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On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!

 
Bowhuntress
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On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
The loss of freedom and liberty for us and our children is becoming a sober reality.
Tyranny has begun. Socialism is taking over. I won't stand for it any longer.
Bowhuntress  (OP)

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Sorry but I guess I postesd it wrong... Tyranny has been going on and enough is enough. I hope others follow suit hanging their us flags upside down. I would like to find the flag. 'Give me Liberty. Don't Tread on me'
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I've got a flag pole with the Confederate flag,then the gadsden flag and the American flag below it upside down.it's a real attention getter.I've had several people stop and take pictures of it,but after i started going outside with my AR and asking them what the fuck they're doing on my property that's pretty much stopped.
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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
That sounds like a great idea! I will probably be doing this too.
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I've got an upside down distress flag tshirt.

I don't think I have the b**lls to wear it on the 4th cause I'll be with my family to be honest.

Shame on me.

Let me ponder this.


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Then again, it will be dark anyway lol
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I wouldn't if I were you.

So long as there are men and women in service in a foreign war, it's demoralizing and disrespectful of what they are sacrificing, to use the flag for symbol of failure.

There are going to be some people who don't get what you are trying to say. And they might not take kindly to it.
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The loss of freedom and liberty for us and our children is becoming a sober reality.
Tyranny has begun. Socialism is taking over. I won't stand for it any longer.
 Quoting: Bowhuntress



Hey Bowhuntress, I forgot to say I'm proud of you to do that.

Let us hope and pray that others catch on.

But I can almost guarantee that the average person has no idea what an upside down American flag means. I don't know...just the military people I imagine.


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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
Sorry but I guess I postesd it wrong... Tyranny has been going on and enough is enough. I hope others follow suit hanging their us flags upside down. I would like to find the flag. 'Give me Liberty. Don't Tread on me'
 Quoting: Bowhuntress


Like this?
De Bunker Hiding in a Bunker.
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I'm gonna fly a soviet flag and below it will be the upside down american flag.

That'll get peoples' attention i'm sure!
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Mine too.
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The Gadsden Flag

The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Positioned below the snake is the legend "DONT TREAD ON ME" [sic]. The flag was designed by and is named after American general and statesman Christopher Gadsden. It was also used by The United States Marine Corps as an early motto flag.

The use of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as a symbol of the American colonies can be traced back to the publications of Benjamin Franklin. In 1751, he made the first reference to the rattlesnake in a satirical commentary published in his Pennsylvania Gazette. It had been the policy of Britain to send convicted criminals to America, and Franklin suggested that they thank the British by sending rattlesnakes to England.
Benjamin Franklin's "Join, or Die" cartoon

In 1754, during the French and Indian War, Franklin published his famous woodcut of a snake cut into eight sections. It represented the colonies, with New England joined together as the head and South Carolina as the tail, following their order along the coast. Under the snake was the message "Join, or Die." This was the first political cartoon published in an American newspaper.

As the American Revolution grew closer, the snake began to see more use as a symbol of the colonies. In 1774, Paul Revere added it to the title of his paper, The Massachusetts Spy, as a snake joined to fight a British dragon.[1] In December 1775, Benjamin Franklin published an essay in the Pennsylvania Journal under the pseudonym American Guesser in which he suggested that the rattlesnake was a good symbol for the American spirit:
De Bunker Hiding in a Bunker.
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Last Edited by Cunning_linguist on 06/26/2009 11:31 PM
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0612043 We are entering the dark age at the end of time.
Zec 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Psa 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
Jer 6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate [woman].
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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
I've got a flag pole with the Confederate flag,then the gadsden flag and the American flag below it upside down.it's a real attention getter.I've had several people stop and take pictures of it,but after i started going outside with my AR and asking them what the fuck they're doing on my property that's pretty much stopped.
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You should go talk to them and explain them why you think the country is in distress.
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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
Sorry but I guess I postesd it wrong... Tyranny has been going on and enough is enough. I hope others follow suit hanging their us flags upside down. I would like to find the flag. 'Give me Liberty. Don't Tread on me'
 Quoting: Bowhuntress

Hey, I will be doing this as well. Also, here is the link for you to get a flag!!

Good luck friend!

[link to shop.ebay.com]

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Do you think anyone will notice ?
Bowhuntress  (OP)

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Yep that's the flag. Sorry but. what good is our military when we the US citizens lose our freedom. Our children lose their freedom. This country is not what is was 30 years ago. I can't recognize it anymore
Don't get me wrong I deeply appreciate our people in the military but we need to start showing a stand together here in the US. And the flag is the biggest eye catcher to those that believe in the US, freedom and liberty
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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
I wouldn't if I were you.

So long as there are men and women in service in a foreign war, it's demoralizing and disrespectful of what they are sacrificing, to use the flag for symbol of failure.

There are going to be some people who don't get what you are trying to say. And they might not take kindly to it.
 Quoting: Andromeda



You have a valid point Andromeda. I honor service men and women. They have the right intention. I have nothing against fighting for freedom.

