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Arugula Latte

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60. Right. It often seems to be a package of nationalism, jingoism, U.S. exceptionalism, and

Wed Sep 9, 2015, 10:22 AM

Sep 2015

ignorance/antipathy of/toward the rest of the world. They are the type of people who need to identify with the "winning" team -- USA #1! -- despite mounds of evidence to the contrary.

I'm not saying that everybody who displays a flag is like this, and I know some open-minded liberals fly it, but there is a large element that falls into this category.

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Hey YOU! You there with the American Flag flying on your car! [View all] ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 OP

It is disrespectful to let the flag get rained on. IggleDoer Sep 2015 #1

Interesting comment. I'm not American... SwissTony Sep 2015 #2

They used to be. Not so much any more. When I was jwirr Sep 2015 #3

if you respond to this post, you will have 33,333 posts. Capn Sunshine Sep 2015 #22

LOL jwirr Sep 2015 #41

flag code w0nderer Sep 2015 #4

Realistically, the law requires nothing. jeff47 Sep 2015 #9

since i recently got slammed on this w0nderer Sep 2015 #15

Copied from the Flag Code ... IggleDoer Sep 2015 #35

The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather Jamastiene Sep 2015 #38

Not on a Military Base One_Life_To_Give Sep 2015 #14

Raise the flag at 0800? I wish! JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #19

The actual rules and how I feel CajunBlazer Sep 2015 #30

No, the protocols don't call for it n/t sarge43 Sep 2015 #32

The U.S. flag is not supposed to fly in inclement weather. Period. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #64

my conservative neighbors used to keep their flag out in front of their house in all hollysmom Sep 2015 #17

No it is not hack89 Sep 2015 #20

Maybe in our efforts to bring manufacturing back to jwirr Sep 2015 #5

You can purchase plenty American FLags Sissyk Sep 2015 #29

Thank you. jwirr Sep 2015 #42

A guy in my neighborhood has four flags on his car nichomachus Sep 2015 #6

Wow. ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #8

I'd be playing this everytime I passed his house. GoneOffShore Sep 2015 #25

Yep....John says it all...we've seen all of this before. LOL haikugal Sep 2015 #27

You see them a lot in the Southern States. The "Patriots" driving the streets with Flags-a-flying! BlueJazz Sep 2015 #7

Do you tour The South often? bvar22 Sep 2015 #31

Most of the ones I've seen are in Jacksonville through northern Florida, southern Georgia, .. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #39

I see them on a regular basis where I live in Missouri xmas74 Sep 2015 #58

Yes!...I've seen that also a lot more lately. Let me tell you, I'm quite impressed. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #59

The American flag will be faded and tattered xmas74 Sep 2015 #61

In the weeks after 9/11 in NYC in LiberalElite Sep 2015 #57

I have an American flag on my American car. Throd Sep 2015 #10

I love it when it's stuck on a foreign car. Brickbat Sep 2015 #11

I don't give a fuck where it's made. It's a SYMBOL. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #12

All I would hope to see is that people secure their flags to their rigs at high speeds. punguin54 Sep 2015 #33

I don't remember ever seeing that. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #44

I even see a few of these PasadenaTrudy Sep 2015 #13

I have always taken the flags on cars to mean that. Person 2713 Sep 2015 #43

If you look you can find flags made in the USA doc03 Sep 2015 #16

Something that puzzles me, the flag is supposed to be displayed with doc03 Sep 2015 #18

Army regulations mandate it be worn that way hack89 Sep 2015 #21

Wow it gives the effect that the flag is backwards to me, well at least I know now. I doc03 Sep 2015 #24

Think about a flag being carried in a parade hack89 Sep 2015 #26

This could support my theory that the government bought a million doc03 Sep 2015 #28

Look on aircraft Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #55

Another thought on flags on cars: AlinPA Sep 2015 #23

it's an accessor, a way to get a leg up over anyone else MisterP Sep 2015 #34

They aren't being patriotic, they're being trolls..... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #36

I know Liberals who fly the flag pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #45

No kidding... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #48

That flag is stuck into a pile of bones from our founder's genocide, so there is that. jtuck004 Sep 2015 #37

Oy vey. Desert805 Sep 2015 #46

I feel just fine.<G> I'm not the one who has to be reminded that they have a LOT more jtuck004 Sep 2015 #50

The "patriots" fly or wear the flag everywhere and paste it on anything to the point that A Simple Game Sep 2015 #40

I think the reverence shown to red, white & blue fabric/plastic here is weird and creepy. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #47

It's not the flag, It's the rampant nationalism they display with the symbol. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #49

Right. It often seems to be a package of nationalism, jingoism, U.S. exceptionalism, and Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #60

I swear, the Right was in heaven seeing tanks with the American flag tearing through the desert. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #63

TOTALLY agree. While worthy of respect, the worship thing is just way over the top. underahedgerow Sep 2015 #52

Oh hell. I thought this was going to be a Pink Floyd knockoff... Purveyor Sep 2015 #51

Don't you mean 'Pinko Floyd'? pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #53

We really have become a world fueled by outrage over other's actions. CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #54

Actually, probably by slaves that were owned by members of my family.... ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #62

Slightly off-topic, but I've been noticing Lars39 Sep 2015 #56

I'm a flag nut; I went around on 9/12/01 educating neighbors who had hung a flag backwards. BUT----- WinkyDink Sep 2015 #65