Originally Posted by SlowTrekker
Why would you think any image of the US flag, no matter how small or abstract, would qualify as "jingoistic"?
Unless that term has an alternate definition in Australian slang, it would seem you went out of your way to be intentionally offensive to those of us who claim US citizenship.
Is this real or feigned indignation that will raise the controversy to new heights?
FWIW or not worth, as an American, I don't find
ozstamps taking issue with the alternative avatar -- at least in the absence of other choices -- to be offensive.
Now here's a bit of feigned indignation: "To intentionally take as offensive that which is inoffensive offends me".