They are all around you. Best not to reveal yourself.
call a reporter at the newspaper/TV station and have him/her go with you when you talk to the chief.
Are they union? I would report it. Time. Vehicle ID. Exact location would be paramount. However, you did remove the “property.” Not yours. So your call....
Report it——definitely !
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“Flying an American flag upside down is not necessarily meant as political protest.
The practice has its origin in a distress signal; displaying a flag in this manner is “a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property”;[111]
It can also be viewed as an act of desecration.[112]
It has been used by extension to make a statement about distress in civic, political, or other areas.
On the 13 April 1996 episode of Saturday Night Live, musical guests Rage Against the Machine made a statement about the host, billionaire Steve Forbes, by hanging two upside-down American flags from their amplifiers.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration
my buddy Is a retired fire chief in Ohio and cries for Obama every day. I thought he was a conservative normal person due to his occupation, but boy was i wrong.
Good for you!
If you call it in, or go to report it, be sure to mention that you were concerned about physcial violence.
“Many will tell you that an upside down American flag means “the country is in distress.” The US Flag Code allows this use of the flag in situations of “dire distress,” but the intention was distress as in immediate danger to life and limb, such as your ship is sinking at sea, an SoS signal.
It does not explicitly sanction use of the flag in this way at political rallies, where no person or property is in any real immediate distress or danger. This is a political extension of the meaning and therefore not in accordance with the flag code. It is just gratuitous abuse of the flag, in order to express a political message.”
https://patriot-fire.net/2013/12/31/inverting-the-us-flag-what-does-it-mean/
You should have reported the upside-down flag to the chief. But you should not have touched it, as it does not belong to you.
You made a poor - yet understandable - choice. Then the firemen made a poor - and dangerous - choice by trying to follow you. I say at this point it’s a draw. Let it be.
Just ordinary conservative working class men at this firehouse:
https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/i-was-sexually-assaulted-by-fdny-firefighters-on-my-first-day/
They are all around you. Best not to reveal yourself.
Google your city news and see if anything is going on that might be related to the FD like contract negotiations or planned marches or protests.
You also might want to think about changing your route or routing, bike color, usual clothing, helmet, etc. Just in case they decide to make an example of you.
Rural volunteer fire departments are full of conservatives, unionized paid city departments, not so much.
Google your city news and see if anything is going on that might be related to the FD like contract negotiations or planned marches or protests.
You also might want to think about changing your route or routing, bike color, usual clothing, helmet, etc. Just in case they decide to make an example of you.
Rural volunteer fire departments are full of conservatives, unionized paid city departments, not so much.
Maybe they saw you in the process of taking it down, and didn’t know that it had been upside down.
I’d leave room for the possibility that they just weren’t paying attention when they posted it upside down...
Do it with extreme stealth. Don't let them see you. If they see you they will confront you or worse.
Collect as much evidence as you can. Go to each TV station and act like you're a liberal in meltdown mode so they'll take you seriously.
Put it back, right side up when there’s no chance they’ll see you.
Libtards aren't aware of the history of the American flag so you should have left it alone.......
100% find out about that fire truck and it’s station.
I am part of a union, and all the meeting begin with the Pledge, and the members are by and large patriots.
Sounds like some rouge scum.
Obviously can’t say for sure from your account, but if you cannot see how those guys knew what you had done, I would assume the following.
They are plugged into something most people know nothing about, that sees a lot of stuff, and is probably anti-Trump because he was a target of it, and is moving to cut its influence. That is probably what is up with the flag. They were firemen second to “it.” It can become a pain in the ass if you deal with it, so inflaming things with it could become a headache.
I would drop it. Let sleeping giants lie. You may really have no idea what you brushed up against, trust me.