Brunswick County (Part), Chesapeake City (Part), Franklin City (Part), Isle of Wight County (Part), Portsmouth City (Part), Southampton County (Part), Suffolk City (Part), Emporia City (All), Greensville County (All), Sussex County (All), Surry County (Part)
Flag-waving is a fallacious argument or propaganda technique used to justify an action based on the undue connection to nationalism or patriotism or benefit for an idea, group or country. It is a variant of argumentum ad populum.
flag 1. 1. a typically rectangular piece of cloth marked with distinctive colors or designs and used as a symbol, as of a nation or organization, or as a means of signaling. 2. the tail of a deer or of a setter dog. 3. a tab or tag attached, as to a page, to attract attention.. National or other allegiance, as symbolized by a flag: ships of the same flag. 3. A ship carrying the flag of an admiral; a flagship. 4. A marking device, such as a gummed strip of paper, attached to an object to attract attention or ease identification; a tab. 5.