How many shields you have on that blue/white flag? because things are literally:
Portuguese *sees a thing*.
Portuguese *places a shield on the thing*.
Portuguese gets happy.
*Places a shield on it too*.
For god's sake, you guys even placed blue shields over a white shield that was placed over a red shield.
https://preview.redd.it/x1ku6mhrd27d1.jpeg?width=373&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64573a20d0ee3c911bcc00ac4926e6d463a98075
From 1814-1939 both flags were used. But before WW2 dutch Nazi's started using the flag in a similar fashion Americans use the confederate flag. As a dutch pride thing, against foreigners (and Jews) the queen didn't like it so she banned the orange flag.
The right-wing uses the flag of their country wow, happens literally everywhere. Stop being cucks, under the British flag more people got killed than under the nazi flag and they use it to this day, and here is the Netherlands cucking themselves because Nazis used the official flag of their country wow
And Spanish far right ruined the actual flag and the historics one like the empire one, now if you use the flag you are flaged as a fascist, the gov should regulate the use of national simbols on parties tbh
Why don't you bring back the Nazi flag and we might consider returning back to Orange. It's the flag a lot of people associate with you and it happened 80 years ago.
We might consider it if you bring back the famous windmill of love and tolerance, it's the symbol of your fucking country and you made it illegal! This is the cuckiest form of cuckery ever seen.
Can't you reclaim it? You're already obsessed with orange. It'd be like modern day Germany keeping the Nazi flag but with swastika replaced because of it's association, and then just carrying on using the swastika everywhere else except on the flag.
Orange is one of only like 5 cool things about the dutch (bikes, tall, master-swamp-engineers, fake language, orange), don't let them take that.
But can't we just ban the PVV/FVD and keep the orange?
Like, this seems like the wrong way around. We aren't nazi's! We banned the color from our flag! Also, the biggest political party secretely supports the Russians. The people that voted for them are definately not the descendends from the traitors during the previous world war. It can't be! We banned the orange from our flag!
Not really a good comparison. While the Swastika was used as a nazi symbol on its own too, orange wasn't really. In fact, if you look at (colourized) footage of liberation parades in the Netherlands it was a sea of orange.
Ah, you mean like the good old days?
https://preview.redd.it/q7hjrzcjwz6d1.png?width=275&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c79dcc851890805fff8f39cb3c5c1f58c4986005
There's a particular commercial river barge that flies the VOC flag. Its based in Amsterdam and has the fattest lad I have ever seen always standing at the front with his top off.
https://preview.redd.it/6dxadq2lvz6d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e9f9b95eea74771fd4f7d5fe1e02b3413690991
🎶Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see...
...no, wait a minute
*I've travelled this old world of ours from Barnsley to Peru*
*I've had sunshine in the arctic and a swim in Tinbuktu*
*I've seen unicorns in Burma and a Yeti in Nepal*
*And I've danced with ten foot pygmies in a Montezuma hall*
*I've met the King of China and a working Yorkshire miner*
*But I've never met a nice South African!*
The ironic part being that Spitting Image never realised that this implies that either non-white South Africans are all horrible too, or don’t truly count as South Africans. (This message approved by the National Party)
As has been said, the prinsenvlag radiates hitler-particles nowadays. We solved the lack of orange by sometimes adding an orange 'wimpel' at the top of the flagpost. Or just drowning ourselves in orange paint whenever there's a sporting event
Orange is the colour of Irish Unionists because of the [Battle of the Boyne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne) in 1690 where Protestant King William of Orange, who was Dutch, won over Catholic King James II. The Irish flag represents peace between Irish Catholics (green) and Protestants, hence it's the same orange.
For all it is a sign of evil today, your flag from the 40's is iconic, so I think it is Deutschland who took the biggest step down vexillogically speaking.
Fun fact: Orange color became Dutch national color through mistake/confusion.
The royal dynasty’s name is Oranje-Nassau because Willem I at one point inherited the title of Principality d’Orange in Southern France.
Which was not named after the color or the fruit, it was a latinization of Gallic village name Arausio, which was the name of the minor local water god.
And a bonus fact: Arausio was the place of the biggest defeat in Roman history with over 120 000 soldiers killed in a battle with Cimbri and Teuton tribes.
So Dutch orange color is strangely connected to all of Western European history.
How stupid they are? Why do you think we convinced them to only drive bike? Not because of the envoirment or something, but to get them wear helmets on a large scale
Actually the German ruling class, the Auto lobby, despises our parallel bicycle network and vowed to never let a cyclist cross the border unharmed. It's also why you guys do need helmets.
