Foreign flags in the US

[sneakypenguin]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

How exactly are you isolating yourself? And what does flying an American flag above it prove to you? That you can make these people conform to some bullshit rule to fuel your own insecurity about foreigners and terrorism?

I think it's a sign of respect for your country of residence. To live in a county and fly anothers flag in place of it is IMO disrespectful.[/quote]

I think people threw respect out the window a long time ago. When they started dumping their rubbish wherever the fuck they feel like it, when they allowed for a nuclear waste dump in our own fucking backyard. One could say that not voting is a sign of disrespect as it shows that you don't give a fuck what happens in your country. Let people fly whatever flag they want it's not that big of a deal and start focusing on the people who actually do disrespect your country.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

No, it's saying "I'm from here, isn't that great".

But, besides that, I think waving a flag in general is rather stupid.

 

[DrunkWithPower]

No I don't have a problem with it. Now if you fly both flags, don't fly it higher than the US flag as its disrespectful.

It's also illegal (or atleast in Illinois)

I don't mind it, let your national flag fly.

 

[NimbleJack3]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

Sorry, you didn't answer my question. What do you mean by 'tacky'?

 

[Knight Templar]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

You're saying "my country > your country", how is that any better?

 

[Carne]

Why not? Ah yes, American melting pot gobbledegook.
Sorry, I'm from Canada where multi-culturalism is embraced.

I, too, have lived in Canada. For all their talk of a multi-culture, they are a poly-culture. The difference is that the cultures stay divided and stay in conflict. Quebec (the archetypal example) is at a constant state of odds with Anglophonic Canada. The Asians which settled in British Columbia are at odds with the more native population there. All of the above have serious complaints both to and from the most Native people. I have lived their, you are misdiscribing your own country to a humorous extent.

If two cultures live in peace and proximity with one another, they will begin a process of cultural diffusion. Both will lose their identities to join in one identity. This process can be arrested by either keeping them apart by law (Canada and Nazi Germany give two different examples of this.) or trying to compel them together by law (the United Kingdom still see themselves as separate nations under one state.) The melting pot works, but only if you let it melt and don't watch the pot. Just let people be people.

And there it is for the flag thing: Let people be people. Let them eat, speak, dance, watch, discuss, and fly what they will.

You did a pretty good job of summing up my own observations, while I was in British Columbia and Alberta. I have a friend in Quebec who often mentions her own personal grievances as well.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

Sorry, you didn't answer my question. What do you mean by 'tacky'?

What I said+ in poor taste, disrespectful.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

You're saying "my country > your country", how is that any better?

But in this case it would be, whatever country your in is greater than you/where your from. If i'm in south africa under their rule with their people, using their assets then that is the greater country. I would still hold the USA as a prominent part of my culture but south african would take precedence, and I would defer to them.

 

[Oriii]

I dont think its disrespectful at all. You aren't saying, this country's better then yours, just because you fly it higher, or dont fly the second one at all, and i think people overrate the importance of the flag. You may be saying, this country is more personally important to me, but thats not being disrespectful, its just who you are, or even as some people have said here, they just think it looks cool. I personally dont fly a flag anywhere, but if i did, it would always be the Australian flag, wherever i was at the time, because it would always be who i was. This may just be cause of our culture, we dont put so much importance in the flag to recognise our nationality, and very few actually fly one, i just think flying a flag is more an expression of yourself, then a show of respect.

On the UK and st george thing, thats pretty messed up. If people want their culture respected and left alone, they need to do the same for everywhere else. Not quite the same, but in the shopping centre i work in, we weren't allowed to play any christmas carols, because people complained that it was offensive to them.

 

[Knight Templar]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

You're saying "my country > your country", how is that any better?

But in this case it would be, whatever country your in is greater than you/where your from. If i'm in south africa under their rule with their people, using their assets then that is the greater country. I would still hold the USA as a prominent part of my culture but south african would take precedence, and I would defer to them.

I would be both, I shouldn't have to forsake my home nation to live in another.

 

[Agent Larkin]

Well Irish Americans used to fly our flag over there so why not?

 

[Smudge91]

Its a flag? I don't really care if they don't fly a the Union Jack or Saint Georges flag in their windows, heck the only time flags come out in the country are for two reasons, football and rugby. Other than that, we arn't like woo lets put a flag up in a garden. I don't particulary mind if someone bring a scottish flag for example in the england, its just a flag.

 

[twistedshadows]

Well, I'd say let people have whatever flag they want. But then again, I'm not American and don't understand your flag cult anyway.

I am American and I don't understand the flag cult, either.

OT: I have no problem with people flying other flags or being proud of their heritage. I don't find it disrespectful or improper, and I don't view it as someone saying that their flag's country is "better" than America.

 

[NimbleJack3]

Patriotism is overrated, but why should you be insulted that people are proud of their home country?

Besides, isn't America meant to be the home of the "free"?

Not insulted I just think its tacky to fly one in place of your current residence. If I was in germany I would fly their flag higher than mine. But to fly my flag in place is that not saying "i'm better than you"

You mention that it's 'tacky to fly other flags' multiple times. That makes no sense, assuming that your definition of tacky is tasteless and gaudy. What do you mean?

It's disrespectful, your saying my country > country your in. It's almost a refusal to become an American. I understand heritage, but if your here you should try to adopt a modicum of the culture, rather than identifying solely with a foreign country. But them I'm one of those thats picky/traditional about things like that.

Sorry, you didn't answer my question. What do you mean by 'tacky'?

What I said+ in poor taste, disrespectful.

Tacky doesn't mean poor taste as in disrespectful, it means poor taste as in gaudy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tacky

 

[sneakypenguin]

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Tacky doesn't mean poor taste as in disrespectful, it means poor taste as in gaudy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tacky

Language evolves, just like saying "fuck" doesn't just mean sex. I think tacky fits. If someone says a rude comment at a funeral one would call it a "tacky" comment.

EDIT:
tacky
1. not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
2. shabby in appearance; shoddy: a tacky, jerry-built housing development.
3. crass; cheaply vulgar; tasteless; crude.
4. gaudy; flashy; showy.

Anyways 'nough of that lol.

 

[Winter Rat]

I'm pretty sure its ok etiquette to fly whatever you want as a private citizen, but if you fly it with the host nation's flag, it must be below the level of the host flag, above its extremely insulting, it used to be a declaration of war.

Flag Code (a code of etiquette)-
"If the flags of other nations are displayed with the American Flag, they should be of equal size and at equal heights on separate staffs at a time of peace. The American Flag should be displayed to the (flag's own) right but not higher than other national flags."

"Another nation's flag shouldn't be displayed on the same halyard as the American Flag."

 

[Aries_Split]

Pfft, you folks and your tradition and properness.

Balderdash. All of it.

Just a form of control.