Just pulled my American flag down.
Before 9/11, I used to put out my American flag on many days, Flag Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, etc. Since 9/11 my flag has been up every day, all day, since 9/11, except for extreme weather, and appropriately lit at night.
Not anymore. I, too, have taken mine down. We live in a banana republic, and we are now a nation of laws for some and not for others. I may have thought it before, but now it is wide open for all to see. There is no America anymore.