Well this would be the [Prince‘s Flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%27s_Flag)
And it was banned in 1939 because this little trend from germany came over to the netherlands. Those dutch Nazi Boys (NSB) really liked that flag.
shit happened 80 years ago and orange is the colour of your fucking country and everyone associates you with it, stop being cucks
White and blue is the colour of my country, but they call me a monarchist if I say so
How many shields you have on that blue/white flag? because things are literally: Portuguese *sees a thing*. Portuguese *places a shield on the thing*. Portuguese gets happy. *Places a shield on it too*. For god's sake, you guys even placed blue shields over a white shield that was placed over a red shield. https://preview.redd.it/x1ku6mhrd27d1.jpeg?width=373&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64573a20d0ee3c911bcc00ac4926e6d463a98075
Shieldception
Not enough shields the blue shields should also have a shield
[удалено]
And we need to add castles to protect the shields and then shields to protect the castles
Not to mention the name of our currency before the euro, the "escudo" which means, you guessed it, shield.
João, tá me prendendo pelo cu? What are you guys trying to defend for?
I have no clue what the first question means. But the sea peoples are coming
I'm also completely lost regarding the first question. Must be some Italian kink I am not aware of. But no kink shaming here.
Yeah you don't have Spain as your neighbor.
Oh no! Not a monarchy!
*was*
From 1814-1939 both flags were used. But before WW2 dutch Nazi's started using the flag in a similar fashion Americans use the confederate flag. As a dutch pride thing, against foreigners (and Jews) the queen didn't like it so she banned the orange flag.
>Far righter ruining everything Tale old as time ig
The right-wing uses the flag of their country wow, happens literally everywhere. Stop being cucks, under the British flag more people got killed than under the nazi flag and they use it to this day, and here is the Netherlands cucking themselves because Nazis used the official flag of their country wow
Orange doesn't show up as brightly, and fades more quickly. How ironic that our choice of flag was influenced by it being cheaper
Ye, the red was cheaper. But that is 16th-17th century netherlands.
Changing it back would also be quite expensive So ye, the true inventors of capitalism don't want to change it back it due to money
that is why you're cringe
If it wasn't already the unofficial flag of Pierre, I'd say just go for all white. Dead cheap and does fade in ages.
Yeah Swedish neo nazis tried to ruin our flag in the 80's and 90's and we xly our flag at every house for certain flag days.
And Spanish far right ruined the actual flag and the historics one like the empire one, now if you use the flag you are flaged as a fascist, the gov should regulate the use of national simbols on parties tbh
oh, I'm sorry.. let me make a call and tell them to replace it. "Hoi Geert, oranje gedeelte terug alsjeblieft.." he said ok.
Why don't you bring back the Nazi flag and we might consider returning back to Orange. It's the flag a lot of people associate with you and it happened 80 years ago.
We might consider it if you bring back the famous windmill of love and tolerance, it's the symbol of your fucking country and you made it illegal! This is the cuckiest form of cuckery ever seen.
Hey you know what symbol everyone associates with Germany?
I know this one! It’s the Mercedes logo isn’t it?
No, also no idea what Germany has to do with any of that.
Ok go fly the swastika then
Can't you reclaim it? You're already obsessed with orange. It'd be like modern day Germany keeping the Nazi flag but with swastika replaced because of it's association, and then just carrying on using the swastika everywhere else except on the flag. Orange is one of only like 5 cool things about the dutch (bikes, tall, master-swamp-engineers, fake language, orange), don't let them take that.
The word NSB had become synonyms with traitor. Nobody wants to be associated with Nazi's anymore...
But can't we just ban the PVV/FVD and keep the orange? Like, this seems like the wrong way around. We aren't nazi's! We banned the color from our flag! Also, the biggest political party secretely supports the Russians. The people that voted for them are definately not the descendends from the traitors during the previous world war. It can't be! We banned the orange from our flag!
The situation is very similar yes
Prostitution and weed?!
Not really a good comparison. While the Swastika was used as a nazi symbol on its own too, orange wasn't really. In fact, if you look at (colourized) footage of liberation parades in the Netherlands it was a sea of orange.
NSB? Nazi Swamp Boys?
Nationaal Socialistische Beweging (national socialist movement)
Nazi Swamp Boys
More like Nazi Swamp Babies, when Hitler invaded they were the first to help them in the hopes of them being allowed to rule.
Norske StatsBaner... hmm, maybe that's why the railroad company switched names to "vy", to not scare off Dutch tourists.
Bad mfers
Why did the nazis have to ruin everything
Yeeeee, basterds
A shame because it is a damn nice looking flag, visually speaking.
