Nice job of COMPLETELY ignoring the history and symbolic resonance of a flag that people have marched with by the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS." There's a theory of the reasons for the colors in the flag. Under the subject line "Some Cheek," another listener suggested that the rainbow flag's evolution as a symbol deserved its own segment on the show: "There was a creator. its history should be respected, and it should be left alone." The rainbow flag, wrote one, is "sacred people have literally died for openly displaying it. Should it be pink and sparkly? Subdued and stately?" "But we think it's time for a 21st century gay flag makeover. "Don't get us wrong, some of our best friends are rainbows," went the message posted on a Studio 360 Flickr page. With gay pride celebrations coming up at the end of June, the staff thought a " Gay Flag Makeover" might be fun. Studio 360, the wide-ranging cultural radio show hosted by Kurt Andersen, likes to conduct playful experiments centered on graphic design.
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