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US Flag Code & Face Masks
US Code Ch 1, ยง8 (d) ^ | Aug 12, 1998 | U.S. Code

Posted on 06/15/2020 8:28:52 PM PDT by budj

§8. Respect for flag

No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

... (d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at uscode.house.gov ...


TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: flag; masks
Please note that we should not use the US Flag as a face mask for COVID19.

If you think about it, it's a bit gross for that usage of the Flag.

1 posted on 06/15/2020 8:28:52 PM PDT by budj
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2 posted on 06/15/2020 8:33:38 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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Meh...concern trolling will get you nowhere.


3 posted on 06/15/2020 8:38:21 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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Are you kidding? Red white and blue face masks? I can assure you, most of those hanging on to this COVID BS are leftist and liberals who fear everything and are certainly not going to wear those colors.


4 posted on 06/15/2020 8:40:00 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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I wish people would learn the difference between the Flag and simple stars and stripes patterned material that was never a Flag. The swimsuit in that picture was never an actual Flag. Nobody’s cutting up a Flag to make masks. Hopefully.


5 posted on 06/15/2020 8:40:39 PM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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6 posted on 06/15/2020 8:41:57 PM PDT by knarf
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The flag code only applies to that which was once a flag.

If the material is originally a mask it is fine.


7 posted on 06/15/2020 8:42:42 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Improper wearing of the US Flag. The Star Field when viewed is on the left of the viewer.
HOWEVER in this case there is an exception -——— The Star Field is on the left of the wearer!
She is forgiven!


8 posted on 06/15/2020 8:44:27 PM PDT by TaMoDee (The Pack will be back in 2020! Go Pack Go!!)
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It just means you can’t cut up an actual flag to make apparel. Flag-pattern apparel is fine.


9 posted on 06/15/2020 8:46:24 PM PDT by Rio
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Agreed. She should remove it at once.


10 posted on 06/15/2020 8:53:42 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: budj

But it makes liberals lose their friggin minds and THAT’S patriotic.


11 posted on 06/16/2020 12:11:38 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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You must not have lived through the sixties.


12 posted on 06/16/2020 3:38:21 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: real saxophonist

You made my post for me. Flag symbols are not flags.

That said, face masks are stupid and worthless. If you’re not sick, don’t wear one.

I went in to a home depot yesterday. An employee I was getting help from said “Do you have a mask?”

“No”

“OK, what can I help you with?”


13 posted on 06/16/2020 6:18:44 AM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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In NYS, they call the cops.


14 posted on 06/16/2020 6:20:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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I have a medical condition and HIPPA laws prevent you from knowing what it is. Argument is over.


15 posted on 06/16/2020 6:48:25 AM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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I have a white blue red one that looks like the Russian flag.


16 posted on 06/16/2020 8:02:58 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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