Anarcho-Brat Flag

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About

The Anarcho-Brat Flag refers to a flag that combines the Anarcho-Primitivism flag with the cover of pop artist Charli XCX's 2024 album brat. The flag is divided by one diagonal line. It's half black and half green, akin to the lime green brat cover used in memes like Brat Summer. The Anarcho-Brat Flag went viral when it was seen in a viral video, posted to Twitter / X in August 2024, at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) being flown by a protestor in the pro-Palestine March at the event. On the last day of the DNC, an Anarcho-Brat Flag was burned, likely related to the original video. The Anarcho-Brat Flag was criticized en masse by pro-Palestinian protesters and voices online who believed that it was an insult to the protests. Others disliked it because it was cringe, while some were confused about the backlash it received. The flag was seemingly inspired by brat becoming intertwined with U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris via the Kamala Is Brat meme.

Origin

On August 19th, 2024, X^[1] user @FordFischer tweeted a video of a so-called "Anarcho-brat flag" that was flown at the March on the DNC. The flag combined the cover of Charli XCX's 2024 album brat with the anarcho-primitivism flag. Over four days, the tweet amassed over 4.3 million views and 3,400 likes (shown below).

Spread

The video amassed quotes in which viral discourse and reactions ensued. For instance, on August 19th, 2024, X^[2] user @ezkl7_3 quoted the video and criticized the flag, writing, "You’re all children completely untethered from the real world," gaining over 66,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Similarly, on August 19th, X^[3] user @dogshit95 criticized the flag in a quote, reading, "I think if your first thought in protesting a genocide is how to merge it with your own corporate enshrined pop culture aesthetics, you're probably a rotten and hollow person who doesn't actually believe in anything." The quote received roughly 2,600 likes in four days (shown below).

Anarcho-Brat Flag Burning

On August 22nd, 2024, X^[4] user @samijiries tweeted a photo of an Anarcho-Brat Flag being burned, seemingly at the DNC, captioned, "The anarcho-brat flag has been dealt with." In a day, the tweet amassed over 26,000 likes (shown below).

On August 22nd, X^[7] user @ScooterCasterNY tweeted a long-form video of the scene, originally from the YouTube^[8] channel of FREEDOMNEWS TV. It's shown that protestors were burning American flags and then the Anarcho-Brat Flag. On X, the video received over 1,300 likes in a day (shown below).

#NOW Protesters Burn US Flag shouting "Fuck America!" outside of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – a Brat flag was also burned pic.twitter.com/UYybEwgAHM

— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) August 23, 2024

Also on August 22nd, 2024, X^[5] user @Chen_Tongzhi shared a different video of the Anarcho-Brat Flag being burned with people surrounding the fire shouting, "Fuck Brat Summer!" The video received over 70 likes in a day (shown below).

Brat summer is over https://t.co/aOQQFhkQST pic.twitter.com/su0d6XXSxK

— Мишка (@Chen_Tongzhi) August 23, 2024

The burning of the Anarcho-Brat Flag inspired numerous reactions in the following days, including a quote from X^[6] user @darlingube on August 23rd, who said, "and just like that, brat is dead! thank you to these legends. let's move on now," gaining over 1,200 likes in a day (shown below).