Danish flags get mistaken for confederate flags *sigh*
So, about 2 days ago I had three women come to my door and ring my ring doorbell at like 7PM. I had my door open but my screen door locked with a curtain hanging down so no one could see in. I open the curtain to see three women outside and they ask me L1 – lady 1 L2 – lady 2 L3 – lady 3 Me- me
L1: we don’t want to be rude but we were wondering why you have 2 confederate flags hanging on your door?
Me: umm, those are not confederate flags, those are Danish flags, I have them on my car too
L2: oh hell yeah she does, why do you even have them up!
Me: ummm, because im Danish and my husband is Danish?
L1: where is this flag located then huh?
Me: In Denmark
L2: which state is that located in?
Me: it isn’t a state..
L1: it’s a country.
L2: then where is it located at!
Me: above Germany?
L3: OH! Like Norway!
I wanted to facepalm at this time just from the stupidity of the conversation.
I step outside and point at the flag and say
Me: the confederate flag is red outside with white and blue cross and stars on the blue cross. This is a plain red flag with a white plus, not a cross.
L2:stomps her feet and walks away in anger
L3: oh yeah, that’s right! But my brother lives in Norway and he told me that they hate black people like us.
Me: I don’t know anything about Norway, this is the Danish flag, not Norwegian. Danish people are about equality and are not racists so I am not either.
They finally understood and we talked about other things for about 30 more mins and then they walked away. I have never felt so nervous and threatened before over a flag that has nothing to do with the American history, it doesn’t even have to do with America in a whole…
In case you guys want to see the “confederate flags” that are hanging at my door. https://imgur.com/gallery/YAmHNDJ
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