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A post about a spectator at a figure skating event in Milan holding up a United States flag with an apology message has gone viral on social media.
The post by Threads user @jedayal has amassed almost 1 million views since it was shared on February 9. In the caption accompanying the photo, the poster wrote: "This photo shows an American spectator at a figure skating event in Milan holding up a U.S. flag with a message apologizing to the world. A public acknowledgment, in a global space, that many of us do not consent to the damage being done in our name."
The imagecredited in the post to Vincent Alban / The New York Timesshows a man raising a U.S. flag emblazoned with large capital letters that read: "Apologies to the world for our bad behavior, we will fix ourselves."
The viral post arrives at a moment of ongoing unrest and political tension across the U.S., striking a chord among viewers both within the country and abroad.
https://www.newsweek.com/sports/us-flag-apology-message-american-man-2026-winter-olympics-11490255

Moostache
(11,265 posts)Now juxtapose that image with masked ICE agents dragging people out of cars, executing citizens and terrorizing children.
If you are for the later and oppose the former, I cordially invite you to step back and fuck your own face.
Cha
(320,404 posts)the American in Milan, @jedayal on Threads,!
I love Patriots!
❤️💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜
SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)Cha
(320,404 posts)glad and grateful you found it for us! 💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜and Bless that American Patriot in Milan and his Positiveness!
Happy it's Viral!!
MyOwnPeace
(17,605 posts)TRUE patriots - not the evil, idiot frauds destroying the Constitution and individual rights in the American dream that we so dearly love and want to share.
sheshe2
(98,321 posts)SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,951 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,765 posts)orangecrush
(31,009 posts)surfered
(14,145 posts)mysteryowl
(9,350 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,985 posts)I hope with all my heart that we will indeed fix ourselves.
Skittles
(172,702 posts)yes INDEED
MustLoveBeagles
(17,133 posts)And say'in what a lot of us are thinking.
llmart
(17,716 posts)He knew very well how he'd be greeted. It's happened to him at many, many places.
Arthur_Frain
(2,404 posts)Nt
Wonder Why
(7,215 posts)Shipwack
(3,099 posts)On a dedicated website after Bush the Lesser was re-elected.
I contributed and even bought the book they made.
electric_blue68
(27,195 posts)niyad
(133,826 posts)the bottom read, "Love, Sane Americans"
JokeHer
(55 posts)That small angry hateful orange man erupt into a rampage over this 😆
Jimbo S
(3,043 posts)when re-entering the U.S.
SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)RockCreek
(1,496 posts)Although laudable, it has many down points too. And we are not fixing ourselves alone. We have help from many places. For example, Canada, both politically and with the choices of millions of individuals there to boycott US products, travel etc. France, going after Musk. And it goes on and on. We are not in this alone.
SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)We need all the help we can get.
UpInArms
(55,295 posts)
LittleGirl
(8,999 posts)I couldnt see the OP photo.
JoseBalow
(9,707 posts)
SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)
Soul_of_Wit
(135 posts)SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)Not sure why the original photo link didn't work for some people.
LittleGirl
(8,999 posts)My very old iPad but not on my newer Mac.
JoseBalow
(9,707 posts)That Postimages site has a quota for non-paid accounts, so after so many views that blue box is displayed instead of the image you tried to host there for free. There are some other sites that do the same thing too. After so many views of your post, that's what is displayed, though you might still be able to see it if it's cached.
I can see the image above, but if you just re-uploaded it for free on the same site, that might also get blocked after so many views. Best is to use a different image hosting service for high traffic sites and forums like DU, or you could get a premium account with Postimages if you want to pay for it I suppose.
SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)JoseBalow
(9,707 posts)Emrys
(9,202 posts)JoseBalow
(9,707 posts)Thanks for letting me know, I won't be using them any longer.
Emrys
(9,202 posts)It's surprising how many folks on DU do use IMGUR. When they do, all we in the UK see is:

JoseBalow
(9,707 posts)A GIF from Aliens? Weird...

Emrys
(9,202 posts)with the words "Content not viewable in your region" in white. This should render properly for you (it's larger than what we see):

JoseBalow
(9,707 posts)That makes sense, like the blue box that Postimages displays for blocked images.
orleans
(37,151 posts)sorryeverybody.com


ornotna
(11,544 posts)The header and the fly end are reversed.
I like the sentiment behind it but it looks odd.
SunSeeker
(58,366 posts)Read more at the Newsweek link in the OP.
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)some_of_us_are_sane
(3,535 posts)If I could TAP DANCE, I WOULD!
