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Originally Posted by Kissaki
It would make just as much sense to wave a Dutch flag as a sign of protest FOR mosques. Unless, of course, one thinks there's something fundamentally un-Islamic about the Dutch flag and what it stands for, in which case waving it can only be interpreted as being opposed to religious freedom. Which is why people associate nationalist symbols in this context with right wing extremists.
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Slightly off topic but what does the Dutch flag stand for? What is the symbolism? Like the US flag represents the 13 original colonies and the 50 current states, or the UK flag represents the union of England, Scotland and Ireland. But what does the Dutch flag symbolize?
Wikipedia didn't say anything on this so I hope some of our Dutch subsimmers could fill me in.