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Trump administration bans Pride and BLM flags and implements 'one flag policy' on US facilities (www.irishstar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So what's the problem? No flags should be flown over government entities but the US flag, the state flag and the city flag, as applicable. Drop the POW flag as well.

Want to argue? OK, we fly the Liberal Gun Owners flag....

Lemmy: FUCK YOU!

Government has zero business flying anything but government flags. Full stop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No flags should be flown over government entities but the US flag, the state flag and the city flag,

Based on what exactly? Is there some kind of historical or philosophical underpinning to that assertion?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The rightness, the morality, of a flag is still a political statement. Who gets to determine what flags are allowed? You? Me?

(Don't downvote for the question. It's perfectly fair and worded so.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The US government can send troops to fight in a war between two foreign countries. That's a pretty big political statement. Maybe some citizens support one country, and some support the other. Who gets to decide? I think the answer is pretty obvious that it's the elected representatives that get to make decisions. What flags to fly is one of the least consequential things a government does, so what makes it different?