Trying to solve more flag mysteries (submitted by you!) 

Thin blue line is fine but the punisher scull is kinda cringé

@@azore1184 I think both are a little funky looking, but yeah punisher skull is a cringe and weird symbol, not only that but super inappropriate. A skull as a symbol for law enforcement? Especially with all the political stuff going on recently, a skull is not at all appropriate.

I saw that too

it seems they're just adopting that symbol because it looks cool.

The Punisher Skull certainly qualifies as a hate symbol added on to the Vinland flag, as the ADL says is often done. (The Punisher Skull is popular with US white supremacists and people who support police brutality).

Mercia did establish overlordship over the kingdom of wessex at one point but yeah

Funny, I’m in Tamworth right now. It was the capital of Mercia back in the day.

The map defines the board between Wessex and Mercia on the Thames

On the map J.J. showed at 2:30, Portsmouth (on the south coast) is clearly in Wessex not Mercia, whose southern border is the river Thames.

Not entirely true, it’s considered part of Mercia pre Alfred the great, then after it is still part of Mercia, but Mercia itself was under Wessex’s sphere of influence

Ngl that sounds like a good idea, and the sequel would be someone replacing the Governor Generals flag with the flag of the British Ionian islands before she gives a speech, and JJ has to find the culprit

@@WildBill1989 Love this idea, but you need to be more specific when using acronyms. Did you mean the "Hostage Rescue Team" that saves those being held against their will or the "Hair Restoration Team" that forces certain people to use hair gel?

Part four is JJ at the Italian embassy in Canada as the Italian flag has been switched to the Newfoundland republic flag. As it turns out, a group of Newfoundland separatists are doing it to force the government to separate Newfoundland. When he finds them, there is a shootout near a pub in gander, and the rcmp arrest the suspects

Fvck Scott Pilgrim that would be my favorite movie of all time

Canadafirst wants a NEW FLAG For Canada . anyone want to take a shot at designing Canada a proper flag

TON were the best, miss you Peter

Saw this comment before I watched the video and I thought he was gonna talk about blood types lol

dude, how much i miss peter

I wouldn't listen to what the ADL calls a hate symbol, they have got to be the most stuck-up progressive organization ever. They classify so many thing as hate symbols, you probably have one in your own home.

Hell yess

I'd say out of all the ancient kingoms the closest to any modern relevance would probably be Northumbria. Simply because of the Northern independence Party using that flag for themselves.

True.. ‘Mercia’ is used for West Mercia police though I can’t think of anything else. Most people in the region describe it as ‘the Midlands’. I travel there often and have never seen this flag. East Anglia is still commonly used for Norfolk and Suffolk collectively. Others are used obviously where they later became counties (Kent, Sussex, Essex etc. and even little Lindsey is used for the northern Lincolnshire region). The Anglo Saxon period is not generally taught in schools so most English ppl are quite ignorant about it. Fun fact - Mercia has the same etymology as Denmark - a ‘borderland’, in their case between north, south and the Welsh.

I know there was time called the Mercian supremacy, where Mercia was the largest kingdom, but it has little influence on the modern world, and it was pre-1066, so probably a football fan or from that city

I was assuming the same. I'm Irish so haven't had the same history curriculum as you but this is the first time I've heard of Mercia. Is it a topic that's covered in secondary school at all can you remember? I wonder do most people have a familiarity with it... Side note; I recently saw a flag I didn't recognise in the wild, so I took a pic and asked the vexillology community on reddit. Turns out it was the Knights Templar flag according to most redditors but everyone from Brazil said it was the flag of a local football team, so perhaps the reverse of this scenario lol

When J.J. mentioned Mercia, I was aware that at one time it was the largest kingdom on the island. But only because I am a fan of the TV show Vikings.

Maybe he was a Mercia supremacist

@@JJMcCullough yeah when you said mercia included portsmouth i had a conniption fit

I think J.J. misread the map, according to it Portsmouth would be located in Wessex, not Mercia, which is further north.

