# Flying the flag in your yard **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892 "2026-09-08T06:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/41 "2026-09-08T21:31:13Z")
I see a fair number of liberals who fly the US flag in an attempt to reclaim it (it’s our country, too, after all). Usually, though, they’ll fly it alongside some other flag, like a peace sign or the LGBTQ rainbow, or the flag of whatever nation the US is being belligerent against at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/42 "2026-09-08T21:42:09Z")
My neighborhood HOA allows the American flag and I think the state flag, but nothing else. No sports flags or political flags. What bothers me is when I see the flag flown disrespectfully. If you’re going to tout your patriotism by flying the stars and stripes, light it at night and bring it in during bad weather. And don’t place a Trump flag above it on the flagpole. The American flag should always be on top. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/43 "2026-09-08T22:48:33Z")
I thought of this thread today when I saw this on CA 152 east of Los Banos : [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczN9WG8JgKl84lGqTpuA5OhWTXKyIw9J5ygUqYsi_HVSrMzvIAwBlpMw9tkzqtF-sVHZzQNnVXlnshKPRDUurOmsqk7Se0R4RazcV9RMQJ07e7cSMdc6-yJMmyj9aoQVmQRVBUgfrRy7L030UxbwFS-vaA=w1920-h763-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczN9WG8JgKl84lGqTpuA5OhWTXKyIw9J5ygUqYsi_HVSrMzvIAwBlpMw9tkzqtF-sVHZzQNnVXlnshKPRDUurOmsqk7Se0R4RazcV9RMQJ07e7cSMdc6-yJMmyj9aoQVmQRVBUgfrRy7L030UxbwFS-vaA=w1920-h763-s-no?authuser=0) The inscription on the stacked shipping containers reads “Stand for the flag / Kneel for the cross”. There were also some banners that expressed discontent with certain democratic politicians. As far as flying the flag in a yard (or in the back of a pickup truck) I think there’s a certain percentage of people who do it with the attitude that they’re beyond reproach. If you have a problem with them for any reason you’re being anti-American. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/44 "2026-09-08T23:02:19Z")
The only flags we fly at my house are sports flags, including the big Seahawks flag. We do have USA-related decorations we put out for the 4th of July, but only around then. I **don’t** automatically associate the flag with MAGA. But there seems to be a growing correlation. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/45 "2026-09-08T23:09:42Z")
Around here in Dallas, it’s pretty dependent on HOW you fly it. If you have a little flag bracket thing attached to your house, and a short pole, that’s pretty normal. But if you have a standalone flagpole out in your yard, that’s a bit more demonstrative and ostentatious than the ones attached to the house, and IMO likely marks you as a MAGA type. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/46 "2026-09-08T23:17:06Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Down here in Australia, flying the Aus flag in your front yard/garden is generally a sign that you are a red-neck bogan Well this 'ere aging red-neck has been known to fly the [Eureka flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag) on the odd occasion of national significance. What does that make me? 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/47 "2026-09-08T23:57:43Z")
I bought a house with a front yard flag pole. Former owner even left a brand new American flag in the basement tool/storage area. I have never used either in about five years. If the Chicago Bears move to Hammond, I would fly a Hammond Bears flag. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/48 "2026-09-09T00:05:26Z")
If you’re flying the American flag from your truck, it’s mostly likely a lifted 4x4 and probably sports some truck nuts from the trailer hitch, too. And I’d bet a large sum of money I can guess your politics. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/49 "2026-09-09T00:35:25Z")
I have all that and I’m a coal-rollin’ liberal sunuvabitch! /s ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/50 "2026-09-09T01:35:15Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > If you’re flying the American flag from your truck, it’s mostly likely a lifted 4x4 and probably sports some truck nuts from the trailer hitch, too. And it’s probably freshly washed and polished and has never once had mud splattered on it. But you still absolutely need the lifted suspension. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/51 "2026-09-09T02:05:43Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > The mere presence of a US flag on a flagpole isn’t enough to indicate MAGA IMO. When they add a thin blue line flag it starts to teeter in that direction. Gadsden flag is a fairly clear indicator, although it wasn’t until the Tea Party started to become a thing. I took down my Gadsden flag when it became associated with the Tea Party. I only hang a flag up on holidays like Memorial Day, Flag Day, and the 4th of July. There are only a few houses in my neighborhood that fly a flag on a regular basis. Not a single one on my street though. I’m in Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/52 "2026-09-09T02:36:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I thought of this thread today when I saw this on CA 152 east of Los Banos : What the hell is that even. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/53 "2026-09-09T12:16:47Z")
> [@Common\_Tater](#): > > Who gets to decide what “far right” is, though? This has largely turned into an “Anything I Don’t Like” badge, which dilutes any heft that it might have had. These days it seems to be “anything beyond that which I find acceptable”. I live in what, to me as a lily-white person, is an extremely multi-cultural area. Since Reform and the associated flagshaggers become more obvious and more vocal, I’ve seen a lot more flags appearing. They’re usually the tatty Temu versions on lampposts, although there is one house on the way to the supermarket that has at least a dozen flags on beanpoles around the garden shed. My local shopping precinct still has the Indian and Chinese takeways, and the kebab shop, now they’ve been joined by a Kurdish kebab shop and a new Nigerian restaurant. I hadn’t noticed an influx of Nigerians, but if there are enough of them to have a restaurant, I want to go and try it out! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/54 "2026-09-09T14:40:12Z")
