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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Tue May 26, 2015, 04:39 AM May 2015

Westboro Baptist idjits screw up the Irish flag

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-Westboro-Baptist-Church-gets-Irelands-flag-wrong-in-hate-filled-tweet.html



The Westboro Baptist Church, a group known for picketing the funerals of dead American soldiers, took to Twitter to express its condemnation of Ireland’s same sex marriage referendum.

The group tweeted “God Hates Ireland” against a background of what is presumably supposed to be the Irish flag, but they seem to have gotten confused about the order and orientation of the flag’s colors.The real thing--


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Westboro Baptist idjits screw up the Irish flag (Original Post) eridani May 2015 OP
well, flags can be displayed vertically. the question is, wouldn't green be on top? unblock May 2015 #1
Yep.. I think that's it. n/t eridani May 2015 #3
God not only doesn't hate Ireland, he lives there treestar May 2015 #2

unblock

(52,163 posts)
1. well, flags can be displayed vertically. the question is, wouldn't green be on top?
Tue May 26, 2015, 08:06 AM
May 2015

i haven't found anything definitive from a quick google. for the u.s. flag, you keep the blue field of stars in the upper left, so you have to rotate and flip the flag.

i would guess for the irish flag you would just rotate clockwise, leaving green on top.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
2. God not only doesn't hate Ireland, he lives there
Tue May 26, 2015, 08:14 AM
May 2015


Maybe Westboro should consider this means perhaps God approves of gay marriage.
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