Revolutionary\u2062 War-era flag with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-police-boost-patrols-amid-spring-break-violence\/\" title=\"Fla. police boost patrols amid spring break violence\">pine tree<\/a>, \u2062seen at\u2062 Justice\u200b Samuel Alito&#8217;s home. This narrative distortion aims to \u200clink such\u200c symbols with religious extremism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-faces-lawsuit-from-conservative-media-over-funding-censorship-scheme\/\" title=\"Conservative media sues State Department over alleged 'censorship scheme' funding\">stifling conservative voices<\/a>\u2064 and tarnishing American heritage.\u200d The broader \u2064trend includes attacks on flags, statues, holidays, \u200dand the rewriting\u2062 of \u2064historical events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>One effective way to sever a people\u2019s ties to their country\u2019s past is to redefine and replace their nation\u2019s history and symbols.<\/p>\n<p>The latest target of leftist iconoclasts is a Revolutionary War-era flag emblazoned with an unassuming pine tree and the words \u201cAn Appeal to Heaven,\u201d which was seen flying outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s New Jersey vacation home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1011970132\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e69ba8abd975a080d9fe840f01f15183 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e69ba8abd975a080d9fe840f01f15183\"><\/div>\n<p>Predictably, these four words have caused left-wing media outlets, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2024\/05\/alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven-supreme-court-christian-nationalism-jan-6.html#:~:text=Related%2520From%2520Slate&#038;text=The%2520Appeal%2520to%2520Heaven%2520Flag,religious%2520leader%2520called%2520Dutch%2520Sheets.\">Slate<\/a>, to panic as any appeal to God by government officials instantly sends leftists into hysterics about the rising threat of \u201cChristian nationalism.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to Slate writer Molly Olmstead, the Pine Tree Flag has been divorced from its historical <a href=\"https:\/\/repcmiller.com\/2019\/04\/04\/george-washington-appeal-to-heaven-flag-helps-focus-attention-on-national-day-of-prayer-on-may-2nd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">roots<\/a> and now serves \u201cas a symbol of the spiritual fight to push Christianity deeper into society and especially into politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that the symbol\u00a0is pulled\u00a0from U.S. history could grant the flag a veneer of democratic legitimacy,\u201d Olmstead continues, \u201cbut no one should confuse it for a contemporary democratic symbol. It\u2019s a resurrected\u00a0emblem,\u00a0with a uniquely theocratic twist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Democrats are using the religious associations of the \u201cAppeal to Heaven\u201d flag as a flimsy pretext to further erode American history and silence dissent from conservatives \u2014 as other flags rooted in the American Revolution are now <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/symbols-hate-extremism-display-pro-trump-capitol-siege\/story?id=75177671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viewed<\/a> as \u201csymbols of the far-right.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1411ba84db9692b0088b42303f9e331f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1411ba84db9692b0088b42303f9e331f\"><\/div>\n<p>Conveniently for Democrats, due to the presence of historical flags like the Pine Tree Flag at the Jan. 6 demonstrations, anyone who pays tribute to America\u2019s historical legacy can now be painted as a potential \u201cinsurrectionist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, social justice symbols, such as the \u201cpride\u201d and BLM flags, which cultivate their own religious devotion, receive no such concern or pushback from the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-atlantic-warns-nuclear-war-would-be-bad-for-climate-change\/\" title=\"\u201cThe Atlantic\u201d Warns Nuclear War Would Be Bad for Climate Change\">left-wing chattering class<\/a>. These symbols not only are elevated to positions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/white-house-flew-controversial-transgender-flag-troubles-some-critics-gay-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prominence<\/a> at the White House but receive special legal protections. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/newsletter-daily\/pride-intersection-alexander-jerich-delray-beach-sentencing-vandalism-probation-community-service-no-jail-criminal-mischief-reckless-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people<\/a> have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/news\/2024\/02\/13\/florida-lgbtq-mural-defaced-delray-beach-pride\/72577376007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> with felonies for intentionally doing burnouts on painted LGBT \u201cpride\u201d crosswalks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attacks on Symbols of American Heritage Are Not New<\/h2>\n<p>In 2019, Nike planned to release a sneaker featuring the Betsy Ross flag, an early American flag with 13 stars in a circle, to commemorate the Fourth of July. However, Colin Kaepernick, a former NFL quarterback and Nike spokesman, lambasted the company about the flag\u2019s symbolism, arguing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-canceled-sf-school-board-formally-rescinds-move-to-rename-schools-after-lincoln-washington-feinstein\/\" title=\"Un-Canceled: SF School Board Formally Rescinds Move To Rename Schools After Lincoln, Washington, Feinstein\">historic flag<\/a> should not be celebrated as it was a symbol of slavery and had also been co-opted by white nationalist groups.