Is the American flag becoming marginalized?

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Shamoan

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I would say, in some parts of America, if you show up with an American flag, you might as well show up with a confederate flag in black America. It’s a fricking disgrace that they freedom flag has become defined by marginalized lunatics and miscreants.

this is our flag...for all of us. Men died so that we could all live peacefully under one flag. If we sit idly by as our country’s symbols of freedom disintegrate, we are complicit in its destruction.

God bless that freedom of all people and God bless America

 
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M R DAWGS

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Right there with you. God bless the United States of America, and I’m sick of the radicals that want to change this wonderful country.

Lock this thread and you are a communist.
 

ckDOG

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You watch too much tv

I assume your flag is flying proudly in your front yard like it is in mine. Quit letting bogie man narratives the media and politicians push on you get your panties in a wad.
 

M R DAWGS

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Flying proudly over the fishing camp, although it is sideways in the pic.

Happy 4th of July to you all. What we have in this country is special.

We must preserve and protect it.
 
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ronpolk

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I would say, in some parts of America, if you show up with an American flag, you might as well show up with a confederate flag in black America. It’s a fricking disgrace that they freedom flag has become defined by marginalized lunatics and miscreants.

this is or flag...for all of us. Men died so that we could all live peacefully under one flag. If we sit idly by as our country’s symbols of freedom disintegrate, we are complicit in its destruction.

God bless that freedom of all people and God bless America


In my opinion, it’s views like this that are driving this narrative and add fuel to the fire. The US flag is everywhere and 99% people are just fine with it. There are some nuts out there, sure. But I don’t believe that is more than a vocal minority.

I think everyone would do well to turn off the tv and twitter and take a walk in your neighborhood. You’ll find out people tend to get along just fine.
 

Shamoan

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Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?
 

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Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?

fat fingered downvote, opposite of what I meant to do. Agree 100%
 

Len2003

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Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?

Have you been to all these places with an American flag and been treated like a Nazi? Is this like the War on Christmas?
 

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Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?

Not a fact and not even close. I mean, New York City? Seriously?
 

ckDOG

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What does show up with mean?

Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?

Fly in front of your home or in some other appropriate manner? You don't think people fly American flags in these cities? You are projecting sensationalist messages from media and politicians as a common norm.

If "show up" means walking around Portland with a flag wrapped around your boner like your gif, sure, I'll bet your dick flag becomes marginalized.
 

Shamoan

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Your issue with NYC proves my point...Portland (no issue), Seattle (no issue), Berkeley (no issue), Chicago (no issue)....”hey *******, keep NYC out of this...
 

QuaoarsKing

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Your issue with NYC proves my point...Portland (no issue), Seattle (no issue), Berkeley (no issue), Chicago (no issue)....”hey *******, keep NYC out of this...

They're all wrong, just New York City was a particularly bad example because it's so huge.

Obviously no one can guarantee the behavior of any individual person anywhere. You could theoretically go to rural North Dakota or west Texas and still run into a lunatic, but the idea that you should expect to be accosted for flying a US flag in any of those cities, with the possible exception of Berkeley, which is ground zero for loonies and is a college town full of people whose brains are still developing and still are learning how to interact with people int he world, is ludicrous.
 

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Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?

I think you’re just a drama queen about this like you are pretty much about everything I’ve seen you discuss on this board. I’ve spent a ton of time in New York and Chicago and the flag flys everywhere up there and nobody seems to have a problem.
 

Shamoan

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Fly in front of your home or in some other appropriate manner? You don't think people fly American flags in these cities? You are projecting sensationalist messages from media and politicians as a common norm.

If "show up" means walking around Portland with a flag wrapped around your boner like your gif, sure, I'll bet your dick flag becomes marginalized.

it means standing in the face of those burning black, brown, white business, toppling monuments of Columbus, Desoto, Lincoln, Grant, Baldwin, Jackson, et al. Flag flying above everyone. Your mom loves the Stars and Stripes.
 

Shamoan

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So I could walk unscathed through downtown Portland or Seattle right now. You aren’t that dumb...I don’t think. Maybe you are
 

QuaoarsKing

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So I could walk unscathed through downtown Portland or Seattle right now. You aren’t that dumb...I don’t think. Maybe you are

Like walking around with a giant flag? Not getting in anyone's face, but minding your own business? You'd be fine. Probably get some funny looks because who the hell ever does that, but you've clearly never been to Portland or Seattle if you think you'd get "scathed" for that.

Interestingly, a few seconds of Googling turned up this article, confirming that there are actually American flags all over the place in downtown Portland:
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/07/in_downtown_portland_you_dont.html
 

Shamoan

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What fool walks around on the 4th of July with a United States of American flag? Seems unlikely.**
 

mcdawg22

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So I could walk unscathed through downtown Portland or Seattle right now. You aren’t that dumb...I don’t think. Maybe you are
Maybe that’s more of an indictment of you being a whiny ***** and nothing to do with the American flag?
 

ckDOG

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Sounds more like you just want to go pick fights...

it means standing in the face of those burning black, brown, white business, toppling monuments of Columbus, Desoto, Lincoln, Grant, Baldwin, Jackson, et al. Flag flying above everyone. Your mom loves the Stars and Stripes.

...instead of displaying the flag in the manner in which it was intended.

But if you want to go have arguments with an irrational minority and "correcting" them with the flag and expect them not to react, knock yourself out. Those that want drama can usually find it.

For the rest of us civil people with manners and stable emotions, we will continue to fly our flags respectfully with no altercations.
 

mstateglfr

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Sooooo, the flag of the United States is not being marginalized?

show up in Portland, Berkeley, Seattle, NYC, Chicago with a US flag and you are treated like a KKK/white supremacist nazi. Fact.

why?

Haha, funny timing because I'm in Chicago now. Well, I'm in a suburb literally this minute, but I was in the city earlier today and will be there again tomorrow, but in a different part.
The US flag is flying quite fine in the city of Chicago and also in the burbs too. I expect tomorrow it'll be more of the same since flags were out today(assuming many are out in celebration of tomorrow).


I wouldn't be surprised to find out some in the city of Chicago downtime the flag. Its a city of 3,000,000 people and you are bound to find people who hate most anything. That doesn't mean there is some war on the flag.
The flag isn't marginalized.




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