Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Political and Confederate Flags
I walk all over The Villages and find that all these political flags, stickers, signs, etc. do nothing more than divide rather than unite people. What is the point? I can understand taking a different route to avoid these divisive symbols.
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My understanding is that if you have a permitted flag pole, you can fly whatever flags you want however you want. Etiquette is ignored around here in most matters so I'm not surprised it maybe ignored when it comes to flags also.
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I'm going to stay constructive here. I and other Northerners are here to stay. If there is any moving to be done it won't be me or them but thanks for your constructive posts. |
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1) Whenever ANY flags are flown, does it have to include the American flag?, and 2) Are there deed restrictions that prohibit flying political or historically controversial flags? There are restrictions on signs and 6 inch garden gnomes so as not to offend neighbors, I would think this is even more offensive to some I don't know if this is even reportable or to whom you can report it. Of course there are certain organizations that take even greater offense to the confederate flag, but I doubt you want to stir up that hornet's nest |
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Folks are offended way to easily in today's world. Just ignore it if you are offended.
I don't think there is a requirement to fly the American flag. |
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I think I'm going to give the Flag Store on 441 a call later today and ask the professionals for some guidance. |
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"I took your advice and looked it up. You got me I was wrong. It was a Miami Dolphin Classic Flag. Ooops! "
A Miami Dolphin flag set you off and triggered some responses by the habitually offended. Good job! |
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Flag FYI:
Did you know that all of the "American Flags" on Main Street in Disney (except the big one in the circle in front of the train station that has the daily ceremony) are missing one star and one stripe so that they are not officially "American Flags" and therefore don't have to be taken down every evening? I thought that was an interesting flag tidbit. |
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Big question-----I wonder if that is a "permitted" flag pole? No permit, remove it.
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Imho, the Confederate flag should be banned. When I see someone flying it, I cringe, think they are redneck and avoid them. I consider them low life and uneducated. Now, this may or may not be true of everyone, so dont go jumping down my throat, this is how I
FEEL Maybe a new flag could be made the represents the grievance southern states had but we all know slavery was the main issue, dont go sugar coating it. |
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LEAVE it alone No one would even know if you had not brought it to nows everyones attention...
whats next statues.... |
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The answer is no - the American flag is not required to be flown on flagpoles. The rule is - IF you include the American flag on your flagpole, THEN it must be flown on top of any other flags on that flagpole.
You can fly a smiley face flag with the words "Have a Nice Day" on it, and not have to top it with the American flag. You can put the Virginia battle flag (the flag in question since - as someone else pointed out - it is NOT "the" confederate flag) on top of a picture of Mitt Romney kissing Miss Piggy, and not top it with the American flag. But IF you put the American flag on that flagpole with Mitt and the VA battle flag, the American flag has to be closest to the finial on top. All flags on the flagpole are optional. It's only the order they need to be in, WHEN they are included, that matters. |
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How would that have worked out for Women's suffrage? Segregation? Civil rights? Watergate? The OP has every right to be offended, every right to share the origin of his consternation, and we all have the right to debate it. It's dictatorships and totalitarian societies that cover up and ignore such incidents. |
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Probably what matters even more (in the scheme of things) is: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30243.pdf The United States Flag: Federal Law Relating to Display and Associated Questions John R. Luckey Legislative Attorney Nature of Codification of Customs and Rules The Flag Code is a codification of customs and rules established for the use of certain civilians and civilian groups. No penalty or punishment is specified in the Flag Code for display of the flag of the United States in a manner other than as suggested. Cases which have construed the former 36 U.S.C. § 17522 have concluded that the Flag Code does not proscribe conduct, but is merely declaratory and advisory.23 |
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