So, I bought a house that just happens to have a flagpole. It was put in by the neighbor’s grandfather back when he owned the property like 60 years ago. I recently dug it up and painted it, replaced the hardware, etc. I’ve been flying the US flag to keep same Republican neighbor happy, but after this weekend’s events, that’s not happening any more.
So, I’ve been pondering what flag to fly instead. It doesn’t appear that my town has a flag, though my county and state do. I considered the United Federation of Planets flag, but it looks too much like the UN flag and I don’t need to hear John Birch from that same neighbor. Ditto the Earth flag.
Maybe the Jolly Roger? Anybody else have a fun flag they think I should fly instead?
I fly a pirate flag here for Gasparilla, then usually nothing. We don’t have a whole flagpole though.
My kids put a rainbow flag in the window.
American flags on flagpoles left up all night just crack me up. Dudes wanting to proclaim they are so patriotic but then not following the etiquette requirements for that piece of fabric they put so much emphasis on. At school there were routines we had to follow, to put it up each morning and take it down each evening and fold some particular way.
If I had an actual flagpole - I’d make it a Maypole in spring. At Christmas make it a Christmas tree made of string lights. At Halloween put a skeleton stripper on it. At Gasparilla the pirate flag and in the summer use it to help anchor a shade cloth stretching to the house. I don’t think I’d usually use it for a flag.
When we had flagpoles we had a pile of flags to fly. I’d get most of them on AliExpress for cheap.
Universities, states, cities, vikings, pirates, scifi, pride, peace, extinction rebellion, etc. I love flying something for larks more than anything else. Fly what you feel, it’s your flagpole.
See if your neighborhood has a flag for it, or fly your city’s flag. It’s patriotic enough to placate the neighbor but also signals local solidarity.
Obviously the pirate flag is choice.
But real talk, maybe you should fly that pride flag. Show some solidarity and stick it to the haters. You have ever right to and it’s showing that supporting these causes are normal and good. If everyone who cared didn’t show a flag, then people will think it’s just trump country.
I personally do a rainbow American flag from June to July so I can keep it up both months.
A lot of houses near me are flying this one:
That said, if what you fly isn’t hateful your neighbor can just deal with it. If there’s tension over you not supporting fascism then so be it.
your life will be much happier if you stop trying to placate people with stunted capability for empathy. nothing you do/don’t do will ever be good enough for someone that deep in the propaganda machine.
do whatever the fuck you want (as long as it doesn’t hurt others), and tell the manchild/woman to pound sand if it triggers them
Might make more of a statement to simply remove the US flag and have nothing there.
Replacing it with something else makes it look like you’ve chosen a cause in preference to the USA.
Removing it simply says that you are no longer showing support for the US, with no other message. Also less likely to make you a target.
Fly the flag of Quebec.
I don’t have a flagpole. I want to put one in, but my wife objects.
The reason she objects is because she thinks it will make us a target.
I want to fly a pride flag under the American flag. The point being that the American flag stands for all Americans, not just the Americans who agree with the current regime.
I’d probably change the lower flag from time to time, depending on events, time of year, or my mood.
The Esperanto flag
Or if your goal is to piss your neighbor off
Fek! Kial mi forgesis la plej bonan flagon?!?
Bowser flag by night, Mushroom Kingdom by day, as Miyamoto intended.
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The neighbor would probably get gunnin’ if they saw that
The Rainbow Flag is always a good choice. I’d go for the NCR flag from Fallout; that’ll have the added benefit of confusing any uninitiated parties.
US flag upside down?
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