@@JJMcCullough I'm so confused, doesn't the map show Portsmouth would be in Wessex ??

@@ByzantineDarkwraith what’s a Wessex

They never even were officially a British colony. Kamehameha was a fan of the British and they were friends, but they were a completely independent nation up until they became a US state.

History isn’t important to far left revisionist racists

Yeah, the king just thought it was neat and told his flag guys to put it on theirs. Because of the trading relationship with the US before annexation, they included the stripe pattern of the US flag for similar reasons.

@@Domhnall1989 nice joke

@@Domhnall1989 You are aware that JJ is a very staunch conservative, right?

Nice Wu Tang pfp.

They have definite thrash influence but not really death metal.

True, but the chances of him knowing they were a Gothic Doom band were so low that I had to give him a pass. Hell, I’ve seen seasoned metalheads who weren’t sure what to call them.

You get used to it eventually, a lot of people don't even consider other genres of metal exist beyond metal heavy metal and death metal 😭😭😭😭

Blue is on the top, though. While the color pallet is right, the blue would not be in the middle

the tight relations between the hawaiian monarchy and these states, not the Hawaiian people.

@@thecampverdekid806 They should do someting about it instead of just complaining.

I’d say the only exception there is Cornwall, we still have a large Cornish identity

@@jacobseager4897 True, I rather neglected that as it isn't one of the Anglo Saxon heptarchy. Kinda a special case.

That’s not strictly true, Blackburn has a cathedral and isn’t a city.

A “City” in the United Kingdom is… very strangely, something the Queen/King has to hand out… Once the title of city is given to a place it remains a city… You can look it up, I’m not kidding in the slightest.

@@boass maybe, I guess nowerdays it’s the Prime Minister who actually decides though

I saw a similar German one that was three Monochrome stripes with a big DE in the middle

Is that the one in great baaarford? Another Bedford boy out ere

There was a brief episode called the "Paulet affair" where this was attempted. IIRC it was not authorized by the Crown.

It’s kind of an interesting case on what represents Native Hawaiian culture more. The current flag was one that was actually designed by the Hawaiian king, so should you use that to honor him? Or does it represent Hawaii falling under European influence and the beginning of the decline of Hawaiian culture?

I think it was more out of respecting the UK not just liking the design

@@tomtomtrent It seems more like an anti-monarchist flag to me on that context and maybe now anti-Western sentiment and a push for a more Polynesian-focused culture.

The last queen of Hawaii (shortly before it was annexed by some businessmen from the USA) reached out to Queen Victoria to become part of the British empire. She was under house arrest at the time, and I guess she saw the brits as the lesser of two evils. The brits weren't interested, and the rest is history.

Good to see some Anglo Saxon culture in the RU-vid comments

EAST! EAST! EASTSEAXNA! EAST! EAST! EASTSEAXNA! EAST! EAST! EASTSEAXNA!

Lenge leve!

Old English looks a lot like Dutch (I mean, yeah both are West Germanic languages, but still).

Cross flag?

@@Joe_Mama661 he is talking about the Wirmer flag

It was literally an anti Nazi flag lol

@@xunqianbaidu6917 probably because people who didn’t recognize it handed it to them. Because people are usually morons.

i mean it looks cool but why would germany have a nordic cross flag i wouldn't consider Germany Nordic except for maybe the northern most edges

Like many tiny islands, Niue issues a lot of coins and stamps and sell them to collectors. For some islands, this is even an important source of revenue. Although Niue coins and stamps are actually minted and printed in New Zealand.

Yeah, that’s how I knew about Niue in the first place.

Interesting enough.. King Kamehameha’s fleet possessed two former American schooners, one of which was his flagship “the Fair American”

400! I have so many curiosities to google now.

The US has 435 House members for 330 million people, while the UK has 650 MPs for about 70 million people. And we also have the House of Lords with 800+ members. But maybe that's not too relevant as the House of Lords isn't elected and has limited power.

