Legacy media’s historical ignorance reached a new level this week when the New York Times attempted to smear Justice Samuel Alito’s display of a Revolutionary War flag on his beach house.
The flag in question is the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which has its origins in the Revolutionary War, and features a green pine tree on a white background, with the words “Appeal to Heaven” painted on top of the tree. .
The flag’s early history is fundamentally intertwined with the history of the American Revolution and the military history of this country. This flag was designed by George’s personal secretary in Washington, Joseph Reed, and was used as the colors of the Massachusetts Navy during the war.
The most fascinating part of the flag is the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven,” which comes from political philosopher John Locke, whose writings became the primary philosophical basis for the founding documents of the United States of America.
A specific passage is from Locke’s opposition to the divine right of the king, a principle that was central to several disputes over the English crown in the 17th century. He said that those who depose unjust rulers, such as kings who claim divine rights, can “appeal to heaven.”
Locke writes: “Though therefore the people cannot by the constitution of society be such judges as have superior power to decide cases and give valid sentences, yet they reserve to themselves, by a law which precedes and supersedes all human enactments, the final right which belongs to all mankind, that is, to determine whether there is a good cause for appeal to heaven, when there is no appeal on earth.”
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This is the flag that was flown outside Judge Alito’s house. The flag also flies outside the office of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). But the New York Times called it a symbol of right-wing extremism and Christian nationalism simply because it was among the many flags waved during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. I would like to draw it as.
The same criteria would establish the United States flag as a symbol of extremism.
