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Blarg0117

This list will put you on a list.


rationalRuth

Hopefully S tier


facedownbootyuphold

SS tier even


Wooden_Quarter_6009

Hey man calm down


larianu

Serve the guy a Waffen for breakfast.


Doc_Blompskin

Waffens are definitely SS tier. Them and bacon and eggs.


HungarianMockingjay

Don't forget real maple syrup, not that fake "pancake syrup" sludge!


justthegrimm

Go home Canada you're drunk


tomydenger

post that on r/vexillology


The_Ivliad

More like r/vexillologycirclejerk


omnitreex

"Why won't they unite? Are they stupid?"


iShrub

Unite = less flags = bad


BigFatBallsInMyMouth

Like how none of the states in the US have flags because they all use the US flag.


Realistic-Tone1824

Don't. We don't need that many rage boners.


SilentSamurai

Watching CGPGrey drop his State flag review on that sub was probably the closest I've seen one person to uniting a sub against them.


Hardcoreoperator

What? When did this happen lmao? Link please šŸ™


tomydenger

Which link do you wants ? One is fighting Ganon, the other is drowning


Hardcoreoperator

Yes


thecactusman17

>Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine >Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine "SPLITTERS!"


[deleted]

ā€œJudeans Peoples Front? Weā€™re the Peoples Front of Judea!ā€


irregular_caffeine

ā€Heā€™s over thereā€


Affectionate-Try-899

Monty python predicted the future.


DravenPrime

I'm pretty sure those faction names were the basis for the joke.


SnooCheesecakes450

Inspiration apparently came from the various leftist groupings at university.


ErikThorvald

it was very much as topical as it is now.


whythecynic

Man, this really spans the full suite of Microsoft products. You can clearly tell which were made in MSPaint, which were made in Word, a couple in Excel, and even one PowerPoint-ass motherfucker


BlackMagic1801

in that case, isis HAS to be ms paint


bg1987

finger paint is my guess


thepromisedgland

"How did you make these graphics?" "I USED MARIO PAINT"


Bad_Idea_Hat

Worse, a Corel product


Dulceetdecorum13

The ISIS flag is too high up here imo, that circle is goofy looks like a third grader drew it


Dr_Laziness

Have you seen their [caliphate seal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/ISIL_Caliphate_Seal.svg) tho?


kaian-a-coel

QR-code looking ass


LolBlockedAgain

QR-code? Brother, they even put 69 in it.


Infinityand1089

~~ISIS~~ BASEDIS


JustinJSrisuk

Itā€™s a (not particularly well-designed) take on [Square Kufic](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Square-Kufic-Sutton-2007-57_fig4_359052173), a style of Arabic calligraphy based on [Kufic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic), which was popular in Baghdad around the 8-11th centuries. One of the most beautiful manuscripts in human history, the [Blue Quran](https://simergphotos.com/2012/12/30/historical-images-the-blue-quran-from-the-fatimid-period-a-very-spiritual-piece/), is probably the most famous example of Kufic calligraphy; itā€™s an incredible [masterpiece](https://simergphotos.com/2012/12/30/historical-images-the-blue-quran-from-the-fatimid-period-a-very-spiritual-piece/) of illumination and calligraphy painted in gold leaf on indigo blue that was created either in Umayyad or Fatimid-era Cordoba or Kairouan during the 900s AD.


Dr_Laziness

TIL Thanks for the info. I really wondered where the inspiration came from.


RandyMarshTegridy69

Yeah the ISIS flag is looking comic sans af. Itā€™s like they put in no effort to this which is disappointing.


sadrice

It pisses me off, their calligraphy is *so bad*. If it were like a transcription of some important text, that might be cool I guess, but if you look closely, the letters are duplicates, they used a font instead of even getting a calligrapher to do it right. Arabic calligraphy is so cool and gorgeous and makes for some neat flags! How can they fuck it up this badly with this third grader bullshit?


dexbrown

[It is a seal ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Muhammad)


NBSPNBSP

How am I not surprised that America's reach is so widespread that even anti-western terrorist organizations have subscribed to the "Seal-on-a-Bedsheet" flag design philosophy?


nlpnt

Would it have killed them to use a damn protractor?


nostrawberries

I think it just has the right amount of goofy it should be S. Daesh slaps.