Chinese Parliament (even if it's just a rubber-stamp thing): *Pathetic*

what happens with Iceland and Norway, or Denmark, Sweden and Finland?

@@r.ndomperson Well hopefully those nations don’t go to war

​@Random Person they would probably have letters to identify themselves

Sounds like a pretty thoughtlessly designed flag

@@JJMcCullough apparently he once received a Union Jack as a gift from a British trader and liked it so much he used it as his royal standard.

It’s not ugly at all. I kinda like it.

The middle beam not being the blue line annoys me to no end

@@Canalbizarrof I guess it's to emphasize it's thin

You'd think they'd take a Scott the woz approach [blue borders around the flag]

Quirky smile with the killer stache

i suspect this goes back to french colonial flag policy where almost all french colonies never had official flags that weren't the tricolour, french colonial policy was after all heavily involved in bringing french ideals and trying to turn those colonies into just another part of france, so this is probably a part of it.

The fact that Occitania have been given so little territory is so horrible. The real Occitania is all of the homeland of the Occitan people where people speak Occitan. All of Southern France, except for Basque Country and Catalonia is Occitania.

It is very sad, because french policy seems to have not shifted away from trying to erase non french cultures, like grand est for example whose entire german heritage has been almost destroyed.

@@ignemuton5500 Yes, the post-revolutionary jacobinist policies are one of the most extreme cases of forced assimilation. And I hate to see that our overseas regions are still being neglected, even though they're technically integral parts of our country and not colonies. At least they have the right to vote, unlike US territories.

@@FairyCRat it's very frustrating to see indeed, Guyane for example has been reduced to the level where it could theoretically never be self sufficient, it will always have to rely on the central government which is probably why their independence movement hasn't really caught on as much.

E te iloa tautala fa'aSamoa?

@@adanactnomew7085 Fa'amagalo mai fa'amolemole. I am Palagi. I do not speak Samoan, at least not yet, but I am studying the language on Sa'olelei...

@@adanactnomew7085 By the way, may I ask what that said? All I recognize is "fa'aSamoa" which I understand to mean "the way of Samoa" or "in the manner of Samoa"

@@michaeldavis9190 it means Do you speak Samoan. Fa'aSamoa means the language too. Same rules as in English (demonym can mean the language)

@@adanactnomew7085 Ah, thank you. No, I don't speak it, and I'm learning very slowly. Work and life get in the way of my ability to study. If you do not mind me asking, are you either Samoan or American Samoan?

Well not ANY

@@JJMcCullough sorry 😞 I don’t understand

Well from what I understand the flag was designed with the goal of appeasing the leading imperial powers of the 19th century because the kingdom feared them.

@@JJMcCullough To an extent that is true. The whole reason Kamehameha went through the trouble of unifying the HawaiianIslands into one Kingdom is so they would be strong enough to defend against the Imperial powers. But I wouldn't say it was competently out of fear. After all these powers were the same ones Hawaii was mostly trading with, so appeasing them for trade benefits would not be out of the question, especially since trade allowed him access to the firearms and western vessels he used to unite Hawaii. But Kamehameha was also not to afraid to defy western powers. When the Russian Governor of Alaska set up a fort in Hawaii, he sent troops to force them out peacefully, taking the fort over. He also kept a strict watch on foreigners to prevent them from basically taking over the islands (something which unfortunately his ancestors failed to do) However Kamehameha also liked some foreigners. As stated they brought valuable trade to the islands, but he also brought foreign advisors into his court and military, as seen with his navy being led by a shot. He also had a respect for King George III, and exchanged gifts with him. So fear isn't probably the best or only word to use. The flag had some appeasement for trade reasons and was obviously effected by the importance of flags in the age of western dominance, something I believe you discussed before, but fear played likely more of a role in unifying the Kingdom then the creation of its flag. Then again my history on Hawaii is admitted limit, and there are probably other people who understand the situation better. So admittedly I could be completely wrong about this.

Yep it my favourite too

On a field of yellow, a red gym ball with the motto, "Hello Friends!"

