When I despair at how degraded US politics have become, it is strangely reassuring to read this: In Switzerland, the heraldic bears in a coat of arms had to be painted with bright red penises, otherwise, they would have been mocked as being she-bears. In 1579, a calendar printed in St. Gallen omitted the genitals from the heraldic bear of Appenzell, nearly leading to war between the two cantons. 🙄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus#Switzerland