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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsbig proliferation of American flags in front of houses around here
Is there some sort of "code" being spread around? We've lived in this area for two years - are often heading out to the parks for hikes. The last few months, it seems most houses are now prominently flying flags - just seems odd to me, and wondering if this is some sort of directive or tell among the unhinged wingnuts. Seems lots of people are afraid others will be confused about what country we live in?
Anyone else noticing this?
blm
(112,920 posts)Bettie
(15,998 posts)usually flying with the various Q flags.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Ive yet to see a single one of them in my red county.
Bettie
(15,998 posts)about 30 miles West of Cedar Rapids.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)I know what so many on this forum think of the south, but Im glad I live here.
Bettie
(15,998 posts)people weren't off the rails, the people in town were fairly evenly divided between D&R and it was, well, still a small town where everyone is related to everyone else, but not terrible.
It is terrible now, filled with MAGATs.
msfiddlestix
(7,265 posts)hoisted on the back and it was weird, Just weird.
But I wondered the same thing,.. trying not to be paranoid, but it feels that another one is brewing.
shanti
(21,672 posts)And I've seen 2-3 new flags on my suburban street. In addition to the RW asshole still flying his Trump flag proudly
msfiddlestix
(7,265 posts)But we have knuckle draggers here too. Thankfully they're in the minority but they love to be noticed.
SledDriver
(2,049 posts)have recently replaced them with shiny new ones. Including blue lives matter, "Trump/DeSantis 2024", and the like.
Even a neighbor who never flew a American flag before now has one on display.
Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)With no night time illumination, of course.
brewens
(13,400 posts)disgraced themselves, the country, and really, the entire human race by putting Putin's boy in charge. Rather than eat their shit and own up to it, they will quadruple down. More bible thumping going on too.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)"The system is too corrupt. So unfair. Drink the Kool-Aid my people...drink and we will rule on the otherside."
sop
(9,946 posts)Lots of American flags on all the usual vehicles, and in front yards where Trump banners used to fly. Perhaps it's some sort of secret handshake among the MAGAT crowd, and right wing media has been pushing the idea of late. I'll start to worry when I see swastikas.
Johnny2X2X
(18,745 posts)If your flag is left out at night, it must be illuminated. Flags aren't to be flown off your truck except for a parade.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a)The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b)The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
What if it is 'accidentally' knocked from your grip while storming the United States Capitol building and trying to use your flag as a jousting lance? Does that count? Asking for a "friend", of course...
(c)The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d)The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speakers desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
Hmmm...where have I seen THIS rule violated the most? I just can't seem to recall...seems like a few people wearing the flag as a cape was on the TV box back in January...
(e)The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
Kinda rules out flying them on pick-up trucks in bad weather or while "rolling coal"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal
(f)The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g)The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
This absolutely rules out the bastardization of the US flag for "Blue Lives Matter" and its derivations...
(h)The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
I'm not sure...would using the flag to break windows and beat police officers fit here? or more appropriately somewhere else?
(i)The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
Not that Trump cares a whit...but he and his whole fucking campaign of riotous looters abuse the symbols of Old Glory more than any 10 other people in history...
(j)No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
Is Hannity still compliant with his modified assortment of multiple lapel pins and flags with superimposed images?
(k)The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
I would say that ALL flags are tarnished by the actions of the January 6th rioters and unless REAL justice is laid upon the organizers and influencers that egged it on and stoked the fires while it went on, well then we may have to burn them all and start over with a new flag...
(Added Pub. L. 105225, § 2(a), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1497.)
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)around here in semirural north GA, but being so comfortably blood red there's no need for defiant gestures.
If a tree falls in a forest and there's no liberal head for it to fall on, what's the point of falling at all?
NewHendoLib
(59,940 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)But we've flown one beore specifically so those who don't know what our nation is meant to stand for don't own it. Our house can't be seen from the road, though, and it's at a the end of a very quiet road where few arrive. We'd have one up now if we lived where others could see it.
NewHendoLib
(59,940 posts)flag waving, or even flying.
I feel like it really is all luck - where we are born, who are families are - for me this goes to religion, too.
I know where I live - I don't need a flag to show me that. From my view, nationalism causes as many problems as it can help solve
In general, I am just exhausted by it all - the overall dysfunctionality and sickness of what today's politics is all about.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)on the porch post on the other side to give a good clue to what we were about. We're in no danger of being carried away by nationalism. We do believe there's much to be proud, built on, and protected from destruction by barbarians, but like anything else it needs tending by those who believe in it.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)but in my nearly 100% librul neighborhood, it makes everyone think i'm a republican.
they've taken the flag and are using it to endorse fascism.
TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)I hate the fact that the R's have gotten away using our national flag as a shield for their treason.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)i don't have that kind of commitment to Biden - that comes too close to the cult the RW has built around TFG.
Sugarcoated
(7,707 posts)because it shows my support for President Biden.
diehardblue
(10,997 posts)even touching a flag! That is never pointed out to them😡
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Flag code is also respected. Its what our family does and a family tradition we maintain. Neighbors thoughts about it arent considered.
I do notice when the flag is flown properly by neighbors and in the neighborhood. Beautiful thing to see.
Elessar Zappa
(13,650 posts)and theyre dyed-in-the-wool Democrats.
Zeitghost
(3,796 posts)Doesn't matter who's in the Oval Office or what the neighbors might think. An American should never be ashamed to fly our colors and love our country and it's people which I view completely separate from the government.
NewHendoLib
(59,940 posts)Zeitghost
(3,796 posts)I'll comment anyway.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)They have the Nazi flag, the Confederate flag, the White flag. They don't want to be citizens of the United States anymore, why sully the flag of our country?
NewHendoLib
(59,940 posts)TomSlick
(11,035 posts)I put it out to celebrate the survival, at least temporarily, of the Republic. It will stay out as long as the Republic remains in place.
Check back after the 2020 election.
traitorsgalore
(1,390 posts)and everyone else is a traitor to them.
I say the same thing you did all the time, "did they forget what country we're in"? LOL.
GoneOffShore
(17,309 posts)Because otherwise they would forget.