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Jedi Guy

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43. It's constitutionally protected speech.

Thu Apr 29, 2021, 11:31 AM

Apr 2021

And for all those going the Helen Lovejoy route, we just had four years of protests with people yelling "Fuck Trump!" and carrying signs saying the same or other colorful messages. So the moralizing about the children seems a little disingenuous.

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Looks like he is flying it higher than the American flag two poles down. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #1

Have I ever got a flag for him...! regnaD kciN Apr 2021 #2

Now that's a flag I would proudly hang! Initech Apr 2021 #14

Great! ShazzieB Apr 2021 #19

Love it! n/t iluvtennis Apr 2021 #20

Another neo-nazi TrumpChump off his rocker. What a way to disgrace the American flag too. hadEnuf Apr 2021 #3

Let it go tirebiter Apr 2021 #4

I agree this shouldn't be an issue. He's free to fly what he wants on his property rpannier Apr 2021 #13

Well, he's across from a park, his display includes an "obscene word," Hortensis Apr 2021 #41

As if the little leaguer never encountered .... reACTIONary Apr 2021 #48

Exactly! I don't see why the mayor is involved.... reACTIONary Apr 2021 #47

Hammond may not be the best place for these yokels to showq up rpannier Apr 2021 #5

HHS 1980 ... aggiesal Apr 2021 #10

I taught at BNI for a few years rpannier Apr 2021 #12

My parish was St. Margaret Mary ... aggiesal Apr 2021 #15

That trump flag is the ugliest flag I've ever seen. Chipper Chat Apr 2021 #6

Aren't there public decency laws about this sort of thing? Coventina Apr 2021 #7

Seems as though most places would have an anti-obscenity law? oldsoftie Apr 2021 #8

They wouldn't meet constitional muster in this case Jose Garcia Apr 2021 #33

I'd arrest him for terroism pfitz59 Apr 2021 #9

So That Is Where His stimulus Check Went n/t DallasNE Apr 2021 #11

First Amendment. Let him fly his flag. brooklynite Apr 2021 #16

+10 nt reACTIONary Apr 2021 #49

Wait for wind to change direction & those flags fly over property line. Cut 'em w scissors. nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2021 #17

Best thing that can happen Warpy Apr 2021 #18

"Come and take it".......... Let me tell you something pendejo. You pull any Carlitos Brigante Apr 2021 #21

Sounds like a crime in the making, what exactly is their intention? nt ShazamIam Apr 2021 #22

Meh. Shoulda left him alone. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2021 #23

What if someone drives by with their grade school child? JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 #24

Think of the children! Probatim Apr 2021 #30

Yeah, aren't they they ones that are all about censoring curse words BoringUsername Apr 2021 #35

...and I wouldn't brag about having an AR15 at the house. JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 #25

Evidently not a lot that goes on inside his house, or inside his head! How childish and stupid. Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #26

Thank you ShepKat Apr 2021 #27

Maybe its time to see if he was in Washington on Jan 6.... turbinetree Apr 2021 #28

These people are so pathetic. BlueStater Apr 2021 #29

What a sad, sick, stupid man. mountain grammy Apr 2021 #31

It is so appropriate that this "patriot" has defaced the American flag with Trump's name. Martin68 Apr 2021 #32

It is funny how some liberals claim to support the First Amendment ripcord Apr 2021 #34

I don't care if this guy has these flags displayed on his property BoringUsername Apr 2021 #37

He sounds nice. Politicub Apr 2021 #36

I do think his neighbors could file a complaint on this BoringUsername Apr 2021 #38

Yes, it would be an encroachment if the flag flew over a neighbor's property Mysterian Apr 2021 #42

I don't think that guy is Biden's type, really. MineralMan Apr 2021 #39

I hate QRUMP in the worst way BUT bluestarone Apr 2021 #40

It's constitutionally protected speech. Jedi Guy Apr 2021 #43

Looks like a job for spray paint in the middle of the night....... Bayard Apr 2021 #44

This guy is obviously an ass lakercub Apr 2021 #45

Ugh, Indiana. The northern Southern state. LymphocyteLover Apr 2021 #46