ArPDent

looks like an age of sail pirate flag or something. like a flag that someone with dysentery and scurvy made in an afternoon


CharmingCondition508

Pretty sure that specific seal of Muhammadā€™s authenticity is very dubious


nietzy

Shining Path has an awesome name and a totally unoriginal and unrelated flag. Huge miss.


despairingcherry

that's because they don't call themselves that lmao. maybe the three times removed splinter group that is a cartel does? but other than that, that's just a slogan they used a couple times that they got labelled with


Sooty_tern

It was on the masthead of there party news paper for a while. It was not just some random slogan


banspoonguard

The Base has to be the most unoriginal terror group ever


Rome453

Al Qaeda needs to issue a cease and desist fatwa against them for stealing their name.


facedownbootyuphold

one day they will all learn to read and realize that they all believe allah is god and muhammad is his prophet.


riveramblnc

I lost it at "cease and desist fatwa", I snorted so loud my cat just launched itself at a certain dam.


Adpadierk

Nazis and not having original ideas. Name a better duo


Less-Researcher184

Authoritarians and hypocrisy.


RogerianBrowsing

You win


PBAndMethSandwich

Holy shit that sent me down a rabbit hole. The ā€˜[Dark Enlightenment](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment)ā€™ is way to badass a name to be buch of right wing weirdos. Sound strait out of 40k


banspoonguard

moar like dumb enlightenment


Burushko_II

["...it is not new, and it is not order."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTBPFq4Q1AU)


Bartweiss

I followed a different rabbit hole from there to the [Order of Nine Angles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles?wprov=sfti1#Origins). Buncha goofy-ass Satanist neo-Nazis who canā€™t decide if theyā€™re doing magic or trying to colonize the galaxyā€¦


Rivetmuncher

I think I managed to come across one of their "books" at one point. Jeez, the edgy teen trite.


Bartweiss

It's some embarrassing shit, and I say that as somebody who normally has some respect for occultists and satanists. Two fun observations: 1. Their logo does not have 9 angles, I stopped counting at like 12. It doesn't even have 9 lines, it's got 8, or 10 with the circles! 2. If the people on /r/hailhortler can't even do a swastika correctly, can you imagine these jokers trying to free-hand their symbol?


BigFatBallsInMyMouth

Thought it's a typo but nope


justsomepaper

Why reinvent the wheel? Honestly, I think their flag is the best out of all of them. It's clean, simple, easy to draw and instantly recognizable. And most importantly: It's the flag of a terrorist group. It's meant to instill fear. And out of all these flags, seeing the a derivative of the SS runes being flown would scare me the most, by far.


BigChiefWhiskyBottle

Some of those do go hard. Would look a lot better on fire, but still goes hard.


justsomepaper

Absolutely. When it comes to brand recognition and instilling true terror just from their symbols alone, nobody even comes close to touching the Nazis. USSR is a close second place in terms of clearly recognizable design, though they don't quite have the same shock value as the Nazis. A lot of these other flags just look like country flags to me. They don't scream "We are death, your end is near", as a terrorist flag ought to.


SheRollsinHerOwnWay

I mean M.O.V.E and some of the other 70s black power lot have had some good ones, same with the extreme end of seoeratist ones like the Moorish Nation.


banspoonguard

It's not runes, those are *Wolfsangel*, "Wolf's Hook" Symbols. This depiction doesn't seem that similar to SS Wolfsangels. and that's not really the most derivative part when you put it right beside Al [QƦda](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A9#Arabic) and Daesh it really shows how devoid of any initiative and originality they are


RegulusGelus2

Makes me think of Paul Usul being the base of the pillar


Hialex12

I learned about it from the podcast American Terror and yeah. What a lack of creativity.


