Only annoying when some assholes make it black and grey with a blue stripe. I don't pledge allegiance to that desecration.Quote:
Originally Posted by HD333
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Only annoying when some assholes make it black and grey with a blue stripe. I don't pledge allegiance to that desecration.Quote:
Originally Posted by HD333
Re flag etiquette, my neighbor leaves their flag up 24/7/365. And it's not a set it and forget it situation. They lower it to half-staff when appropriate. Just nothing else.
Doesn't actually annoy me, but it is wrong.
I continue to think the best antidote is fly the flag for the good reasons. We can’t cede the flag as property of the mouth breathers.
The under god in the pledge of allegiance annoys me.
A pledge of allegiance in itself is a weird thing to do unless you're in some sort of military position. And even then...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
Oh, I agree. And to the flag is even weirder.
agreed. And if you're gonna fly a pride flag, fly the american flag too. To say "we can celebrate pride month as patriots".Quote:
Originally Posted by frorider
May as well toss in a NY Jets flag. Show the world that you're a gay patriot with a penchant for losing.
Yeah. I was gonna say. I don't understand why Buzzworthy finds the two mutually exclusive from one another. I've celebrated plenty of July 4ths with gay friends/family. Served with openly gay people in the military who were pretty damned patriotic. No need for buzz to get offended by either one. Sheesh. I wonder if his head would explode if he saw a gay veteran fly both flags at the same time. You can be both LGBT AND patriotic at the same time, ya know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Technically acceptable if it’s lit properly at night and an all weather flag. Flag always needs to be in good shape, no fading or fraying. People are lazy these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
I remember visits with both of my grandfathers where the flag went up every morning and down every night. Learned proper care and folding from an early age. One of them would get very irate watching people run around with flags wrapped around themselves thinking that they were patriots, the other one was blind so it didn’t bother him as much.
The lgbt flag is a bottom. Can’t fly it on topQuote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
I hate how the trumptards took over the Gadsden flag. That has always been a favorite of mine.
"No step on snek"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
When the offending party is a clear homophobe and makes sure the rest of the hood knows…it’s annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
This was done intentionally to be divisive. It’s sickening.
Sounds like you have your hands full out there with the natives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
I don't think buzz is saying patriotism or the flag is mutually exclusive from LGBT. Pretty damn sure he was talking about the specific people in question and THEIR intention and meaning by flying the flag.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
We were in Cape Cod once when my nephew was a toddler. We passed a gay bar in Provincetown that had a bunch of flags hanging outside. Kid points to the flags and shouts, "Hey mom, wook at all the fags!" He had trouble saying "l's."
Perhaps, but does he know for a fact that was the offending party's intent, or did he simply infer said intent?Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
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Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
I'd say there's your answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Montucky finally discovers nuance.
Oh, wrong "Shit that a _ _ _ _ _ you" thread.
I'd like to hear the other person's side of the story before passing judgement. Seems we're all too hasty these days jumping to conclusions. Memorial Day just passed and 4th of July is around the corner, perhaps it's just a coincidence.
Nah. Aggressively flagging is a signature of right. Doesn’t matter if it’s respectable or if it’s appropriate usage. As long as it’s in your fucking face it’s ok. Just like the ultra-masculinity that hides a lot of conservative sexuality, the overt patriotism is used to hide their treasonous tendencies.
Not really. What evidence is there they are "clear homophobes" aside from simply being mormon and hanging up a US flag around Memorial Day? He may also be inferring their supposed homophobia as well. Unless they've actually done or said something to Buzzworthy or his gay neighbors, we just don't know. I could be missing some details he previously laid out, but it just seems there's an awful lot of assumptions going on in the flag situation. Who knows? Just too often, tempers flare and feelings get hurt when so often no offense was ever intended by such simple events.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
The “make sure the rest of the hood knows” part pretty much says it’s known not inferred. But keep taking the side of the homophobe.
I’m not surprised you are not understanding this situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
Too often assumptions are made so you are going to assume that Buzz doesn't know what he's talking about? FFS. One person here knows the flag-hangers, and that person has stated that he/they are clear homophobes who have made sure everyone knows it, and you expect Buzz to provide specific evidence before you accept his statement. Again, FFS. You just like to be stupidly contrarian. And that is shit that is annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
And hanging a flag up "around Memorial Day" isn't how that works. It's like someone hanging a flag up on July 10th and you inferring they did it because of they are patriots showing their patriotism for Independence Day.