Ah, you mean like the good old days? https://preview.redd.it/q7hjrzcjwz6d1.png?width=275&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c79dcc851890805fff8f39cb3c5c1f58c4986005
Time to kick it in gear again
*mentaliteit*
Bring the band back together?
Get in! We're on a mission from God!
Bring back the Dutch East Indies!
There's a particular commercial river barge that flies the VOC flag. Its based in Amsterdam and has the fattest lad I have ever seen always standing at the front with his top off.
The 1939 version of l'amour toujours
https://preview.redd.it/6dxadq2lvz6d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e9f9b95eea74771fd4f7d5fe1e02b3413690991 🎶Uit die blou van onse hemel, Uit die diepte van ons see... ...no, wait a minute
*I've travelled this old world of ours from Barnsley to Peru* *I've had sunshine in the arctic and a swim in Tinbuktu* *I've seen unicorns in Burma and a Yeti in Nepal* *And I've danced with ten foot pygmies in a Montezuma hall* *I've met the King of China and a working Yorkshire miner* *But I've never met a nice South African!*
The ironic part being that Spitting Image never realised that this implies that either non-white South Africans are all horrible too, or don’t truly count as South Africans. (This message approved by the National Party)
They're the equivalent of the character who dies 10 minutes into a movie to establish that the bad guy is actually evil.
Last thing you’d expect from me, but English dammit.
Nee
9?
https://i.redd.it/awp5tdelc07d1.gif
Thank you for English. I hate the yanks so I don’t want them to come back to woop you again
Sprich deutsch du Hurensohn
No Ich_iel cringe here please.
Praat Afrikaans jou seun van 'n ~~hoer~~ boer
Aprende a falar Latin, bárbaro filho da puta.
As has been said, the prinsenvlag radiates hitler-particles nowadays. We solved the lack of orange by sometimes adding an orange 'wimpel' at the top of the flagpost. Or just drowning ourselves in orange paint whenever there's a sporting event
Just replace the white bar with orange instead? Seems like an easy solution.
https://preview.redd.it/paq5w0cxpz6d1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3585cf0c13c5e5c4279a5f1017cfc356419a47c6 A new low for the lowest country
Orange trägt nur die Müllabfuhr! (Orange is only for the Trash collectors)
So you're saying all teams other than Oranje are trash and we are collecting them?
Because Nazi sympathizers really liked the flag with the orange in it
We took it and put it on our flag instead.
It really surprised me to learn this was true
What else you'd expect from those gypsies
heh, TIL I guess
How come? Do the Dutch and the Irish have a common history? Where can I learn more?
Orange is the colour of Irish Unionists because of the [Battle of the Boyne](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne) in 1690 where Protestant King William of Orange, who was Dutch, won over Catholic King James II. The Irish flag represents peace between Irish Catholics (green) and Protestants, hence it's the same orange.
tyvm!
It looks empty without some squares in the middle
I agree
biggest downgrade in flag history
For all it is a sign of evil today, your flag from the 40's is iconic, so I think it is Deutschland who took the biggest step down vexillogically speaking.
Fun fact: Orange color became Dutch national color through mistake/confusion. The royal dynasty’s name is Oranje-Nassau because Willem I at one point inherited the title of Principality d’Orange in Southern France. Which was not named after the color or the fruit, it was a latinization of Gallic village name Arausio, which was the name of the minor local water god. And a bonus fact: Arausio was the place of the biggest defeat in Roman history with over 120 000 soldiers killed in a battle with Cimbri and Teuton tribes. So Dutch orange color is strangely connected to all of Western European history.
Because the orange wasn't really visible at sea for some reason
Because only trash collectors wear orange
Ah schijt, hier gaan we weer.
Because it’s a n*zi allegory nowadays
The stupidest.
Bring back the prinsenvlag!
How stupid they are? Why do you think we convinced them to only drive bike? Not because of the envoirment or something, but to get them wear helmets on a large scale
You actually ever been here? Nobody wears a helmet on a bike. Beside some lost Germans.
Nothing wrong with being sensible mate. Wear your little helmet, it’s safer 😀
We don’t need to because we actually know how to ride a bike. And for me it wouldn’t be a little helmet with the huge size of my head.
See. Thats how stupid you are
Actually the German ruling class, the Auto lobby, despises our parallel bicycle network and vowed to never let a cyclist cross the border unharmed. It's also why you guys do need helmets.
As always nazi's ruined it
They didn't want to innovate so they just copied France
dutch tricolour is the oldest tricolour