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@@jeremysanchez5545 don’t have a clue what you’re talking about mate!

@@jeremysanchez5545 idk

King Arthur was mythical, but if we pretend his story was real he is usually referred to as a celtic man fighting off the anglo saxon invasions of England. Mercia was an anglo saxon nation so 100% not true

@@billytompkins6694 Wasn't Mercia one of the last Anglo kingdoms to fall, hence the fact that it's not named like the others?

Mercia is mentioned by Arthur in the Monty Python film, which I'm sure is a peer reviewed piece of scholarly excellence. Actually, I went to a great talk at a university about the film. It has a lot of historical details that it either got right or deliberately modified for comedic effect. However the emphasis was on literary history and political philosophy, not political history.

Well if Monty Phyton mentioned him he must be true 😁 Ive not seen many phytons. Life Of Brian and the Holy Grail I think

As well as wanting strong ties to the British empire for protection and strengthening their navy.

Is Punisher considered a good guy?

@@JJMcCullough in the comics he's a sort of anti hero vigilante who takes the law into his own hands usually pretty violently, a lot of people who don't like the thin blue line also don't like police using someone like the punisher as a symbol, including the original creator of punisher I hear

I believe the association of the Punisher with "law-and-order" right-wing vigilante types comes from "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, who used it as a symbol since he liked it and the Punisher was also a sniper.

@@TheAlexSchmidt I think so, it became popular in the military, and a lot of ex military guys become cops so it took off with them next

@@markhill3285 Yeah here's a video on it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u9o6BHt7Goo.html

Arkipehlago(w)

That’s really cool

mercia 😎

I think that you meant... « that will reference the name *'Mercia'* ».

Wasn't it the ADL that also bought 4chan's trolling about the "ok" symbol being "hate speech?" The ADL has become a joke.

That's sounds like declaring the Sonic the Hedgehog fictional media franchise as pornography not suitable for kids.

@@afgone Yeah, but there are a lot of pictures of far right people doing the "okay symbol". It's inception. It was a joke, that people co-oped, so they could claim deniability. "Oh, I'm not a far right guy, I'm just doing the funny joke".

Sounds like they're turning into the PETA of hate speech (though I believe the two aren't on speaking terms since the latter likes to equate livestock farming to the holocaust).

I think if someone is watching this channel, they would probably know

JJ knows this, he doesn't like the word I guess

It's called Flagspertese

Putting the lol in vexillology

@@JJMcCullough yeah, I guess you're right

+peacekeeper force sometimes uses yellow sand camo colours.

My hot take is that the Hawaiian flag isn't very good. It requires too much explaining, and its symbolism is very dated.

@@JJMcCullough I agree and as a US State it feels intentionally Unamerican like the flag of Georgia or Alabama.

@@JJMcCullough Fair points. However, I personally think it's one of the more attractive state flags and what it lacks in meaningful symbolism, it makes up with history.

@@Kaizoku_Zoro well it makes sense. Hawaii isn't in America, it's in the Pacific.

@@gamermapper yes but something from the US or is part of the US is called American

William the Bastard was certainly not the first king of "all of England" as you put it. Furthermore, "true King" is utterly laudable!

@@ourresidentcockney8776 yeah man I'm just explaining what we were taught in school

To be super nitpicky, this isn't strictly true. The unified kingdom of England predated the invasion of William the Conqueror, and the Anglo-Saxon earldoms (of which Mercia was one) continued past the Norman Conquest.

*remember that he's got a North American accent, so for him it'll be better transliterated as "Saint All buns"

Well one person decided it was the flag for everyone, so you cant say its a flag that represents the people

@@ixamisus As opposed to the other flag designed by one person appointed to an entire group of people

@@adanactnomew7085 its not offical

Shut up

@@b__c7538 no u

@@chewy7626 No

Some people want to find ways at being angry at cops for no reason.

I agree, I can see how the third one is controversial but it’s dumb to get mad about the other 2 and they PD could’ve politely asked to remove the flags instead of making a nation hysteria about it.