Canadian flag

So today at work in the afternoon I went for a walk and I walked by a house that had a Canadian flag posted but something was off and I couldn’t put my finger on it right away, it was an oddly windy day which made the flag just impossible to see naturally because I needed to know what was off about it. Then I saw it, the maple leaf was upside down, truly one of the first times I have experienced this and I emotionally overreacted.

Anger instantly filled me and yeah I did what any mature adult would do and I gave the house the finger. I was mad and I even thought I will do this every time I walk by this house which 2x a work day and then had the audacity to feel like a proud Canadian, but the whole walk back I didn’t feel proud, I felt shame instead. I heard “let them” in my head and i then had to have a chat with chat gpt about it. This was a wonderful conversation truly but this line here is what stopped me:

“ Is your middle finger about protecting what you love, or is it about punishing someone for not sharing your way of loving it?”

That was all I needed, I was in the wrong and I was so not proud, I am sorry I did do it now and will learn from this and grow. I was more upset they did not agree with my point of view. That shit is just not ok.

I will learn from this and try to become more observant than a moron in the future.

I felt it was worth noting here. Plus some cool bugs!