Libs Suddenly Find Themselves Defending the Flag

Gateway Pundit ^ | November 7, 2008 | Gateway Pundit

[Free ThinkerNY]

Figures. It wasn't that long ago that the American Left was burning and crapping on the flag.
Suddenly, all of that has changed.

Protesters watch an American flag burn during demonstrations in Washington, D.C. (Athens Online)

Veteran Lou Schrader of Las Cruces, New Mexico flew his flag upside down on Wednesday in protest of Barack Obama winning the presidency.
This alarmed his liberal neighbors.
The Sun-News reported:

"Now that there's an African-American president, he's protesting the U.S., and I think it's funny because, if you love your country, you love it no matter what."

Kollaros said he backs freedom of speech, but flying the flag upside-down shouldn't be done lightly because it could send the wrong message.

"We've got to be careful about how we do that, because we don't want to offend people," he said.

Robert Pritchet, 30, who described himself as "open-minded," said he's personally not offended by the upside-down flag, but it opens up the door for other people, especially veterans, to be.

"I think he could have done something different," he said. "That could have been offensive; that's the symbol of the United States."

My how times have changed.
They're even wearing red, white and blue in Seattle again.

[libertarian27]

[Floratina]

Oh, suddenly the left values the flag now?

[EternalVigilance]

The flag of the Left:

[Yo-Yo]

Sure they do.

[The_Reader_David]

Flying the flag upside down is a sign of distress for ships at sea. (One reason British naval Ensigns have the Union in canton: for the Union Jack it is rather hard to distinguish right side up from upside down at a distance.)

Given that the election of Obama has left the country metaphorically at sea, and is certainly a source of distress to her citizens who are thinking clearly, flying Old Glory upside down is a poetically appropriate use of flag etiquette.

[ROTB]

I’m gonna buy what’s left of the “Dissent is Patriotic” bumper stickers from the local 60’s Libtard, and hand them to my conservative friends.

It’s time.

[IYAS9YAS]

I love the comment that the neighbors assume it's because an "African-American" has become president.

It couldn't be that the person in question just happens to be left of infinity.

[realcleanguy]

Which flag do they defend? The communist flag or the swastika flag?

[Question Liberal Authority]

So the counter-argument boils down to, "if you don't love America, you're a racist". I can live with that, provided that it's evenly applied.

You have to give the Obama supporters time. They're new to this proud-to-be-an-American stuff.

[chuckles]

We should at least wait till Jan 20th.

[NathanR]

Neither. It is this flag.

(Anarchist flag)

[NathanR]

Sorry. I meant to post the Anarchist flag to you.

See post #12.

[abseaman]

I took down the Stars and Stripes and ran up the NAVY DON”T TREAD ON ME flag.

just my thought

[huldah1776]

I’m going to fly the Betsy Ross flag, the Sons of Liberty flag, or the Washington’s Cruisers flag, next to today’s, to show I support the founding fathers view of the constitution. Found here:
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/flags.htm