That is why I said “teeter”. But considering that the flag itself was a backlash against BLM, and LAPD banned it in 2023 specifically because of its right wing connotations, it’s a pretty sure bet that if you see someone flying it, they lean in that direction.
LAPD chief bans public displays of ‘thin blue line’ flag | NewsNation
The Term “thin blue line” dates back to 1920’s or so, there was a film by that name in 1988, some 25 years before BLM. But the term “Blues Lives matter” was a reaction to BLM.
Yes, and the black and white US flag with the blue stripe in the center (which is commonly called the “Thin Blue Line Flag”) was devised for the Blue Lives Matter campaign.*
*OK, maybe the movement didn’t invent it, but both appeared simultaneously in 2014.
I fly a pirate flag and the state flag. Had an inverted American one. It’s so windy here that they all get shredded pretty quick.
I had to take my pole down when I dug up the plumbing out front. I’ll put it back when that Asshole is removed from office.
Heh. The last time we visited the town of Sonoma in northern California, we took a drive around the pretty suburbs of that town. I counted at least a dozen houses that flew just the flag of California at their homes, either at the porch or on a flagpole on their lawn. I approved of this practice and would have done so at our own home, but Mr. brown nixed the idea, saying that nutso magats would target us. He’s probably right, but I’d still like to do it.
We have a bracket on one of the front-porch pillars (it was there when we bought the house). If I think to, I put a flag out on Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Independence Day, and Veterans’ Day. I’m definitely not MAGA, though I don’t think I’ve ever voted for a Democrat (Green or Libertarian the last few elections); wife always votes Republican, but I wouldn’t call her MAGA either.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anyone fly the flag at their home here in Japan.
After WWII, there was a strong reaction to the flag and the nation anthem, and they got dropped from a lot of places and situations.
The government tries to get them included more in things such as graduation ceremonies and such, but no one flies the flag privately.
I’ve explored ways of lashing an extra length to my flagpole so I can fly our proud and tradition US flag at ‘double-staff’ on that occasion…
And as a lifelong resident of “The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, I fly our state flag whenever there’s an occasion for Hope… https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg
Not surprising. That’s where the Bear Flag originated when Sonoma was the capital of the short lived (25 days) Bear Flag Republic in 1846. I suspect the practice is more historical than political…at least, in Sonoma.
