American Flag In Front of House ...

[Anonymous]

Unfiltered -- what is your response to someone flying an American flag outside of their house? What associations do you have? What assumptions do you make? Is your reaction positive? Negative? Complex? Do you make assumptions about their politics?

We moved into a new house that sits on five wooded acres, and it has a very long driveway and you can't see it from the road, and at the entry to the driveway is an American flag hanging on a tree, and beneath it a "Do Not Trespass" sign. It was there when we moved in. Our house is very hard to find, and whenever an uber comes, or a someone doing work on the house or whatever, they truly cannot find our house, but if I explain there is a flag at the driveway it really helps them find us. So. We've kept it there for now. Looked at replacing it with seasonal flags, but they don't make a lot of those for the kind of flagpole we have.

[Anonymous]

My reaction? “There’s a flag.”

It’s a beautiful flag. I love it. Don’t let politics ruin it for you.

[Anonymous]

MAGA family is my first reaction

[Anonymous]

Why wouldn’t you want to fly the American flag? It’s a wonderful flag. You do live in America, right?

[Anonymous]

I think it’s a bit threatening, it’s become a symbol for maga and hateful behavior. I avoid anyone with a flag on their house or car. Sad they took our flag away from all of us

[Anonymous]

I’m an American and I’m proud of being American. I am quite progressive, queer and a POC. I still think it’s pathetic how acceptable it is to be anti-American - as an American. We can hate the government in place and still recognize American exceptionalism.

Don’t @ me, I said what I said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a bit threatening, it’s become a symbol for maga and hateful behavior. I avoid anyone with a flag on their house or car. Sad they took our flag away from all of us

Don’t be a wuss.

[Anonymous]

I would think, combined with the No Trespassing sign, that you are definitely a right wing gun toting wingnut. I generally think it's silly to fly the flag in front of your house, and 98% of people that do have no idea how to do it properly. We don't except for a few days around July 4.

We're both military veterans, so it has nothing to do with a misguided sense of patriotism of dislike of the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an American and I’m proud of being American. I am quite progressive, queer and a POC. I still think it’s pathetic how acceptable it is to be anti-American - as an American. We can hate the government in place and still recognize American exceptionalism.

Don’t @ me, I said what I said.

Flying or not flying the flag doesn't make you either un-American or patriotic. Your actions will reflect that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an American and I’m proud of being American. I am quite progressive, queer and a POC. I still think it’s pathetic how acceptable it is to be anti-American - as an American. We can hate the government in place and still recognize American exceptionalism.

Don’t @ me, I said what I said.

Flying or not flying the flag doesn't make you either un-American or patriotic. Your actions will reflect that.

I agree, but I’m troubled by the knee-jerk reaction to the American flag and its being displayed as inherently bad, or representative of some oppressive ideology. It’s not the confederate flag for crying out loud.

[Anonymous]

Communists trying to blend in.

[Anonymous]

Don’t you live in this country?
If you’re not comfortable flying the flag, move.

[Anonymous]

I don’t make a judgment about it because I know very patriotic people on both sides of the political spectrum.

[Anonymous]

I'll assume you're Republican. That's about it. Doesn't mean I won't be fri nds with you unless you're also an ahole.

[Anonymous]

It's the combination of the flag and the no trespassing sign. Move that so it's in a different area away from the flag.