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Totally Tunsie

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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.

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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