Maybe I'm naive but I don't connect the upside down flag to dishonor the service men and women because I think they're being bamboozled even worse than the US citizen. We're not the ones sacrificing our lives, they are and that makes me so upset.

Oh boy that might really make you angry. I'm sorry. But this is a statement for them too, even more importantly.

Because our country has been sold out - it's not about our young people fighting for freedom anymore, it's fighting and dying for corporate interests that don't give a shit about them.

With all due respect, that is how I see it. I wish they would too...


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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
I've got a flag pole with the Confederate flag,then the gadsden flag and the American flag below it upside down.it's a real attention getter.I've had several people stop and take pictures of it,but after i started going outside with my AR and asking them what the fuck they're doing on my property that's pretty much stopped.

You should go talk to them and explain them why you think the country is in distress.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 712788

If they need it explained the AR pretty much does it.If they're too fucking stupid to not know what's going on why should I explain it?
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Do you think anyone will notice ?
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I would. I'm sure some people might be getting the wrong idea, though.
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the us flag represents the union of all states being owned by the federal government. if you put up the us flag you are representing the federal government.
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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
I wouldn't if I were you.

So long as there are men and women in service in a foreign war, it's demoralizing and disrespectful of what they are sacrificing, to use the flag for symbol of failure.

There are going to be some people who don't get what you are trying to say. And they might not take kindly to it.
 Quoting: Andromeda


Fuck 'em. They chose to go to war. And to fly a flag for the past dead of previous war is even more of an insult. IMO its like saying they died to help boost an economy. Im not American, but when I look at you guys, I really think you should all get over this idea of patriotism, its really sick.
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Why fly the US flag at all ?

It's like flying the Confederate flag... what's the point...
it represents something that's deader than a doornail.


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Does anyone now understand why I could care less if Kims Jong Ill's Missles slammed the American Capitol? Our congress and senate are more of an enemy to us than any of these third world dictators the Tee Vee decides for you to hate...
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Does anyone now understand why I could care less if Kims Jong Ill's Missles slammed the American Capitol? Our congress and senate are more of an enemy to us than any of these third world dictators the Tee Vee decides for you to hate...

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I was thinking the exact thing.


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Re: On July 4th my US Flag will be flying upside down!
I wouldn't if I were you.

So long as there are men and women in service in a foreign war, it's demoralizing and disrespectful of what they are sacrificing, to use the flag for symbol of failure.

There are going to be some people who don't get what you are trying to say. And they might not take kindly to it.



You have a valid point Andromeda. I honor service men and women. They have the right intention. I have nothing against fighting for freedom.

Maybe I'm naive but I don't connect the upside down flag to dishonor the service men and women because I think they're being bamboozled even worse than the US citizen. We're not the ones sacrificing our lives, they are and that makes me so upset.

Oh boy that might really make you angry. I'm sorry. But this is a statement for them too, even more importantly.

Because our country has been sold out - it's not about our young people fighting for freedom anymore, it's fighting and dying for corporate interests that don't give a shit about them.

With all due respect, that is how I see it. I wish they would too...

 Quoting: hardboiledheretic


This old Marine sees it the same way you do.
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Sorry but. what good is our military when we the US citizens lose our freedom.

 Quoting: Bowhuntress



As long as the military serves the NWO beast,
it is the enemy too.


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Here's a linky for all you stinky's from Wiki....

[link to wiki.answers.com]



Flying the American flag upside down is traditionally considered a sign of distress, as it is with all national flags. The signal is one that was used primarily in past centuries (pre-1900s), on the high seas by military and merchant marine vessels alike. While the U.S. Flag Code does permit flying the flag with the union down, it specifies only "...as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."

So - in essence - I agree with Bowhuntress. Our life and property IS IN DANGER by the Socialism of our US Government.

I hope all participate.
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I wouldn't if I were you.

So long as there are men and women in service in a foreign war, it's demoralizing and disrespectful of what they are sacrificing, to use the flag for symbol of failure.

There are going to be some people who don't get what you are trying to say. And they might not take kindly to it.


Fuck 'em. They chose to go to war. And to fly a flag for the past dead of previous war is even more of an insult. IMO its like saying they died to help boost an economy. Im not American, but when I look at you guys, I really think you should all get over this idea of patriotism, its really sick.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 600441

Sorry dude, but when the shit hits the fan on our soil....Our

military is all we will have to salvage all that is left.
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The loss of freedom and liberty for us and our children is becoming a sober reality.
Tyranny has begun. Socialism is taking over. I won't stand for it any longer.
 Quoting: Bowhuntress

bump
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The loss of freedom and liberty for us and our children is becoming a sober reality.
Tyranny has begun. Socialism is taking over. I won't stand for it any longer.
 Quoting: Bowhuntress


Don't do it.

You'll probably get arrested and tazed to death.

damned





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