The American Flag: Recoverable or No?

I've mentioned to a few folks recently that it feels like the US flag has been stolen. I feel no sense of pride in the flag. This is a sentiment I've heard others talk about as well. Mostly, it gets tracked back to the attempted insurrection on January 6, 2021. But for me it goes further back than that. I'm not sure when exactly the flag soured for me, but long before it was associated with a mob…