Country flag choice / mislead

@UnDo_CtrlZ said in #6:
> To all said above: I am not saying anything about being a representative, I am just saying that it is logical either to give an option for a real flag, or give a complete range of alternative flags for everyone, not just some "special" ones, taking into consideration they do not officially exist and do not stand for a country (or exist only in the imagination of some group of people)
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> Oh, I should say "thank you" for being allowed to show my flag? Everything is being criticized nowadays, so is it a reason to ban it? If I started criticizing any flag then should it be the reason to consider it being removed? Of course not. If anyone bans the flag/language/culture of any country - this is a step towards racism and discrimination. And if you change the existing flag with a fake one - it is a deliberate mislead and disinformation. And that is why I urge to attract attention, unite, and bring this issue to Lichess team.
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> Speaking about Chess.com - they're just a bunch of racists, so screw them.
Получается, те, кто запрещают флаг росии, те расисты? Знаете, свастику тоже запрещают. Получается, все, кто запрещают свастику, расисты?)

А кстати правильно запрещают росийский флаг, надо ещё запрещать поддержку росии. Либо разрешить поддержку нацизма.

@karimirad66 said in #31:
> Получается, те, кто запрещают флаг росии, те расисты? Знаете, свастику тоже запрещают. Получается, все, кто запрещают свастику, расисты?)
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> А кстати правильно запрещают росийский флаг, надо ещё запрещать поддержку росии. Либо разрешить поддержку нацизма.

Я дико рофлю с твоего сообщения. Запрещать российский флаг? Зачем?)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8JqKxrloQQ this says it all better than I ever could.

Have a real dirty flag:

@UnDo_CtrlZ said in #1:
> Hello Lichess team!
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> First of all thank you very much for all your work and efforts to make this chess site work and be the best (I moved here from chess.com and am very happy!)
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> Recently I have played against a player with the flag of white-blue-white strips, since I don't know any country with such a flag I decided to investigate and have a look at the choices you offer. To my surprise you offer this flag as an alternative to Russian flag. This deeply offends me, as there is only one Russian flag, it is white-blue-red, and naming any other flag as Russian is inappropriate and irrelevant.
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> I might assume that you wanted to add some anti-war flags, however I still don't see any correlation between chess and politics, anyways, if this is what you intended to do, then where are anti-war flags for the USA, the UK, Israel, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and many more other countries?
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> Looking forward to your reply and to something being done about this huge mislead.
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> Andrew.
They try to not let people focus on the war, as such:

- Ukraine vs. Russia
- Israel vs. Palestine (They have not removed any flags regarding this scandal, but no one knows if they will).
and more unrecognized wars that are going on our planet.

So, regarding this, we could really tell why they switched the Russian flag.
I am still wondering why they would switch the Belarus flag instead of the Ukrainian flag? Is it because Belarus is helping Russia?

We would never know.

@alexObby21 of course Belarus is allied with Russia. They don't send soldiers but they had let Russia use its territory to prepare the invasion

and of course, they're not "switching" flags (that would imply banning the official flags). They just offer versions that, as said, embody a vision of these two countries being freed from dictatorship.

@drakosha_2012 said in #32:
> Я дико рофлю с твоего сообщения. Запрещать российский флаг? Зачем?)
По той же причине, по которой запретили свастику. Потому что есть вещи, которые нельзя поддерживать (расизм, нацизм)

WOW, thank you guys for showing who you really are. I guess I have to apply to Roskomnadzor. Your protests, or opposition, or whatever you call it just adds to the point.

Sure, you'll do all of these people (and many more) a favor by getting most Russians off the site:

lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/russian-players-5#1
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/unduly-paused-because-of-aborting-games-with-russians#1
lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/ban-of-russian-players-send-this-email-please
lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/proposal-to-lichess-admin-to-react-after-russia-declaration-of-war
lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/sospension-of-russian-account
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/shame-on-russia-?page=1
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/i-call-on-lichess-to-ban-russia-in-social-protest?page=1
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/ban-all-russian-ips
lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/lichess-and-russian-aggreesion?page=1
lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/banning-russian-ips?page=1
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/russian-flag-temporary-bans-and-thoughts
lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/when-is-lichess-going-to-ban-russian-players?page=1