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Nike capitulated to Kaepernick\u2019s demands and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/why-nike-pulled-betsy-ross-flag-shoes-after-kaepernick-criticism\">pulled<\/a> the sneaker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25896e6c22bf2b6e296a3f79ffba672e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25896e6c22bf2b6e296a3f79ffba672e\"><\/div>\n<p>But not even the contemporary American flag is safe from attack. Once honored and sworn allegiance to, Old Glory is routinely <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/08\/blm-chapter-calls-american-flag-symbol-of-hatred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deemed<\/a> a \u201csymbol of hatred\u201d and is increasingly viewed as a banner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/video-students-say-american-flag-symbolizes-oppression\/17637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oppression<\/a> by a growing number of young Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the targeting of flags, additional examples of cultural replacement include the desecration and removal of historical statues, the attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/08\/14\/magazine\/1619-america-slavery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reinterpret<\/a> our nation\u2019s birth from 1776 to 1619, the subversion of national holidays such as Thanksgiving for \u201cIndigenous Peoples Day,\u201d or even a new federal law commemorating Juneteenth as a\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/juneteenth-us-second-independence-day-now-federal-holiday-180978015\/\">Second<\/a> Independence Day,\u201d which coincides with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/cowboys\/news\/super-bowl-dallas-cowboys-post-malone-jerry-jones-black-national-anthem-revealed-lift-every-voice-and-sing-chiefs-49ers-reba-mcentire\">elevation<\/a> of a separate \u201cblack national anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taken in totality, asserting that America\u2019s heritage is under assault would be a colossal understatement.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wokeness as Religion<\/h2>\n<p>Opposition to the \u201cAppeal to Heaven\u201d flag isn\u2019t about the left advocating for a religiously neutral America. Instead, their pushback is designed to undermine any competing moral system, particularly Christianity, to reshape America according to their preferred totalitarian ideology of identity politics and Cultural Marxism.  <\/p>\n<p>Similar to the ideology behind communism, wokeness opposes religion (though mainly just Christianity) while effectively being a religion itself. Unfortunately for us, while the United States was able to defeat the ideological Iron Curtain abroad, it has fallen under the rainbow shroud at home.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not forget, it was only a few months ago that Transgender Day of Visibility and Easter Sunday occurred on the same <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-easter-transgender-trans-trump-2acc05052d01272ed21ab83f32d99a77\">day<\/a>. And while leftists point out that their hallowed day of trans-visibility just so happened to coincide with Christianity\u2019s most sacred day this year, official State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/commemorating-lgbtqi-pride-month\/\">proclamations<\/a> and rainbow-illuminated government landmarks across the country beginning in June will demonstrate just how far the country \u2014 and yes, those in positions of power in our government \u2014 have moved away from publicly worshiping God in favor of their own religion.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding historical symbols such as the \u201cAppeal to Heaven\u201d flag reflects a deeper conflict over the very soul of the nation, pitting a leftist vision that seeks to rewrite American history against a conservative desire to preserve, celebrate, and build upon America\u2019s heritage. Because America\u2019s past remains politically up for grabs, the battle over its symbols will ultimately play a defining role in shaping its future. This is not merely a cultural skirmish but rather a war that must be won.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6aaf3e6eeb92e195232f1806eb15166f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6aaf3e6eeb92e195232f1806eb15166f\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful strategy to disconnect a nation from its history is by reshaping and substituting its historical narrative and symbols. The current focus of progressive iconoclasts is a Revolutionary War-era flag featuring a modest pine tree and the phrase &#8220;An Appeal to Heaven,&#8221; recently displayed by Supreme Court Justice Samuel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3120,"featured_media":2255515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Washingtons-Cruisers-Flag-1968.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Washingtons-Cruisers-Flag-1968.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}