Fascist flags of the US flying near us

[Meowmee]

I went for an icy walk early am in the dark. I was enjoying myself until I saw a huge flag pole with the regular US flag and a psycho flag below. This house has never had a flag or any political signs in many years. And it was not there even last week. So why now? Because they feel safe now to show their fascist hatred and dominance, now that the psycho will be taking over soon.

When I see the American flag now I think that is the flag of a fascist country. Seeing it so close by when there have been none which included the psycho flag for over 2 years was truly awful.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. The underlying message:

"You will now fear and respect US now!!"

[Meowmee]

2. yes exactly

[samplegirl]

3. Where was this?

I know it's awful now to see our flag most have a trump flag waving below it.

[Meowmee]

15. It was at a house near where I often walk.

That house has never had any flags or anything there before either. There was another house on my route that used to have an even bigger flagpole with huge, dump flags & signs, etc. HUGE flags, not the American flag. Then finally maybe over two years ago they took it all down. And it has never come back up.

[Tickle]

4. I do not find the American

flag fascist but that's just me.

I do find a Trump flag very distasteful and very unamerican, but again, that's just me 😊😊😊😁

[Meowmee]

16. The fascists often fly them together now

I am not a flag person and I have always associated excessive use of and obsessiveness about flags with fascism because of my background… so it’s obvious to me what’s going on here. After the election while driving to the stores I saw a little car with enormous American flags, which is illegal I think, and I thought immediately that is now a fascist flag,…you have elected a fascist who murdered millions of Americans again so yes, that’s what it represents to me now and also the flag of the country that murdered my father.

If someone does something to stop this then maybe my feeling may change, but I doubt it. It’s always going to be a revulsion on some level that I feel now when seeing it. Particularly if it’s an enormous flag in a car driving around. That is a sign of fascism. I have never seen anything like that phenomenon here until the first time the orange psycho was running.

[Bumbles]

5. The American flag was co-opted years ago by the Republican party.

About twenty-five years ago, I put the American flag in a holder on a tree at the top of my driveway. A woman I knew said she didn't realize I was a Republican. I asked her why she thought I was. She said because I was flying the American flag. I told her, of course, that I am not Republican, but a life-long Democrat. "They" seem to corrupt everything good.

[Meowmee]

17. You're right

It’s the same here. It’s always Republicans that have flown a flag at their house. I have never known a Democrat to do that. Although there may be some if they are Veterans, etc., at one point, my father wanted to fly a Canadian flag at our house but I stopped him lol 😹

[Bumbles]

6. The American flag was co-opted by the Republican party long ago.

About twenty-five years ago, I put the American flag in a holder on a tree at the top of my driveway. A woman I knew said she didn't realize I was a Republican. I asked her why she thought I was. She said because I was flying the American flag. I told her, of course, that I am not Republican, but a life-long Democrat.

Republicans seem to corrupt everything good.

[Bumbles]

8. Oops! My cat co-opted my computer keyboard, and this got posted twice.

[Meowmee]

18. 😹 sometimes my cats do that too

[Brainstormy]

7. I took down my American flag a while back

out of fear I'd be taken as a MAGA. Now if THAT's not a sad state of affairs, I don't know what it.

[Meowmee]

19. Yes it is sad

For the most part, I have nothing against somebody flying a flag. But obviously now we know what it means it’s just not something I would normally do. One of our neighbors has a flag up every other week. I have no clue why because they are not veterans or anything, but they seem to know every holiday when you’re supposed to be flying a flag. That kind of obsessiveness is just weird to me.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I haven't flown the American flag since Dubya invaded Iraq. But

have my Harris/Walz signs in my porch window and front yard. I intend to keep them up for the next 4 years.
I had to endure red hats and TSF flags for years, so the signs stay.

[The Madcap]

10. The only flag

I would want to fly today is a black flag or maybe a Jolly Roger. Upside down of course.

[intheflow]

11. I work in a historic Black neighborhood.

Never saw a single Trump lawn sign. The day after the election I drove into work and this one house that I always thought looked a bit like a compound (metal fencing all around, no landscaping) was flying the US flag and under it was a huge flag that said “God, Guns, and Trump”. They bought a flag before the election but were obviously not brave enough to fly it outside before the election. Two elderly white people were the first folk I’d ever seen on the property. Damn right, they feel emboldened. It was disgusting and I feel so bad for their Black neighbors who have to see that shit every day.

[Meowmee]

20. That is terrible 😿

I hate that these people do this type of thing.

[Emile]

12. They are giving away for free Trump flags.

Probably has Musk or some other billionaire funding it.

[Meowmee]

21. Yeah maybe they got a free one

But they would still have had to spend money for a gigantic flag pole and the US flag if they didn’t have it before which I doubt they did because I’ve never seen a flag there ever.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

13. I equate those colors, red/white & blue, with racism.

I live in the rural South, and I'm surrounded by racist whites flying those colors (US and Confederate flags). Ever notice Grand Wizard Trump's favorite costume is Red, White and Blue? I rest my case.

To paraphrase J. Krishnamurti: The flag is a rag.*

*see my sig below

[Polybius]

14. "until I saw a huge flag pole with the regular US flag and a psycho flag below"

What's a psycho flag?

[Meowmee]

22. It is the flag of the orange psycho

As I often call him…have you seen them? They make huge flags for him that are sort of like the campaign signs and people fly them with the US flag.

I don’t really like calling him the orange psycho because orange is one of my favorite colors.