# Flag poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995 "2017-11-07T19:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/21 "2017-11-09T05:19:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That’s a heck of a combo. I would never have expected a Taiwan-Kurdish axis to form. Politics does make strange bedfellows. There’s just about no direct ties of any sort between the two entities but they do share a lot of things in common in a certain philosophical sense, and I’m also just a fan of secession in general. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/22 "2017-11-09T05:23:25Z")
Bunting on 4th of July. Rainbow windsock and Buddhist prayer flags in our private space in back. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/23 "2017-11-09T07:48:02Z")
We had a US flag outside our house for many years. It came down exactly one year ago. We hope to put it back up some day soon. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/24 "2017-11-09T07:56:41Z")
I have a Pink Floyd banner hanging in my window. Does that count as a flag? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/25 "2017-11-09T14:45:30Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > There’s just about no direct ties of any sort between the two entities but they do share a lot of things in common in a certain philosophical sense, and I’m also just a fan of secession in general. 😉 Yeah. After I posted that I realized that in many senses the Taiwanese and the Kurds in a similar boat. They’re both a sorta stateful/sorta stateless minority trying to grow international recognition. They just got to their semi-similar situations via very different paths. My assumption about you having those particular flags was some ethnic connection. Seems I guessed wrong. > [@commasense](#): > > We had a US flag outside our house for many years. > > It came down exactly one year ago. > > We hope to put it back up some day soon. Agreed. About time to start flying it upside down as a distress signal. Some day I hope once again to be proud of my country. Today is not that day. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/26 "2017-11-09T14:58:16Z")
We have a backyard setup and alternate, depending on the season, flags for the Packers, the Suns, the Diamondbacks, Route 66 and IH tractors. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/27 "2017-11-09T18:58:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > About time to start flying it upside down as a distress signal. I strongly considered that a year ago, but decided for the sake of neighborliness (or maybe I was being chicken) not to stir that pot. We’ve been here for four years, and I know a number of the neighbors to say hello to, but haven’t talked politics with any of them. Where ignorance (of political positions) is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995/28 "2017-11-09T19:13:52Z")
I put the US flag out on patriotic holidays (Memorial Day, 4th of July, Veterans Day), but don’t leave it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-poll/800995.md?page=1)