“Spirit of the Olympics upside down”
The opening of perhaps the biggest and most important sporting event on the Internet was the talk of the town all weekend. Mostly – with a considerable dose of criticism. It was wondered why the Sena was chosen for the celebration, instead of the traditional stadium (the negative impression of this was reinforced by the rain that drenched Paris). The opening ceremony itself was highly controversial, especially the alleged depiction of the Last Supper and some other elements.
Finally, the Internet users who watched the event disturbed Olympic flags raising. Not one saw that it was upside down.
Screenshot from Facebook/The Internet explains that the Olympic flag raised upside down at the opening of the Paris Olympics had some meaning
“Bro, the Olympic flag is upside down,” to the traditional opening line reacted one “X” user.
We are ten pat commented, that the image was disturbing. The third added a bit of irony: “If you’re having a bad day at work, it could be worse. You could have been the flag team that raised the upside-down Olympic flag during the opening ceremony.”
Facebook users are not only in Lithuania resented by the “hellish tastelessness” of the opening, but also by the fact that no one noticed that the flag is upside down. When this evaluated as a symbol or a certain sign of the “Olympic spirit upside down”.
“False flag, false flag” false flag) is a term describing cover operations that are designed to deceive in such a way that it appears that the operations were carried out by other groups, states, entities, but not by the person who organized those operations”, – commented one internet user.
Not a word about the secret meaning
Olympic flag is a white rectangular cloth. Five multi-colored flowers are interwoven in its middle. The top row consists of three (blue, black and red), yellow and green are drawn below.
Although the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896. In Athens, this globally recognized symbol of the Olympic movement began to be used only in 1914.
At that time, for the first time, athletes from all parts of the world – Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and North and South America (then considered as one continent) – competed in the Olympics. A sign invented by the French historian and athlete Pierre de Coubertin, who revived the Olympic Games symbolized these parts of the world, as well as the united meeting of athletes at the Games.
Footage from the opening of the Olympics shows French soldiers raising the flag so that the yellow and green rings ended up at the top.
Attention was also drawn to this misunderstanding various mediabut their reports failed to find explanations that the flipping of the flag symbolized or was done to achieve any other goals.
The suit with a “mistake” was stolen
Misbehaving with the flag is called hers desecration. This can include burning, tearing or otherwise vandalizing the flag, trampling, urinating or defecating on it, as well as verbal abuse or raising it in a way that is not specified by law.
A “false flag” was mentioned by the quoted Facebook user. false flag) is hostile or harmful action (eg, an attack) that is carried out in such a way as to appear to have been carried out by someone else. This term is used in warfare, politics, intelligence officers.
On the BBC website a couple of years ago they were described several such operations, for example, the German invasion of Poland and the start of the Russo-Finnish war in 1939, the “green men” in Crimea in 2014. Translation of this text into Lithuanian published and web page technologijos.lt.
“Twitter Photo”/”Green Men” in Eastern Ukraine
The term “false flags” is also used by conspiracy theoriststrying to suggest that various world events and crises (terrorist attacks, mass shootings) were actually staged by governments or sinister forces to achieve a political or social goal (gun control, fear-mongering).
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An upside down US flag as a sign of protest recently used right-wing Internet users are supporters of the ex-president of this country, Donald Trump. That’s how they protested court decision plead guilty to falsifying business records to influence the 2016 the election of the country’s leader and dissatisfaction with the current leader, Joe Biden.
Thus, they adopted the sign used by sailors since ancient times – an upside down flag meant an accident on board (that it is sinking, on fire, stuck in ice, etc.) and a call for help.
Flying the US flag upside down for no reason is disrespectful to it. But there are a few legitimate reasons, when it is possible to do so. These include natural disasters, civil unrest or personal calamities (when attention is desired), political upheavals, war and conflict.
By the way, Friday’s ceremony was not the first time that the Olympic flag appeared upside down at the opening of the Games. That was already the case at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Australian athlete Cathy Freeman, who was tasked with lighting the Olympic flame at the event and went on to win gold in the 400m, suit decorated with Olympic rings. Two of them were in the upper row, three in the lower row. The colorless mark on the white suit was not very visible, but it was obvious that the symbol had been reversed.
The Olympic rings hang on the Eiffel Tower in 2024. / LIONEL URMAN/SIPA / LIONEL URMAN/SIPA
There is a more fascinating story associated with this costume. The athlete hung the clothes that got wet during the event on a hook in the changing room. The same in 2000 September 15 in the evening he was last seen, then mysteriously disappeared. A dozen years later, someone simply mailed it to the Melbourne Cricket Club. That it was the same garment is confirmed by the sign of the inverted Olympic rings.
15min verdict: missing context. A Facebook user referred to “false flag,” as he described the Olympic flag that was flown upside down at the opening of the Paris Olympics, a term from warfare and politics. It refers to a hostile act carried out in such a way that it appears to have been carried out by someone else. Conspiracy theorists are also fond of him.
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Source: www.15min.lt
