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The Flag Debate Is Not Just About the Supreme Court
American Thinker ^ | 19 Jun, 2024 | James Erwin

Posted on 06/19/2024 3:52:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber

One of the silliest controversies of late has been the recent hyperventilation at the New York Times over the flags Justice Samuel Alito has flown over his properties. Many conservatives have rightly argued that this is the latest attempt by the left to delegitimize the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, but it is also about far more -- it’s an attempt to delegitimize the entire American founding.

For the uninitiated, the New York Times has run a series of reports about which flags the good Justice and his wife have flown over their properties. Mrs. Alito raised an upside-down American flag over their suburban Maryland residence amid a dispute with a neighbor. The Times linked the Alitos’ flag to the fact that a few January 6 rioters also flew our national emblem upside-down, signaling distress.

A reporter was then dispatched to the couple’s vacation home on the Jersey Shore to confirm that they had flown the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a Revolutionary War naval ensign. Long accepted as a symbol of the American Founding and particularly popular in my native New England, the flag has been transformed into a culture war issue almost overnight. The Times has convinced its progressive readership that the ensign is a “provocative flag” and a symbol of the far right because some of the J6ers carried it as well.

If this seems like a spurious attempt to link Justice Alito to the Capitol riot, that’s because it is. But it’s not the full story. The Left is also trying to alienate a good number of Americans from the iconography of their country’s founding.

Writing in Newsweek, Peter Roff asks “...There were people on Capitol Hill on January 6 carrying the American flag properly.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: alito; flag; flaggate; leftism

1 posted on 06/19/2024 3:52:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Stealing elections is patriotic now.


2 posted on 06/19/2024 3:52:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber
Rat Party Headquarters desperately wants to pack the Supreme Court....twelve (or more) new seats.
3 posted on 06/19/2024 3:56:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: MtnClimber

Just point out that this flag was flown outside a Vermont state building and the discussion is over.

Turning it into a political or religious discussion is pointless and stupid.


4 posted on 06/19/2024 4:23:15 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: MtnClimber

We should also go on the offensive and shame those who reject the symbols of of our founding. This should be what is offensive.


5 posted on 06/19/2024 4:24:52 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: MtnClimber

But the BLM and Antifa crowd can stomp all over and burn the flag and that’s okay. They are exercising their 1st Amendment rights!


6 posted on 06/19/2024 4:58:42 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Petrosius

“We should also go on the offensive and shame those who reject the symbols of of our founding.”

If the concept of shame existed in their world you might be on to something. It will take more than that to get their attention.


7 posted on 06/19/2024 5:05:31 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Hatteras

But don’t do burnouts on a “pride” flag/mural, or you’ll go to jail.


8 posted on 06/19/2024 5:06:44 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: MtnClimber

Since Biden stole his Presidency we’ve flown the American flag 24/7. However we only fly flags of the Revolution.

The Appeal to Heaven flag is our current choice.


9 posted on 06/19/2024 5:07:45 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: MtnClimber

I remember all the issues raised by the Libs when one of theirs burned an American Flag! Remember? 🤔🤔🤔🤔


10 posted on 06/19/2024 5:13:52 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: MtnClimber

The Times requires a committee of three or more to pen an article. The participation awards have dumbed down their college educated writers. The Times can’t even hire people who are capable of standing on their own two feet.


11 posted on 06/19/2024 5:15:33 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


12 posted on 06/19/2024 5:18:33 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: MtnClimber

“a few January 6 rioters also flew our national emblem upside-down, signaling distress.”

It was merely symbolic of somebody’s opinion that something had gone wrong with the election. Signals are visual and/or audible information conveyed with a specific purpose in mind such as warning of dangerous atmospheric conditions, civilian traffic control, combat troop movements, landing aircraft on aircraft carriers, etc. while the misinterpretation of symbolism is often unwittingly derived to mean more (or less) than what it was supposed to. Mixed signals can be just as counterproductive and dangerous to organized missions. Bad actors abuse the conveyance and interpretation of symbolism as much as they can signaling, and I think that’s even more dangerous, especially to the civilian population(s). 9/11 was symbolized by al Qaeda as “two sticks on a cake” but it was also meant to be a signal to proceed with the mission.


13 posted on 06/19/2024 5:39:32 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40, then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: MtnClimber

Hakeem Jeffries blew this out of proportion.


14 posted on 06/19/2024 5:47:42 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: cyclotic

Mine also.


15 posted on 06/19/2024 5:56:35 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Taxman

ping


16 posted on 06/19/2024 6:00:02 AM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: equaviator

“a few January 6 rioters also flew our national emblem upside-down, signaling distress.”

Oh my!

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=us+flag+upside+down+blm&atb=v434-4__&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mintpressnews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F06%2FAP_20166771522955_edited.jpg

EC


17 posted on 06/19/2024 6:05:11 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: Sicon

I’d like to see a Tesla (or any other vehicle) burn to the ground on one of those.

You know - a melt the pavement kind of fire.


18 posted on 06/19/2024 6:11:17 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: MtnClimber

So according to the Leftists it’s OK to fly gay flags, Palestinian flags, Hamas flags and it’s OK to burn American flags but don’t dare fly an “Appeal to Heaven” flag. Satan’s Army is really expanding in the US!


19 posted on 06/19/2024 6:17:19 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Petrosius

We’re no longer one nation or one people with a common culture. Shame left the station in the 1960s.


20 posted on 06/19/2024 7:10:46 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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