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a kennedy

(36,725 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 07:54 PM Jun 13

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

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. [View all] 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

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