Anonymous wrote:The U.S. flag is a symbol of oppression!
Anonymous wrote: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
It’s sad that you are letting the orange menace and his cronies control you so much. I proudly waved the flag at the No Kings rally back in October. The flag belongs to all of us!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
This. Exactly what I was thinking. Many Dems have been taking the flag back, but the no trespassing sign means you're a lunatic.
Change to "private road."
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks. I do appreciate everyone's perspective, and the fact that you shared it. This is pretty much what I expected, but wanted to get this temp check anyway and feel I've benefitted from it.
My love of our flag and my desire to continue to fly it is in conflict with my desire to avoid anyone looking at our home and thinking "MAGA" or anything even remotely adjacent. I think the bottom line for me is that it does feel jingoistic -- at least for me -- in the current climate. So I'll take it down. I really need to do something anyway, the flag is faded enough that I can't really leave it in it's current condition even if I were to want an American flag there. (The "No trespassing" thing is definitely coming down, lol. No one is going to trespass back here anyway, so I find it weird that the prior owners of the house felt the need to put that there.)
Anonymous wrote:We have an American flag. We live in a pretty liberal area and no one has ever said anything to me about it. Never had a negative “repercussion” (package not delivered, repairman refuse to come to the door, etc).
If someone assumed I’m MAGA due only to my flag, I feel like I wouldn’t want to know that person anyway. I’m trying to think of a scenario where that would happen. Maybe a parent comes to drop off their kid for a play date and refuses to let them come in due to the flag? A roofer comes to do a repair and refuses my money because I have an American flag? Honestly I would really care…