What I object to is people that treat the flag like fucking yard art. They hang the flag and leave it there until it rots without following proper flag etiquette. You don't leave it out in the dark, either shine a light on it or take it in at night. What's with this bullshit of putting a full size flag on the back of your mailbox post??? Or next to a road in the middle of nowhere?? One I've seen appears to be next to a service road for a cellphone tower.
I've noticed a lot of campers will hang a flag as soon as they park in their site. I'd like to know what the fuck is the point of putting out a flag when you are only going to be somewhere for a short time?? Are they afraid someone will accuse them of being furriners??
This is typical of most campers. This one was taken at Canyon Lake in Tejas. This one isn't as bad as some I've seen, one that I saw this spring on our way home had a flag hanging off the back of their trailer over the garbage bags!! I guess to show that their garbage was 'Murikan!!
But I think the one that takes the cake is one I've seen lately whenever I go to town. It's in front of a business that's being remodeled. Needless to say that if the business ever opens, I won't spend a dime in it!!
Now, will someone tell me if this is some proud real 'Murikan showing his patriotism or did they put it out with the rest of the trash????????????????????
"When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner."
I have relatives that are all for a flag burning amendment (said that way it sounds like they are in favor of burning the flag, but then again that is the proper way to dispose of one), but you won't hear a peep out of them about those that treat it like yard art. They probably think it patriotic!!
The ironic thing about this supposed show of PATRIOTISM is that 94% of the flags come from CHINA!! (Google is a wonderful thang!!)
So I walked into the bar yesterday and the bartender was wearing cutoffs resembling the flag but I've never heard it is wrong to rub it against a snatch.
ReplyDeleteI'm with BBC, I refuse to get upset over a symbol. there is such a thing as too much blind nationalism, and I already gave.
ReplyDeletethe Ol'Buzzard
Ol'Buzzard, I don't get upset over shit like this just disgusted. The same people that are the loudest voices about we need a flag burning amendment are the same ones that disrespect the flag when they put it up. The picture of the flag in the pile of garbage dragging on the ground is a prime example of how not to display the flag.
ReplyDeleteI like what Jesse Ventura said when asked about a flag burning amendment. He said, " I didn't go half way around the world and put my life on the line to take rights away from people."
Facebook banned me for three days again, they can go to hell.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance and hypocrisy are features, not bugs, of what passes as patriotism.
ReplyDelete"Wave that flag, wave it wide and high" - Grateful Dead