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a kennedy

(36,723 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:54 PM Jun 13

Ok, just had a good neighbor tell me to not fly my flag upside down.

He said it was “our” flag and it’s disrespectful to fly it upside down. Ok, so how bout my smiley face flag???

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Ok, just had a good neighbor tell me to not fly my flag upside down. (Original Post) a kennedy Jun 13 OP

It's a piece of cloth... Fly it any way you like. yourout Jun 13 #1

That is not a good neighbor Sector 001 Jun 13 #2

I know, he did vote for tRump once......now he hates him as well....but he said he loves our flag and would not a kennedy Jun 13 #3

Do it. It's none of your neighbor's business. Ocelot II Jun 13 #4

Flying the flag upside down is a protected form of free speech LogDog75 Jun 13 #5

Tell your neighbor the US Flag Code allows it as a signal of dire distress, and tell him RockRaven Jun 13 #6

'The history, and hypocrisy, of the upside-down American flag' - The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board sop Jun 13 #7

Thank you for this....so interesting. a kennedy Jun 13 #8

Hanging my smilie flag for Flag Day. a kennedy Jun 13 #9

If Alito can do it... Retrograde Jun 13 #10

I wear my flag pin upside down every day and it always gets comments. Totally Tunsie Jun 13 #11

Every envelope i send has my stamp of the flag upside down as well. a kennedy Jun 13 #12

I thought an upside down stamp was saying you love someone. usedtobedemgurl Jun 13 #13

yourout

(8,909 posts)

1. It's a piece of cloth... Fly it any way you like.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:58 PM

Jun 13

It's a free country... Supposedly.

Sector 001

(414 posts)

2. That is not a good neighbor

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:58 PM

Jun 13

a kennedy

(36,723 posts)

3. I know, he did vote for tRump once......now he hates him as well....but he said he loves our flag and would not

Reply to Sector 001 (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:05 PM

Jun 13

like it being flown upside down. DAMN. He shovels me out all winter…..I pay him good money, but damn I want to fly my flag upside down.

Ocelot II

(131,743 posts)

4. Do it. It's none of your neighbor's business.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:08 PM

Jun 13

I'm still debating whether I should put out my upside-down US flag tomorrow, or my flag of Greenland, Ukraine, or Minnesota.

LogDog75

(1,452 posts)

5. Flying the flag upside down is a protected form of free speech

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:12 PM

Jun 13

RockRaven

(20,021 posts)

6. Tell your neighbor the US Flag Code allows it as a signal of dire distress, and tell him

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:15 PM

Jun 13

that his denial that you are in such a situation is disrespectful to both you and the flag. Get loud about how you are experiencing "extreme danger to life and property" as outlined in 4 USC 8(a), and he's an asshole for trying to scold someone instead of attempting to render aid.

When dipshits don't mind their own business, put them on their backfoot.

sop

(19,792 posts)

7. 'The history, and hypocrisy, of the upside-down American flag' - The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:20 PM

Jun 13

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-06-14/editorial-the-gop-finds-kneeling-disrespectful-but-is-ok-with-upside-down-flags

a kennedy

(36,723 posts)

8. Thank you for this....so interesting.

Reply to sop (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:43 PM

Jun 13

a kennedy

(36,723 posts)

9. Hanging my smilie flag for Flag Day.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:45 PM

Jun 13

Retrograde

(11,479 posts)

10. If Alito can do it...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:57 PM

Jun 13

But IOIYR

Totally Tunsie

(12,219 posts)

11. I wear my flag pin upside down every day and it always gets comments.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:59 PM

Jun 13

"Dear, do you know your pin is upside down?"
"Yes, and it's quite deliberate because it's the international sign of distress. Our country is IN distress and will be until January 20, 2029."

Sometimes I get a blank stare or a sneer. (I live in red South Carolina, after all.)
More often of late, however, I get a grin, a chuckle. a pat on the arm, or a hearty handshake in agreement.
It's my own personal survey and sociological experiment.

a kennedy

(36,723 posts)

12. Every envelope i send has my stamp of the flag upside down as well.

Reply to Totally Tunsie (Reply #11)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:01 PM

Jun 13

usedtobedemgurl

(2,087 posts)

13. I thought an upside down stamp was saying you love someone.

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:38 PM

Jun 13

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