And this is my favorite tweet on the outrage on social media right now
White House hangs giant pride flag…
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I don’t mind one bit that they hung a pride flag. It should however be lower than the American flag.
So, a couple of things...
It's kind of hard to determine, because of 2 US flags, but it's not technically violating flag code. It's kind of hard to define the "where" it's being displayed, is it a corridor? A window? Off a balcony? It's not being displayed off a staff, so it should be hung vertically, with the union to the upper left (to the observers), and should be hung to the observers left if multiple flags are being displayed
4 USC Chap 1 Sect 7
And...why do these f*** heads ignore every violation of 4 USC that their side does. Driving down the highway in a truck with a giant flag mounted in the bed, Trump's face emblazoned on a flag, thin blue line flag, the display of the flag before kickoff (horizontal over the field).
If you're in the Cult of MAGA, get the f*** out of here with complaints about the flag code.
It's kind of hard to determine, because of 2 US flags, but it's not technically violating flag code. It's kind of hard to define the "where" it's being displayed, is it a corridor? A window? Off a balcony? It's not being displayed off a staff, so it should be hung vertically, with the union to the upper left (to the observers), and should be hung to the observers left if multiple flags are being displayed
4 USC Chap 1 Sect 7
And...why do these f*** heads ignore every violation of 4 USC that their side does. Driving down the highway in a truck with a giant flag mounted in the bed, Trump's face emblazoned on a flag, thin blue line flag, the display of the flag before kickoff (horizontal over the field).
If you're in the Cult of MAGA, get the f*** out of here with complaints about the flag code.
Not displayed in the manner it's displayed. The US flag is to the observers left.
This is not very considerate of underdeveloped minds who have a large part of their identity wrapped up in being patriotic about America and its flag because they had often rocky relationships with their dads who lived with untreated PTSD for decades after serving in wars that affected everyone and honoring the troops is how they can pretend they were raised in a healthy way. Shame on Biden for overlooking this
I got a like from pedo-Pete so I know my initial thought was wrong and I apologize
I’d like to see this guy’s tweet mashed up with all the examples of MAGA crowd disrespecting the flag. I’ll grant you that expectations are higher for the White House, but still undermines the message that this group of folks are so bent out of shape by this when they disrespect the American flag 24/7.
Also, apparently the White House’s display is in keeping with US flag code, so there’s that.
Also, apparently the White House’s display is in keeping with US flag code, so there’s that.
If any veterans fought specifically for the flag of a violent imperialist hegemon based on the pollyannish view of America they learned about in high school, it's too bad to see what they fought for continuing to be what it has always been about ($$$$$$$$$$$$$). Grown real tired of flag worship. It's idolatry, jingoism, and laziness.
Regarding flag etiquette, this is obviously a temporary display to show support for Pride month, so I'll give them a break for forgoing what might be a slight violation of exact flag display decorum. If the plan was to have it up all month, they probably would have put more effort into it.
MAGAs are disappointed it's just a Pride Flag, and not Mike Pence, hanging there...
You, bro, deserve a Biden Medal of Woke Honor.
I'm still waiting for liar Game Day Ron to post his proof. He is currently 48 hours overdue.
Makes one wonder doesn't it?
too bad there wasn't 100 pride flags flying on the capital jan. 6th. they wouldn't have come near it for fear they might catch da ades.
The Stars and Stripes are atop the Capitol, but cropped out of this picture. It makes one wonder why the photo was cropped, no?
Really? Look at the picture and remember where the Capitol flag pole is. The picture was either taken to zero in on the three flags shown or cropped to cut out the fourth present.
As SSG T notes, the American flag is properly to the viewer’s left of the rainbow flag, whilst another American flag flies above.
Why are so many people whining about a temporary display?
Because they are bigoted assholes.
You have to remember, not all this nation's veterans fought to defend the flag from Nazis and communism to preserve American "democracy" (such as it existed prior to the civil rights movement). Some veterans volunteered to spread freedom and democracy under the flag AROUND THE GLOBE after the Nazis and stuff were defeated. Not necessarily to see democracy and freedom progress and evolve here. If you would have told these veterans their service in preserving the union might one day result in emancipation of people they weren't even thinking about, do you think they would have answered the call? This is a slap in their faces because some veterans are also reactionary Christians.
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Meh. Hang it high. So what.
I’ll go out on a limb here and say that I bet there were some gay Americans who fought for this country and died for this country. I bet there are gay people who are currently serving this country today.
If the flag bothers you that’s your problem,
I’ll go out on a limb here and say that I bet there were some gay Americans who fought for this country and died for this country. I bet there are gay people who are currently serving this country today.
If the flag bothers you that’s your problem,
It’s unbelievable to me that we have leaders in our country and those in the media who feel minors should be allowed to get sex changes. You can’t get a license until you are 16, vote until you are 18, or drink until 21. The law says you cannot even consent to sex as a minor. However, we have people who believe minors should be allowed to seek out and have sex changes and get hormonal treatment? There is so much that is wrong with this.
Don’t really follow… They adhere to the oath they agreed to or not?
Plenty of people who I don’t see eye to eye with in other areas have admirably fought/served in our military. I respect them for that.
Joe is just trolling now. Sick to see that at the Capitol.
To my mind, the current white house display is patriotism.
There’s always this implicitly narrow, right-wingy, we-get-to-define-patriotism tone to shit statements like this derpy doc.
It’s always implicit we-own-the defining-of-patriotism.
Which is, of course, a supremacist mindset. An, I-know-what’s-best, mindset. That’s what’s underneath all the hate. Hate of diversity, of DEI stuff, of insisting that USA is the best. It’s what makes siren songs of “liberal indoctrination” pervasive in insert-institution-here simply too delicious. Underneath it all is a deeply (insecurity-fueled) belief in supremacy.
They don't get "sex changes" until they are 18
They get "puberty blockers", so that they still have the opportunity to do so, by the time they reach 18 (and post-puberty).
Big, big difference here.
I was being roundabout and not very direct, my bad bill. I'm just making the point that I don't care what veterans think about the flag. If I wanted to care about how veterans feel about the flag to think about how maybe I should view the flag, then I'm never going to make any coherent sense of it because there's not a consensus among veterans and even if there was it wouldn't necessarily be right then anyway because our veterans aren't God. And I think that's true for everyone however they want to approach their own veneration of the flag, but there's a really annoying habit certain self-described patriots have of trying to guilt others into worshipping the flag because people (including people close to them) have died in wars our country fought in. Well, that's sad. Many of them were heroes. Many of them were poor unlucky bastards. But if they truly were fighting for something noble, I sure as shit hope it wasn't the future of flag decorum.
No. We’ve all seen your photo and what you did. You really should just go away.
Gotcha and I think I agree.
