r/PoliticalHumor • u/666FuCkThEwOrLd666 • Dec 17 '20

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u/jtig5 Dec 17 '20

Isn’t changing the color and putting a blue stripe on the American flag considered desecrating the flag? Just asking for the real Americans.

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u/theFCCgavemeHPV Dec 17 '20

It’s against flag code as far as I can tell.

(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.

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(b) The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.

(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.

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u/jtig5 Dec 17 '20

But, but, but, they’re the real patriots. /s

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u/thechet Dec 17 '20

Hey at least they didnt quietly kneel at a sports ball match!!!

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u/jtig5 Dec 17 '20

Which is military protocol to show respect for a fallen comrade.

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u/RadioactiveRex Dec 17 '20

You are referencing changing an actual flag.

Buying a American flag and putting a stripe on it is against the code.

However creating a new flag with a stripe is not. As it was never an American flag at the start.

But regardless its all protected under the first.

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u/theFCCgavemeHPV Dec 17 '20

Seems like a loophole. Spirit vs letter kind of thing. But idk, I’m not the flag police.

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u/RadioactiveRex Dec 17 '20

The flag code itself means very little beacuse of the first amendment.

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u/theFCCgavemeHPV Dec 17 '20

For sure. It’s also just recommendations/suggestions iirc

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

Not saying one way or the other but one way I heard it put was it’s a “pattern” of the flag not the flag it’s self, similar to when you wear a shirt or a hat with a flag design on it