Kekistan flag and it's meaning
241Kekistan is a fictional country invented by users on 4chan's /pol/ board as the tongue-in-cheek ethnic origin of "shitposters" known as "Kekistanis" who worship the ancient Egyptian diety Kek. In late January 2017, Kekistan began widely circulating on Twitter following its promotion by YouTuber Sargon of Akkad.
Origin
On 4chan, the name "Kekistan" has been suggested for various imaginary geographic locations many times since as early as December 2015, when a flag with the filename "kekistan.jpg" was submitted to the /int/ (international) board.[7] On December 14th, 2016, a thread regarding buying an island in the Caribbean was submitted to /pol/, to which several users suggested the land be named "Kekistan" (shown below).[6]
On January 30th, 2017, YouTuber Sargon_of_Akkad tweeted that "shitposters meet the British govs criteria of an ethnicity," claiming he would register the group on the British census (shown below, left).[9] After asking followers what the ethnicity should be named, he settled on "Kekistani," describing the fictional group as a "disparate and dispossessed people" (shown below, right).[10][11]
Spread
That day, the Republic of Kekistan Twitter[1] feed was launched, declaring itself "the official Twitter account of the Kekistani Republic." Within 48 hours, the feed gained over 5,000 followers. Meanwhile, the site Kekistan.com[5] was launched, including a "Kek manifesto" (shown below).
Meanwhile, other Twitter users began tweeting the hashtag #FreeKekistan[3] along with jokes denouncing normies and professing their pride in shitposting (shown below).
Destiny 2 Armor
On September 12th, 2017, the official Bungie Twitter feed announced they would be removing a piece of gauntlet armor in the game Destiny 2 for sharing "elements with a hate symbol."
That day, Redditor TheLittleMoa submitted a post about the tweet to /r/DestinyTheGame,[15] where Redditor xxbiohazrdxx speculated that the Road Complex AA1 legendary gauntlets were removed for containing imagery resembling the Kekistani flag (shown below).
In the comments section of the post, many Redditors mocked Bungie for thinking the flag was a symbol of hate. That day, Polygon[13] and Kotaku[12] published articles calling the Kekistan flag an "alt-right" and "white nationalist" symbol.