Talk about splitting hairs. I guess your original question was rhetorical eh? Yer wasting bandwitdth lug.
Awaiting wity and pithy reply that is sure to come from someone as smart as you. Duh./
Kinda goes without saying that they aren't 'pretend', then. Maybe some folks want to call them 'pretend' so doing things like driving over them will be excusable. Maybe those were 'pretend' flags, too, since these folks are obviously America-haters.