List despicable uses of the flag here.

[tk2kewl]

Are flag ties, shirts, jackets, stickers and such considered desecration?

I can't think of anything more despicable than the commercialization of the flag.

How about using a gigantic flag to attract business to your used car lot?

[KansDem]

1. Don't forget those "4th of July" sales and the "President's Day" sales...

You have Old Glory splattered everywhere with ad copy written for you to buy something you don't need with money you don't have.

And if you throw those ads away, are you not "desecrating" the Flag by placing it in a trash heap?

[friesianrider]

26. Good point...

What qualifies as an "official" flag which it is illegal to desecrate, and just a mere image of a flag?

[friesianrider]

2. The gigantic flags airbrushed on the back windows of...

Those $80,000 SUVs and redneck trucks. I see TONS of them here.

So if I cause an accident with said truck, and the window breaks, is the desecration of the flag?

[tk2kewl]

5. I hate those too

[kliljedahl]

3. A flag stuck to the door of a car

that has been ripped to shreds and has not been replaced by the "patriotic" driver.


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[Initech]

56. Or how about the ones flying from windows?

Right next to their <insert sports team here> flags?

I once saw a guy's truck that had a confederate flag and the American flag flying in the bed. And this was in Southern California.

[prodigal_green]

4. anybody still have pictures of the chimp

autographing flags? I'm pretty sure writing on a flag is desecration.

[tk2kewl]

6. it's kicking around here today in a couple of threads

[bluedog]

10. the autograph picture

US Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Sec. 8 (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."

[Richard Steele]

16. Self-Deleted; BlueDog beat me to it.

[NewInNewJ.]

7. bandannas

[Ron Green]

8. Using it to invade a beat-down country with no air force and no WMDs

is a pretty pathetic use.

[Generic Other]

9. When our state enacted a mandatory law requiring trash bags in cars

the state patrol gave out flag trash bags.

Burning a flag seems downright respectful compared to that!

[NewInNewJ.]

14. paper plates, cups,tablecloths

[tk2kewl]

23. Oh brother...

::eyes:

[Generic Other]

11. When our state enacted a mandatory law requiring trash bags in cars

the state patrol gave out flag trash bags.

Burning a flag seems downright respectful compared to that!

[H2O Man]

12. I find politicians

giving speeches while surrounded by flags to be obscene. I am not joking. It makes me sick, and I think it insults those who have sacrificed for this country. However, I do not think it should be illegal.

[hobbit709]

13. Wrapping yourself

with the flag for political gain is the most disgusting thing I can think of.

[aden_nak]

20. Gah! Get out of my brain.

:D

[aden_nak]

15. Wrapping yourself in it for political gain?

[Arger68]

17. I was just in the grocery store today

and saw a big Fourth of July display with "flag" paper plates, cups, napkins etc. I just couldn't help but think of someone drinking kool-aid from a "flag" paper cup!!!:eyes:

[unhappycamper]

18. Hiding behind it rates pretty high on my list. n/t

[stevedeshazer]

19. Bush autographing it + Freeptards

[SoCalDem]

21. a few here

[freeplessinseattle]

68. oh wow, that is the tackiest dress I have ever seen! and the

rest of the patriotic display is pretty damned disgusting too.

[CoffeeCat]

22. The most despicable use of the American flag...

The most perverse use of the American flag is flying Old Glory over the White House, where inside sits a dry-drunk, moronic flake who picks his nose with a sterling silver letter opener while plotting his next Middle-East invasion.

Now THAT'S despicable!

[friesianrider]

24. LOL!

Snizzap!

[ComerPerro]

32. If I remember right, the "Moran" was wearing an American Flag bandana

[ArkDem]

25. Used as a filter in your meth lab operation.

[Endangered Specie]

27. Seeing them either stickered to or in the window of an SUV

maddening, as they usually get destroyed after a couple months.

[Sequoia]

28. Chimpy autographed a little flag, that's desecration

[Deja Q]

29. the commercialization of the flag is far worse than burning it.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

33. 100 U.S. flags surround a local auto dealership

and another 50 or so are used by a real estate developer.

[XemaSab]

30. Old Glory's downfall: the banana hammock

http://store1.yimg.com/I/abcunderwear_1848_43808

[noamnety]

31. The Tommy Hilfiger Stars and Stripes Boxers

That's got to be on the list somewhere.

http://www.patriot-mall.com/men.asp

[lonestarnot]

34. Using it as a symbol of freedom in a war of lies!

[bunkerbuster1]

35. Fox News has been using an animated flag in their screen background

for years. I've always found that despicable.

[kliljedahl]

37. No it's not

It's obscene


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[leftchick]

36. Most Despicable EVER....

ANY with ** in front of them...

Look at this MoFo

[leftchick]

40. More...

[woodsprite]

38. Country singer's clothes and bathing suits n/t

[KG]

39. flag license plates, on a cars front bumper, covered w/ dead bugs

boy, how patriotic is that!

[uppityperson]

41. Shoes. Flaggie shoes tromp the flag into the dirt.

Get a clue you stupid "patriotic" morans. If you really believe the flag is sacred, why are you wearing it to protect your feet from dirt and dogshit? Flag shoes hypocracy really bothers me.

[Monkie]

42. in Europe only the Neo-Nazi's and the like use the flag as a symbol except

on special holidays and at international sporting events.
no religion or flag waving or pledging allegiance and all the other stuff in schools either..
if you aren't anglo-saxon it must look much like the taliban or north-korea does to you...

