rainbow flag
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:45 am
Shulem wrote:the pretty boy in the avatar isn't me
I know You are Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525). (by the way he was straight...)
Rainbow flags in various cultures and movements / European history
The use of rainbow flags as a sign of diversity, inclusiveness, hope and of yearning has a long history. This denotation goes back to the rainbow as a symbol of biblical promise, when God used the rainbow as a sign to Noah that there would never again be a flood like the one that had happened. The reformer Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525) connected socially revolutionary claims with his preaching of the gospel. He is often portrayed with a rainbow flag in his hand. The Thomas Müntzer statue in the German town of Stolberg also shows him holding a rainbow flag in his hand.
In the German Peasants' War of the 16th century, the rainbow flag together with the peasants' boot ("Bundschuh") was used as the sign of a new era, of hope and of social change.
Willkommen im Panorama Museum Bad Frankenhausen
Enjoy the rainbow!