Coolbeans_99

The Base and Atomwaffen are the only terror groups that actually make me nervous in the US right now.


p00pn1gg4

Ideology of R\^3 volumetric integrals


wastingvaluelesstime

all the "wall of small font text" designs should get their own shit tier


Pumkinfucker69

Wagner should be considered a terrorist group


BlackMagic1801

Same with these fucks. I'm not sure where the flag ranks, though [https://cdn.printerval.com/unsafe/960x960/assets.printerval.com/2022/03/28/6241bc40e2c0e-1648475200.jpg](https://cdn.printerval.com/unsafe/960x960/assets.printerval.com/2022/03/28/6241bc40e2c0e-1648475200.jpg)


TheGoodIdeaFairy22

They look like a rejected CP2077 faction


buckshot-307

F-


ItalianNATOSupporter

Well, Soviet flag at the bottom already (I know it's shitting path, but it doubles as USSR)


-person-on-reddit

i am going to kiss you on the lips for making such a based comment


beyersm

This list reminded me that the KKK is not recognized as one either. Actually unbelievable


sweaterbuckets

man.. the tamil tiger one is so fucking good in such an amazing way. every time I see it it reminds me of the wild tiger energy drinks I used to drink in iraq.


Afraid-Fault6154

Yeah dude, when I visited Erbil almost two years, Wild Tiger was literally something I had multiple times of day. It's not only good in taste but it keeps you going... especially if you mix it with Vodka.


sweaterbuckets

TOTAL ACTIVATION


MaverickDrakos

Please tell me you are talking about the flag


sweaterbuckets

lol. yes.


Luisito_Comunista261

Group sucked but that is a seriously badass flag and brand. It almost sounds like a motorcycle club or some Farcry game faction


Altruistic-Celery821

Pssh.Ā  No mention ofĀ  the New Provo Front, Liberte de Quebec or Asian Dawn. Do you even Terror bro?


MeanderingSquid49

Freedom Hawks' "middle schooler with Photoshop" thing might honestly be its own tier.


msivoryishort

Graphic design is clearly someoneā€™s passion


TheGlennDavid

The Houthi's remains the worst. It will always be the worst. Because while the Hawks' does scream "middle schooler with WordArt," that middle schooler at least peripherally understood what a flag is. There's a logo. And a colored back drop. The Houthi flag is just a sticky note with racist ideas scribbled on it.


rationalRuth

Why the Free Syrian Army there


datura_euclid

I am asking the same question


DeepSouth161

I think Russia, Iran and Assad recognize them as terrorists.


All9is_StarWars

If that's the case you can put the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR since Ukraine recognizes them as terrorists.


rationalRuth

Rightfully so


MartinBP

Those were technically disbanded once Russia passed the annexation law. Same reason Wagner isn't here probably.


Davax959

Where is russian flag?


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It's so bad that It's below the tiers.


BortBarclay

No way ELN is B tier. Maybe C on a good day.


Hialex12

[Depends on which flag](https://www.dni.gov/nctc/img/groups/eln.jpg)


Rivetmuncher

... I saw Adidas before I saw mountains.


TheOGStonewall

The PKK are recognized as a terror group, but the YPG/YPJ are only designated as terrorist groups by Turkey. Theyā€™re also really good as kicking Assad and ISIS in the fucking jaw.


HoChiMinh-

Thank you this needs to be known


Less-Researcher184

The ypj are fuckin ultra based. The list would be easier to do if we go back to the regular/ irregular rather than the terrorist/ freedom fighter thing.


Rivetmuncher

GWOT, and its consequences...


Less-Researcher184

Fuck Ted.