[stevans_41902]

44. My american studies teacher showed us a catalogue where you could

purchase "patriotic" merchandise. One of the items was an American flag towel you take with you to go golfing and you wipe your dirty clubs with. I can just see a bunch of rich freepers thinking they are being patriotic by wiping mud onto an American flag.

[uppityperson]

48. Welcome to DU stevans_41902

Good time to be here. Welcome.

[KamaAina]

43. On the masthead of the Chicago Tribune

Try to picture how many of them end up in filthy gutters, on the floors of El trains, etc. Ewwwwwwww!

[Cooley Hurd]

45. Any use that doesn't involve a flagstaff or flagpole...

To fucking wear a flag (or flag design) just exposes you as a zealot and demeans the flag. Hear that, Ken Adelman?!?!


On edit - excluded is my signature gif...:blush:

[Rhiannon12866]

50. Good point! You caught yourself out! LOL!

:D

[EFerrari]

51. forgot "or coffins"

:(

[anarch]

46. flying it over this thieving, illegitamate white house n/t

[Orsino]

47. On tanks invading sovereign nations...

..after trumped-up charges of illegal weapons.

[BiggJawn]

49. Printing one in the newspaper...

With the explanation "Here is a flag for you to take and display in your front window to show your PATRIOTISM!"

That was almost 4 years ago. I still see some of those severely faded, crumbling sheets of newsprint stuck to people's windows....

[Lars39]

52. Bush SR using it as a lining of a suitcoat

[DemGirl7]

53. To me..

when the flag's image is put onto every product, it is a form of desecration. I can't stand the commercialization of the flag, it is so tacky and disrespectful. Also when evil greedy people use it wrap themselves, and their policies that go against the good of the country and the world it it is a form desercration.

[Scout]

54. The Flag Code - Respect for Flag

from American Legion
http://www.legion.org/?section=our_flag&subsection=flag_code&content=flag_code

The Flag Code - Respect for Flag
§ 8. Respect for flag No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.


(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.

Bunting of blue, white, and red always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.

(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.

(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.

(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.

(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.

(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkin or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.

(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.

(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning. (Disposal of Unserviceable Flags Ceremony)

[Mythsaje]

63. The way the flag should be flown

<<(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.>>

Like NOW?

[Initech]

55. After searching the DU Top 10 archives, I came across this picture

Anyone remember this?

[tk2kewl]

57. WTF?

:wtf: :crazy: :silly: I love that womans expression.

[Initech]

58. Look at Top Ten Conservative Idiots Number 184 - Payola Pie Edition

And scroll down to #10.

That was my reaction exactly.

[Mythsaje]

64. He looks absolutely ridiculous

like some sort of clown.

Now, if THAT'S not desecration, I don't know what is.

[NuttyFluffers]

71. oh god, i remember! glad someone posted it here.

Old Glory -- Evil Kneivel edition.

tacky as SIN!

[jokerman93]

59. Flag as ad icon

Actually, it occurs to me that in the new American century, the flag does indeed represent freewheeling capitalist expansion. The "new traditional values" include greed, profit, dominion, acquisitiveness, prevarication (disassembling), global violence, and blind devotion to an ideology of obscurantist civic-religion.

In that light, commercialization of the flag is a natural consequence of how pig ignorant Americans have become - of who they are and what the historic American experiment was all about. Most people have no concept at all of the symbolic value of the flag and the respect that's given it in display, pageantry, international diplomacy, and yes, war.

But they'll sure as hell snort dirt all over the constitution to outlaw flag burning - as if flag burning wasn't a valid form of dissent, as well as the correct protocol for destroying damaged and decommissioned flags.

Hell, why not use it as a logo? The repubs have basically co-opted the flag pin anyway (alternative to arm bands?) as a means of displaying affiliation and loyalty to the "party".

When our "culture" of crass over-consumption crumbles under its own weight, the dignity of the flag will need to be resurrected somehow.

How? I don't know.

[chaska]

60. Using it as an excuse to eff the opposition party in the ass.

[tk2kewl]

61. How about taking away liberty in the name of the flag (i.e amendment)

pukes have no idea what liberty actually is.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

62. Flying it, or painting it on, killing machines.

Tanks, aircraft, hummers, artillery, etc.

Or, using it as propaganda to go to war.

To me it is a symbol of humanity's stupidity.

[Pharlo]

65. An American Flag imposed on the grill of a semi - hauling manure.

Saw this lovely vision on my way to work one morning (also impacted the olfactory senses).

I would think any hauler with the symbol of the American flag on their truck should show a minimum amount of discernment about what they haul with the tractor. IMO.

[NuttyFluffers]

72. geez, might as well use it as a tampon at that point...

or as toilet paper...

unbelievable that these mongrels are the people we somehow "lost our right to patriotism" to. like screwing over your mom, ask for payment, and tell you to your face "you don't love her like you should!" god, where's my nerf foam bat...

[radar]

66. Beach Towel & Beach Umbrella...

Throw one on the ground and lay down on it...
http://www.united-states-flag.com/usa900.html

Or protect you from the elements...
http://www.shadeusa.com/american_flag_umbrella.htm

For the ladies who love their men in almost nothing...
http://www.newyork-bodyworks.com/shop/american-flag-g.htm

[tk2kewl]

67. how gross is that guy?!

:puke:

[cynatnite]

69. Statue of Saddam and his face covered up with the flag n/t

[Freedomfried]

70. Rolling papers for rolling BIG FAT MARIJUANA CIGARETTES

too easy for cops to spot at public events like concerts.