Personally, I do not see how, NOT FLYING THE FLAG, when done by a true patriot, does anything but make a statement of complacence.
Your list of frustrations are generally valid, but dropping out does not solve anything.
JMHO
I am tuned out to ‘news’. When I realized it was 9/11 it was due to online articles, one quoting Zero that got my goat. Flying in the flag - at half or otherwise - felt more akin to following the sheeple than being patriotic about nothing.
Complacent?
If that’s your word for my rant, then all the more reason that I wrote it.
I’ll fly her upside down next year.