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It may not be all who disagree with the flying of the flag upside down or at half mast, but GreenLanternCorps for one, said it was an insult to do such a thing.

I for one take offense to anyone saying that I am insulting either this country or the flag for which I fought for.

I ask those those who would object to such a protest, if they would have flown their flag at half mast when Hitler was setting tings up to dissolve the Weimar Republic in Germany March of 1933? Well, I for one consider Obama to be nothing more than an Islamic Fascists who has plans on doing to America what Hitler did to Germany. The proof speaks for itself.

I guess my point is that we have a short time to fix things or we will forever wish we had. Maybe all those of you who will fly your flag at half mast not do not protest against those of us who will. But for anyone to suggest that to do so is an insult against the very country we love is an insult to those of us who do.

Then respond to GreenLantern if he is the one who insulted you.

Otherwise if you had bothered to read and comprehend any of what I said, you would realize there was no insult to you and your "protest."

If you cannot comprehend that some of us are not yet willing to mourn for our country or surrender to distress that again is your problem.

If you cannot comprehend that some of us completely understand we are in the heart of the battle for our very way of life...and we believe you carry the flag at full staff into battle, that again is your problem. Our military does not fly the flag at half staff going into battle and neither should we.

I've plainly and simply stated my position with nary an insult to you. The First Amendment does not protect one from being insulted or offended. And those days of holding my tongue are now very much gone!

We disagree and that is simply all there is to it. Claiming to be insulted and offended to shut-up those who oppose your protest is an underhanded tactic. My inspiration comes from Ft. McHenry and battle of 1812 that inspired the Star Spangled Banner.

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

As others have pointed out there are various flags one can fly in protest and sometimes, sometimes our own Old Glory was modified to represent the new battles and challenges in front of us.

https://www.usrevolution2.com/News/tabid/114/Default.aspx

I thought about hanging my American flag upside-down, but I didn't feel it was respectful and the media would probably make fun of people doing that, saying we didn't know how to hang a flag properly, ignoring the meaning...

Finally, I remembered a business trip I made to Philadelphia, and the visit I made to the house of Betsy Ross, and it hit me . . .