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As nation turns 250, many Americans say the Stars and Stripes is now a red flag
NBC News ^ | 29 June 2026 | Corky Siemaszko

Posted on 06/29/2026 10:13:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!

The American flag: To some, it’s Old Glory. To others, it’s a MAGA hat on a stick.

To fly or not to fly an American flag? That was never a question for Bruce Watson, who has put his national pride on display for years — and nudges neighbors in his small New England town to do the same.

“I’m very proud of our flag,” the writer said. “It’s the symbol of ‘We, the People.’”

But as the polarized nation marks its 250th birthday, Watson, 72, worries his Stars and Stripes may now need an asterisk. “If we do fly the flag, we will also put out signs to make it clear that we are not MAGA,” he said.

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A$$hats.

The Commies of New England should fly the hammer and sickle red flag.

1 posted on 06/29/2026 10:13:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

“Polarized” only bercause of America-hating Demonic Party communists, marxists, and sociopaths...


2 posted on 06/29/2026 10:15:12 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: Alas Babylon!

More than likely the pride flag since most are sissies or fags.


3 posted on 06/29/2026 10:15:29 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

White.


4 posted on 06/29/2026 10:16:26 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Alas Babylon!

Go F yourself “Corky”.


5 posted on 06/29/2026 10:17:22 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Alas Babylon!

This sadly only ends one way.


6 posted on 06/29/2026 10:18:41 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Yeah, no thanks to American Fake News Networks like NBC News, Corky. Have you not seen all the videos of European soccer fans all across this great country?


7 posted on 06/29/2026 10:19:04 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Common Sense 101

That’s true.


8 posted on 06/29/2026 10:19:40 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Alas Babylon!

What is the adage going around recently? We hated Obama because he hated America. The left hates Trump - and by extension us - because he loves America.


9 posted on 06/29/2026 10:19:45 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Or both.


10 posted on 06/29/2026 10:20:02 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Alas Babylon!
This whole "red flag" term is confusing. It can mean Communism or MAGA.

Republicans should stop identifying as red.

11 posted on 06/29/2026 10:21:02 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Rummyfan

That’s right.


12 posted on 06/29/2026 10:21:20 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Alas Babylon!

To commies, all flags are red flags.


13 posted on 06/29/2026 10:21:42 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Angelino97

My thoughts exactly. If any party should be identifying as red, it’s the demonrats because they’re commies.


14 posted on 06/29/2026 10:21:54 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Angelino97

The Mainstream changed them from blue to red about 2000.

About when Bush wiped out Gore.

Can’t have the whole US (minus maybe one state) Blue.

If it is Repubs, they are Red (like commies).


15 posted on 06/29/2026 10:27:48 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( My pronoun is EXIT. Generally full of /S -- Living with Havana Syndrome -infected from Main Stream)
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To: Alas Babylon!

This kind of stuff really pisses me off.

Okay Corky, touch my flag and I’ll dispatch you to Hell at 2600fps.


16 posted on 06/29/2026 10:27:50 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Angelino97

That’s why I wrote “hammer and sickle red flag”. Does not confuse with MAGA.


17 posted on 06/29/2026 10:29:01 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The greatest power the media has is the power to ignore.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Communists hate America and the flag. It stands in the way of their tyranical takeover.


18 posted on 06/29/2026 10:29:41 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: Alas Babylon!

It is the left that has made the flag political. Either by burning or otherwise trashing it, or by choosing to display other flags but not this one, or by saying things like this.


19 posted on 06/29/2026 10:30:42 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Alas Babylon!

Anyone that wants communism can leave.

we’ll gladly give them a one-way ticket to the communist utopia of their dreams.

it would only cost them their passport.

of course, they’ll never do it.


20 posted on 06/29/2026 10:31:29 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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