When I was a kid the stars and stripes me me think of Evil Knievel, DC Comics, massive cars, truth, justice and Afrika Bambaata
Nowadays it makes me think of butthurt racists crying because they can't be racist anymore.
Likewise the Union Jack.
The flags haven't changed. The wavers have.
Flags are not political. The flag wavers are.
You come across as being hellbent on trying to turn ASR into a halfwit Facebook patriot page. Time for the ignore button function.