Why do people fly flags on their houses 7x24?

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45. It has been my observation as well that many "patriotic" Americans

are basically crude, rude and obnoxious shills.

If a person is going to fly the flag of our country, they should first take the time and the interest to learn the proper protocol for doing so.

It's been quite a while for me since my youth, but I distinctly remember that knowledge of the laws of how to treat the flag of our nation was one of the requirements before attaining the level of "Second Class" in The Boy Scouts of America. Back then, we were taught that by law, the American flag is never to be flown at night, unless it is lite by a spot light. Other protocol in the law stated that the flag was never to be flown in wet weather, and that any flag that had become worn from being out in the elements, by law had to be replaced immediately. Old flags were never to be discarded in the trash. There was a separate protocol for the retiring our old flags. And if our flag was to be taken down at the end of each day, it was never to touch the ground in the course of its' being taking down. In addition to that, our flag was only supposed to be folded in a certain manner, the basics of which I only barely remember. I believe that all of the same protocol was also taught in The Girl Scouts of America.

The one exception is the flag that is flown over our nation's capitol. It should never be taken down, because the doing of that will signify the fall of our nation. When the flags that fly over our nation's capitol are retired from wear, there is a special ceremony for doing that which is presided over by representatives of our nation's armed forces.

I live in a Podunk, two horse town in right wing, red neck town in the USA where a lot of "patriots" fly our nation's flag - in all states of decomposition, in all types of weather, and at all hours of the day and night, outside of their homes. But the thing that totally blows me away is that the flag that flies at our United States Post Office in this town is treated in the exact same manner. In fact, for the Post Office flag, they have even had to cut off the rope that raises and lowers it because of all of the damage caused by our town's delinquents. I suppose there are some of them who have even used it for target practice when exercising their "Second Amendment rights". The same thing goes for the flag that flies over our community park.

Now, with all of that having been said, I want to also say that in my personal view, flags are just meaningless pieces of cloth whose sole purpose is sometimes to inspire people to maim and kill each other for the sake of blind allegiance, without feeling the need to first question their own actions.

The symbol in nations that should be used to engender within its' people a great sense of pride and love for their nation should be their nation's record for acting in fairness as a member of the world community, as well as the fairness and decency with which it treats its' own citizens.

Oh America, I weep for thee.

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