Can't Fly the AMERICAN Flag???? Why Not!, page 1
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Topic started on 15-10-2009 @ 08:39 AM by Victoria 1
I don't know if this has been posted yet.....
I can across this article and it scared me! It boggles my mind that people are being told they can't fly the AMERICAN Flag because it may "offend" people. What kind of world is this becoming? What about freedom of speech, expression? Whether Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative if this doesn't bother you then something is wrong......

www.foxnews.com...

Oregon Apartment Complex Bans Flying the American Flag
Wednesday, October 14, 2009


PrintShareThisAn Oregon apartment complex is banning its residents from flying American flags, not only from their dwellings but also their vehicles, KATU in Portland reported.

Residents' outrage started when Jim Clausen, whose son is in the military and on his way back to Iraq, was told he couldn't fly an American flag from the back of his motorcycle.

If he didn't take the flag down, he was told he'd face eviction, the station reported.

"It floored me," Clausen told the station. "I can't believe she was saying what she was saying. It [the flag] stands for the people that can no longer stand - who died in wars. That's why I fly the flag."

Sharron White, a long-time resident, was told by management to take down the flag she's flown on her car for eight years because "someone might get offended."


This information was quoted from Foxnews.com

Personally if that we me, I would have flags everywhere to make a statement and when the apartment complex tried to evict me, we would have it out in court!


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reply posted on 15-10-2009 @ 10:11 AM by ganja
Pretty sure this is already on here...

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Was in the top threads waayyyy back when (sometime in the last week).

*edit*

Right, just saw that this had been posted maybe 6 hours after the other one... I'm really starting to wonder how often people do an ALMOST EXACT thread as one that's already on here just to get attention...

[edit on 15-10-2009 by ganja]


reply posted on 15-10-2009 @ 10:40 AM by Lichter daraus
reply to post by D3nyIgnorance



Cant they take the H.O.A to court over that or something? They are infringing on peoples rights after all.


reply posted on 15-10-2009 @ 01:37 PM by Lichter daraus
reply to post by oaf21



So your saying when i used to have my truck, and i would put my 2 big American flags up in the bed for 3 days starting on Sept. 11Th of every year was wrong. Just kindly asking...


reply posted on 15-10-2009 @ 01:45 PM by oaf21
reply to post by Lichter daraus



Hell's no, man! Hell's no! There's a lot of false patriotism out there, and I believe this is where the animosity is coming from. That's why I said "A lot of people (but surely not everyone) take patriotism way too far".

You are a patriot, and there's nothing wrong with that, in any way shape or form. It's the patriots that like to crap on everyone else's nation that cause people to get offended whenever they see a flag that's not their own.

It's that same situation where if 1 kid is causing problems at the school lunch table, EVERY other kid ends up having to to miss recess because of him.

There's no "grey area" anymore unfortunately.


reply posted on 15-10-2009 @ 03:14 PM by Lichter daraus
reply to post by oaf21



I gotcha, if could still do the flag thing i would but i think it would look silly on my bonneville.
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