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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOk.....so a lot of my red necked neighbors are flying their American flags......
how bout I fly mine upside down??? Just wanted to put up my happy face flag instead......what do you all think? Upside down American or a smiley face flag?
Bok_Tukalo
(4,323 posts)I did.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)the fourth is traditionally an American flag day.......
lastlib
(23,287 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)it up until after the 4th.
raging moderate
(4,308 posts)My husband, who served in the US Army, says half-staff would be more appropriate for our current situation than upside down.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)wasn't he adamantly against this?
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)said that the president wants the flags at half staff.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)I'm damned if I'm going to let that flag become a symbol of being a Republican.
jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)I will be damned if I will let the racist asshole Trump followers take away the symbol that belongs to all Americans.
I will also add that I choose if I stand for the pledge of allegiance. I often remain seated and/or silent and seldom recite the pledge, and never as it is now written.
Perhaps fly a flag with a hate has no home sign nearby, or some other saying that you believe truly represents what this country should stand for.
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)I have quite a few.......Irish, Norwegian, Mexican, Canadian, two Green Bay Packer flags, one for home games, and one for away games, a pirate flag for Halloween, a Wisconsin Badger, and a smilie flag, so yup, a Russian flag just might be in my future. and I really dont mean to laugh about it, but its a possibility when our democracy becomes more extinct.
skylucy
(3,743 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)virgogal
(10,178 posts)I can't imagine why people flying the flag on the 4th of July would even bother you,unless you are very young.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)right wingers wrap themselves in it, damn, even tRump went up to it and hugged it......so was just wondering how folks on DU felt about flying the Stars and Stripes tomorrow on the 4th of July, our Independence Day.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Show them that you are better than them as a person.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)and bug their parents about the parents being assholes.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)like I FAWKING HATE THE LEADER OF MY COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, BUT LOVE MY COUNTRY, andI know we can do better. Now what kind of flag would I fly??
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)down when the country is in distress. In fact, it's the proper thing to do.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)We plan to also. Take down the maple leaf and raise the Stars and Stripes inverted.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)FIRST TIME EVER......England.....but I am rooting for Brazil I think....they looked awesome.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)ENGLAND!!!!
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)We should be able to take on Sweden.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)they won the whole gamut already...
3catwoman3
(24,046 posts)...shootout, you would have thought my own kids were on the pitch.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Brazil.....OVER ENGLAND if they get that far. And whats the wager?? Strawberries and cream as at Wimbledon or what??
Raine
(30,540 posts)I know some on the other side don't want to acknowledge that horrible word REVOLUTION but that's what it was. If I had a place to hang a flag I would hang it right side up, no one is taking that from me especially since I had ancestors that fought in that REVOLUTION!
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)stolen from American Indian Natives...
For all we know, this land might never know peace because of how it was acquired...
Raine
(30,540 posts)I was just thinking more though of now and not giving into those are doing their damnist to destroy any good that had survived.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)but don't want to step on anyone's parade here..
pangaia
(24,324 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)HEY GUYS, KENNEDY IS GONNA FLY HIS FLAG UPSIDE DOWN.
Sssshhhhh. Don't tell anybody.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)egduj
(805 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)that could come in very handy. Thanks for the suggestion.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Demsrule86
(68,672 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 3, 2018, 11:01 PM - Edit history (1)
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Demsrule86
(68,672 posts)Until Shitler is gone, I am in mourning.
lastlib
(23,287 posts)(on land, flags are displayed on a staff. They are flown on a mast on a ship. If you're on land, fly your flag at half-staff.)
Crunchy Frog
(26,630 posts)applegrove
(118,778 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Just kidding, I said it for shock value. No flag tomorrow for me though, and it troubles me deeply. Flying a flag to me means you feel that things are safe and sound from a security standpoint. I don't feel safe and sound, and I won't unfurl the flag until the Russian in the Wh is gone or dead.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)That is a damn shame.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)theyre mostly Viking and Twins fans too. Were Green Bay Packer and Brewers fans, so that adds to just pleasantries. Im sure if we ever REALLY needed some help they would, its just not that were pals.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)And your smiley face flag. And if you've got one a rainbow flag.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Should have one anyway.
eShirl
(18,503 posts)hexola
(4,835 posts)That will confound and confuse them even more...
quad489
(14 posts)a kennedy
(29,707 posts)greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)The flag should be flown and respected by all true patriots. The GOP has disgraced this country and the symbols of this country by their complete capitulation to enemies of the United States and the Constitution, both domestic and foreign.
You can fly your flag proudly and follow the flag code, in quiet rebuke of your neighbors' support of the destruction of this once proud land in the service of oligarchs and Putin. By using their personal insecurities, fears and hatreds to manipulate them to vote against their own interests, they have become useful idiots to the very forces that will destroy them, unless we true patriots can rise an effective defense against these forces for evil, greed and fear.
Have a great 4th of July and fly our flag with pride and hope for a better future.