Down the road from us, someone painted an enormous American flag on the side of their barn this year (they even got the number of star and stripes correct, I checked). I assume it was in celebration of our 250th anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/55 "2026-09-09T14:56:40Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > What the hell is that even. On google maps it’s labeled as “B & G Farms” at [the intersection of CA152 and Rd 7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/1Tzf8Vm2q72CHGnp9). Viewed from the highway it looks like a collection of farming/construction equipment. The big flag has been there for awhile but the smaller ones on the property line are a fairly recent addition. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/56 "2026-09-09T15:07:40Z")
> [@Mk\_VII](#): > > We don’t too worked up about the flag here, and in any Internet discussion about the flag somebody will probably pop up saying, the flag is shit, we should change it for something more modern. I’m really not very into national symbols, but the mods and the Who made the union jack forever cool. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/57 "2026-09-09T15:14:39Z")
As for Germany: I consider everyone flying the national flag an idiot, maybe a right winger, but you rarely see that. But like in Argentina and the UK as was mentioned (and many other nations, I’m sure); during big football (soccer) tournaments, many more people hoist a national flag, and that’s ok in my book. Politically, I’m no patriot at all, but when it comes to football…that’s harmless. ETA: there are definitely many more people flying the flag of their favorite football club than the national flag. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/58 "2026-09-09T15:30:38Z")
Often it’s the context of the flag display that suggests a political leaning. I don’t mind whether people fly flags or not, but if you just put up a national flag and leave it up until it’s just a tattered rag I’m gonna consider you a false patriot. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/59 "2026-09-09T18:08:51Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > On the other hand, and specially in the World Cup, having the flag hanging from a window or other place in your house is not seen as particularly right-wing, often the opposite. This. Flags are flown only around World Cup, European Cup and for August 1st, which is the Swiss National Day. Some farms may have a flag, but rarely. And they may be more likely to fly a town or cantonal flag. There are flags on the bridge between our town and the next town, on poles which are at an angle. From our town’s side, it is our town flag, the cantonal flag, the Swiss flag, the (same cantonal flag), and then the flag of the other town. This morning, our town’s flag was hanging by the bottom, as the top fixation had broken off in the storm. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892/60 "2026-09-09T18:09:45Z")
> [@Sooner](#): > > In the US; if flown in the yard there is good chance it is MAGA. False. In the USA the flag is flow- by even Liberals and Progressives- on certain holidays- Independence day, Flag Day, Memorial day, etc. And during the World cup. > [@Norse](#): > > In Norway, it’s common to fly the flag on national flag days and other occasions that deserve it (e.g. birthdays, baptisms, confirmations, weddings, burials etc. in the family). About the same here, on such Holidays. > [@pkbites](#): > > Meh. This is horseschmidt. > > All sorts of people fly the flag. A lot of older houses were built with flag poles on the front. > > My neighbor flies the flag on a pole in his front yard. He is anything but a MAGA member. Yep. Even those who fly the flag every day- a guess that it is a MAGA is only 50/50. Maybe a veteran. > [@Mk\_VII](#): > > Flying the flag on your own property is pretty uncommon in England. We don’t too worked up about the flag here, The Union jack is popular on pillows, etc however. Also flown when there are Royals about or Holidays. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Speaking just for California, it used to be mostly mid-century veterans (WW2-Vietnam) and John Birchers with the flag poles in their front yards. I am also in California, and sure a big flag pole would usually mean a right winger or veteran. But a flag flown from a porch beam, etc on Holidays is very common. > [@sunacres](#): > > Many places in the US go flag-crazy on Independence Day (the fourth of July), regardless of political leanings. Yep. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > There is a big difference between showing the flag on your front porch on special days and erecting an actual flagpole with an bedsheet-sized old glory in the middle of your yard. True, that would mean either an older veteran or a right winger. But that is not what the OP asked. > [@kambuckta](#): > > Down here in Australia, flying the Aus flag in your front yard/garden is generally a sign that you are a red-neck bogan ‘patriot’, hell-bent on keeping ‘others’ out. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Fly on the back of a pickup truck and you are nearly certain to be MAGA. I concur. > [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Are you saying that Dopers are unable to identify far-right people? From the simple act of a flag? yes. > [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > If someone is waving a flag while saying that immigrants should be deported, is that far-right to you? I do not talk politics with my neighbors. > [@bump](#): > > If you have a little flag bracket thing attached to your house, and a short pole, that’s pretty normal. > > But if you have a standalone flagpole out in your yard, that’s a bit more demonstrative and ostentatious than the ones attached to the house, and IMO likely marks you as a MAGA type. Right- the first is very common, but the large standalone is not. > [@Thumper668](#): > > When they add a thin blue line flag it starts to teeter in that direction. That is supposed to indicate police, not right wing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-the-flag-in-your-yard/1032892.md?page=4)