Oregon Man Flying American Flag Upside Down To Protest Obama Presidency

CBS Seattle ^ | June 3, 2013 | CBS Seattle

[Biggirl]

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A Pendleton man says he’s flying the U.S. flag upside down to protest the presidency of Barack Obama, but some of his neighbors aren’t happy with the display.

[Biggirl]

This country is in trouble.

[1rudeboy]

Yah. Especially when some bozo thinks violating the Flag Code makes him a patriot.

[doc1019]

Historically, flying the US flag upside down was a sign of distress.

[1rudeboy]

Not historically, currently. But there is no "look at me, I'm making a political statement" exception to that rule.

[DownInFlames]

The SCOTUS allows the flag to be burned as an expression of free speech. So is this.

[1rudeboy]

Precisely my point. And this guy should be treated as someone who is burning it.

[whitedog57]

Broken arrow.

[1rudeboy]

Uh, no.

[workerbee]

I’m more concerned about the flying at half-mast every time a kitten gets stuck in a tree.

[1rudeboy]

That bothers me more than you can imagine. The U.S. flag in the town where I live flies at half-mast so often that half the time I never learn why. Seriously?

[taildragger]

We had a man of the mind, a Conservative / Libertarian talk show host during the Clinton years here in MI, The Late Mark Scott who did just that and was a Marine in Korea.

[Diogenesis]

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

It’s not a violation of the flag code. America is in distress, so it’s appropriate.

[workerbee]

The U.S. flag in the town where I live flies at half-mast so often that half the time I never learn why. Seriously?

What drives me crazy is that the Volunteer Fire Dept. will have it full staff but the elementary school less than 1/8 m. away is at half. Or vice versa. I'm not kidding, I see a half-mast flag at least once every two weeks.

[1rudeboy]

So, you found a “penumbra” in the Flag Code. Congrats. /s

[WakeUpAndVote]

Yeah, and bill ayers stomping on an American Flag is just swell. Hell, they would even give home a lowinski for it!

[unlearner]

No one has seen In the Valley of Elah?

(SPOILER ALERT)

Tommie Lee Jones’s character goes into a school near the beginning of the story to let them know they have accidentally flown the flag upside down. By the end, he realizes it should be that way.

[stockpirate]

Every conservative should be doing the same.

[FAA]

“That bothers me more than you can imagine. The U.S. flag in the town where I live flies at half-mast so often that half the time I never learn why. Seriously?..”

I’ve noticed this too. Seems like I saw it at half last week and kept wondering who had died or what I had missed.

[workerbee]

The day after Election Day '08 and '12, I flew the flag with black streamers. Independence Day '12 was the first time I can remember NOT flying the flag for the holiday. I just couldn't bring myself to "celebrate" freedom, as it had been sold out from under me --twice -- by some of my own neighbors.

I empathize with the guy in this article. Since the '12 election I have refused to fly the flag because I equate that to support for the current regime and its goals.