I have to agree dp. I remember it starting in the mid to late 60s. It was a hippie thing (spit). Maybe somebody remembers it earlier. I don't.
I guess we’re not “cool” and “hip” :)
It’s not a generation thing because like I said, I was born in ‘68, and I was/am against it.
But the folks here that like it are patriotic folks so maybe I’m being stodgy.
I don’t know.
That is my memory too, but I believe they were using actual flags to make clothing then. That is a giant no no. I have a hard time with flag clothing but supposedly if not made from an actual flag it is supposed to be okay.
I remember conservatives across the country on FR rebuking those who use the flag loosely after 9/11, and for all the tattered flags. I wasn’t aware of that feeling before but I adopted it completely. I especially don’t like clothing made out of the Stars and Stripes. Thank you Free Republic for all your lessons in conservatism, too many to ever count.
I once spoke to someone quite well known who was a little miffed at some comments on FR about him, and I told him, “Those people taught me what it means to be a conservative,” and he nodded silently, and I could see in his expression that he forgave you all for whatever it was you said about him.