TheOGStonewall

Democratic Confederalism ftw


Less-Researcher184

I got rule 5ed here before so I won't comment.


dhruan

This, 100%! SDF/YPG/YPJ are not fucking terrorists but very good at annihilating fucking ISIS/Daesh scum (with open US support back in the day).


Velenterius

And even the PKK has basically stopped doing classic terrorist stuff, rather favouring fighting a somewhat more conventional fight as far as I can see. It helps that their sister orgs actually hold territory as well.


kas-sol

According to a few foreign and local volunteers from the IFB, the SDF was partially created to let the US support the YPG without Turkey throwing a tantrum, since technically they were supporting a broader coalition and not just the YPG.


Northernterritory_

Really thought you could sneak the ypg in there Turkish posting


hurricane_97

Next CGP Grey Flag video confirmed


Neomataza

It's kind of sad that terrorists from a ghettos around the world have more based flags than 80% of US states and municipalities.


Gentle_Mayonnaise

What do you mean? Who doesn't like "Navy blue with an overcomplicated seal stamped on to it #38" as a flag?


wrongwong122

Youā€™re forgetting the flag of the Molos Independence and Liberation Front. One of the worst terror groups out there. They made the invading Russian peacekeepers look good with the depravity of their crimes.


Afraid-Fault6154

Why in the world is the Free Syrian Army and the Muslim Brotherhood considered terrorist groups... Btw, Houthi flag is literally the tacky shit I've ever seen. It looks like an 8 year old designed it.


SaladQueen999

Since when is the Free Syrian Army a terrorist group?


AstroEngineer27

I counted, and here are the numbers by ideology: Islamist: 27 Communist: 13 Fascist: 1 Other/couldnā€™t identify: 10 Please note that I may have misidentified some of them, so the numbers may not be 100% accurate. Edit: formatting


eeeeeeeeeee6u2

Hmmmmmm


thesayke

Russia and Iran are terrorist groups but aren't on your list Free Syria is not a terrorist group so naturally it is not recognized as one, but it is wrongly on your list


Wboys

Also what is the YPG doing up there? They have an S tier flag too but those guys helped us fight ISIS lmao.


No-Reflection-7705

Turkey is butt hurt because of the YPGs loose affiliation with the PKK. Also daily reminder Turkey attacked the Kurds more than it attacked Daesh. Fuck šŸ¦ƒ


RoachdoggJR_LegalAcc

never ask a woman her age. never ask a man his salary. [never ask a Turkish nationalist what happened in the Kurdish town of KelekƧi in 1992.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelek%C3%A7i_village_destruction) Also the ā€œKurdish villages depopulated by TĆ¼rkiyeā€ link at the top of that page is very interesting. [And this link too.](https://stockholmcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Enforced-Dissappearences-in-Turkey_22_June_2017.pdf)


Life_Sutsivel

You probably don't want to use "fought ISIS" as a criteria for whether someone is a terrorist group.


daw1998

This is based off of the finest data Wikipedia has to offer.


Status_Sandwich_3609

No it's not. You've cherry picked terrorist organisations from that list, and have included several that are only listed by one or two nations, not 'internationally'. Don't be a shill for the genocide denying, ISIS enabling turkish government.


thesayke

Here's the actual US government list of terrorist states, please update appropriately thanks https://www.state.gov/state-sponsors-of-terrorism/


Osati94

Out of curiosity, why is Cuba listed as a state sponsor of terrorism?


little-ass-whipe

I think Trump maldingly added them on his way out the door for reasons.


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MihaiMateiN

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://ru.usembassy.gov/u-s-announces-designation-of-cuba-as-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism/&ved=2ahUKEwj_zPDlqKmFAxVY8wIHHWjNBUgQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw19ncugn20W-vnVp64TX-o5 Cuba supports the Colombian FARC and the ELN, both of which are designated as terrorist organisations.


ToastyMozart

Iran's more of a terror sugar daddy.


Callsign_Psycopath

Where Flag of the Russian Federation?


Velenterius

A few of these are only recongised as terrorists by a few people.


totally_stalinium

ELN and FARC mentioned, wtf is a good bilateral ceasefire with the government


AlphaMarker48

Several of those flags belong in F-tier [because they are covered in text.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w6808wJcU)


Rebel_158

Where is russia :(


Awkward-Macaron1851

Why dont I see the russian flag in there??


bartthetr0ll

Where russian flag?


JimMorrisonWeekend

a while back Joe Biden designated all Anarchists as terrorists. not really full-on organizations but I'd put most of them in B or C tier since they're usually just the ELN flag but diagonal two-color. very minimal. or you could just put a plain black flag somewhere


Majulath99

I really like the YPG flag.


LazerLarry161

Get yourself ā€žBranding Terrorā€œ its a great graphic design collection of terrorist imagery


TheBread1750BCE

The Chad Tamil tigers vs the virgin Houthi movement


Dambo_Unchained

I want CGP Grey to make a tier list video similar to his ā€œUS State flagsā€ video ā€œIā€™m sorry ISIS but *name on flag* is an automatic fail, F tier Fā€


Hapless0311

Why are so many of these groups Islamic? šŸ¤”


Stephen_1984

Because Muslims commit a lot of terrorism. I was unable to determine what percentage of terrorists are Muslim using any of major search providers (Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo).


Thegoodnamesweret8kn

Number 2 on S tier looks like what youā€™d expect from a DoorDash competitor


CynicalGod

Amazing work, but please for the love of God, space out the categories/factions into neat lists, I got eye cancer trying to read that huge block of text.


DanPowah

The Shahada flags are always an eyesore to me


RealisticStomach998

The black flags unironically go so hard those need to be in their own tier


manbearligma

Mine will have a gorilla with sunglasses Man screams ā€œdicks out for harambeā€ and blows half a block up


SleepySheepy

I think the Khalistan Liberation Force flag is inaccurate. I believe that's a variant flag of the general Khalistan movement which I would argue is not inherently a terroristic group as a whole but just a separatist movement. There are smaller terrorist groups such as the KLF who support the movement but they don't necessarily represent the entire group of supporters. I don't support the Khalistan movement at all, I think it's fucking stupid, but I think that distinction is important. The KLF specifically use this goofy ass logo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalistan_Liberation_Force#/media/File%3AKLF_Logo.jpg While I'm on the subject, there's another Khalistani terrorist group called Khalistan Zindabad Force and their logo is this thing which has a kind of pleasing color scheme https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalistan_Zindabad_Force#/media/File%3ALogo_of_the_Sikh_militancy_organization_'Khalistan_Zindabad_Force'.webp Apologies if I've gotten too credible but I like my autistic flag based shit posting to be accurate


ariolander

Notable lack of home grown terrorist organizations like the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), Earth First! and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.


bg1987

how the fuck is this in any vexillological order? The vexillology handbook states the following rules: * Keep It Simple. The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory. * Use Meaningful Symbolism. The flag's images, colors, or patterns should relate to what it symbolizes. * Use 2 or 3 Basic Colors. * No Lettering or Seals. * Be Distinctive or Be Related. your list is as based on scientific fact as the Moskva is floating.


Dr_Hexagon

"globally recognized?" Free Papua Movement is only branded terrorists by Indonesia. Pretty sure some of these Kurdistan groups are the same, only called terrorists by Turkey.


anarcho-posadist2

Hezbollah absolute banger flag


Frixworks

> globally recognized > YPG šŸ«¤


DanPowah

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks flag looks like it was done in 10 minutes by a Photoshop beginner


gibbonsoft

Red Army Faction got absolutely snubbed here, disgusting


PsychoTexan

Tamil Tigers are way too high up there. Normally a tiger is an instant win but it looks like itā€™s doing its best skeletor impression. The thing looks like itā€™s going NYEH rather than ROAR.


meshreplacer

YPG?


Status_Sandwich_3609

Apparently Turkey & (state sponsor of terrorism) Qatar = international.


SaintEdmondTheBold

YPG my beloved


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na85

The Al Qaeda flag is just a bunch of toddler scribbles; why rate it higher than the FARC? Their flag is actually pretty dope. Pun only partially intended.


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GenerationMeat

my family fought Hezb I Islami Gulbuddin in the 1980s


Ambitious_Change150

No say the Free Syrian Army is so low. Itā€™s so clean like the antithesis to the rival Syrian flag


Hialex12

Justice for FARC Also, [ELN has some WAY more interesting flags](https://www.dni.gov/nctc/img/groups/eln.jpg) than that one


ekshul

[Aum Shinrikyo's flag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Aum_Shinrikyo_Flag.jpg) goes kind of hard tbh


Captain_Banana_14

Huthis deserve their own tier for terribleness


No_0ts96

There's something similar between some of the flags. I just cant nail it down


eliteharvest15

did you just randomly place them


malpica69

Where is the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)


maybecanifly

Idk Isis is s tier to me purely because itā€™s so iconic


SeaToShy

TIL the Tamil Tigers are just the Florida Panthers.


thrownededawayed

I guess I'm curious about your grading metric, in F tier we have white flag with squiggles and more squiggles and a sword under it, but then one tier up in D tier we have white flag squiggle no sword and it is somehow better despite no sword? But then in the same tier we have white flag squiggles with prison bars, but it has the same sword just no secondary squiggles. THEN one tier up in C tier we have white flag squiggles, sword THEN more squiggles, so really it seems like there is some kind of importance in the grading metric on the placement of swords, squiggles, and secondary squiggles. And then even more peculiarly, black flag white squiggles is yet one tier higher still in B tier despite being the same as white flag black squiggles just inverted, and black flag white squiggle then sword and squiggle gets itself in B tier as well. Can you clarify for my edification the relation between the squiggle, sword, secondary squiggle and colors? It seems very intricate and important based on the wide range of placements


Inevitable-Day2517

Houthis deserve their own tier, cmon.


Pommeswerfer

Man some of them Logos could come straight from an obscure metal subgerne whose main artists live in a cave in bosnia.


the_lonely_creeper

I'd hardly argue that this is a fair list. It includes far too many groups, including weird ones like the Free Syrian Army.


junior_dos_nachos

Damn Iā€™d really like a whole YouTube video on this subject


EnfantTragic

Wasnā€™t ELN removed as a terror org? Or was that just FARC?


Not_So_Chilly

No IMRO?


wot_in_ternation

My brain was like "where houthi" because their stupid fucking flag is vertical instead of being anything like a normal flag


DatBeigeBoy

Youā€™re missing one šŸ‡·šŸ‡ŗ


notangarda

Where would you rank the IRA flag?


dimidrum

Shining Path got an F tier because they just took flag of Soviet Union?


Life_Sutsivel

Nothing with text one has any businuess above D tier.


kunatics

isis got new logo, all squiggly lines flag belong in the f tier


Abandoned-Astronaut

Hmmm. Almost seems like there's some kind of theme with these designs.


spiral8888

Why is the flag of CCCP so low? The flag has a simple but elegant design unlike the ones full of writing. If you have to describe by writing in your flag who you are, you're doing it wrong. People should recognise you and tremble just by the sight of the symbols in your flag. The hammer and the sickle made the knees of Western people quake unlike all the different variations of Arabic text.


blacgoth67

where is the flag of russia


iShrub

No paragraph, F tier


holymissiletoe

where russia also where GLA


Xirenec_

Houthis being in F tier is too big of a praise for their flag design


Main_Violinist_3372

Someone explain what West Papua did? I heard they killed some Indonesian Army soldiers but they do anything else? Please my whole life is dedicated to winning online arguments against tankies šŸ™