# Who's flying the gigantic "Let's Go, Brandon" flag at my polling place? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 1, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550 "2024-11-01T16:36:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/21 "2024-11-03T16:40:35Z")
I guess the real question isn’t “who” but “why.” Hard-core MAGAs seeking to get their sunk costs back from a worthless investment. ---
**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 4, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/22 "2024-11-04T00:05:50Z")
The magic of trump / Faux is to turn political activism into an exciting hobby for ~50M Americans (WAG 50% of trump-leaning voters). They watch it on TV all day, get messages on their phone about it all day, and are totally rah rah fired up about it. Much like how people used to be about NFL or MLB. So somebody paid for a “Let’s Go Brandon” flag just like they’d have paid for a “Let’s Go Raiders” flag 10 years ago. It’s _fun_ to cheer your team on and it’s _funner_ yet to jeer the opposing team. It’s no deeper than that. What I’m wondering is what is the OP’s polling place such that random people can fly flags on that property? Whether the polling place is a school, a library, a church, or something else, some random schmoe trying to fly a huge flag there of any nature would probably catch hell from the cops for trespass. And be promptly removes by the property owners / managers. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/23 "2024-11-04T00:13:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What I’m wondering is what is the OP’s polling place such that random people can fly flags on that property? She said, in post #3: > [@GailForce](#): > > It’s beyond the 150-foot limit of “No political stuff allowed here.” So, I’m guessing, on private property, but adjacent to whatever the polling place is. ---
**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 4, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/24 "2024-11-04T00:25:56Z")
Ah, OK. I read that and had forgotten it. So the post title ought to read “Who’s flying the flag _near_ my polling place?”. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/25 "2024-11-04T00:32:44Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Whether the polling place is a school, a library, a church, or something else, some random schmoe trying to fly a huge flag there of any nature would probably catch hell from the cops for trespass. And be promptly removes by the property owners / managers. We have a mild version of that going on here on Hawai’i Island. True believers are putting Trump-Vance signs on electric poles. HEICO, our electric utility, has sternly put out the word that signage of any kind can’t be attached to government property (a rule they don’t feel a need to publicize in less contentious times). The signs get taken down pretty quickly but someone is putting them back as it is impossible to drive any distance without coming across one or two. The best is in town near where I volunteer. Someone put up the Trump-Vance sign, and someone else put up, right underneath it, a sign saying “REALLY?!” with an arrow pointing at the T-V sign. The T-V sign is gone but the “REALLY?!” sign is still there. We all know what it refers to. ---
**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 4, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/26 "2024-11-04T00:43:49Z")
The fact they are happy to vandalize property not their own really says all anyone needs to know about the ethical quality of the movement and its adherents. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/27 "2024-11-04T01:51:17Z")
My mother told me about seeing a big banner in someone’s yard that did indeed say that. I replied that while I’m glad we live in a country where we can say things like that about the president, that doesn’t make it right. I’d hate to happen to be named Brandon, or Karen for that matter, these past few years. That flag was probably just beyond the electioneering-is-banned boundary line. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/28 "2024-11-04T01:53:54Z")
That’s hilarious! I saw a picture of a sign that said, “J. D. Vance Puts His Cast Iron Skillet In The Dishwasher.” That’s very relevant to me right now, because one of mine is currently being re-seasoned in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/29 "2024-11-04T02:43:09Z")
Quick and easy answer to the OP: some idiot or other with more money than sense. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/30 "2024-11-04T17:09:43Z")
Deleted redundant ---
**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/31 "2024-11-04T17:20:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What I’m wondering is what is the OP’s polling place such that random people can fly flags on that property? Whether the polling place is a school, a library, It’s a public library, with plenty of parking and a long driveway, all of which is outside the 150-foot forbidden zone. The county cops cracked down on one guy blasting Trump’s voice over a loud loudspeaker, but otherwise they let people fly flags, carry dumb signs (“DEMAND A PAPER BALLOT!!!” for example) and otherwise make fools of themselves in the sun all day. I go to the library four or five times per week (it’s a long block from where I live) and I can’t wait until they clear out of here. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/32 "2024-11-04T17:31:11Z")
I’d like if someone put up a similarly-sized “Keep cool with Coolidge” banner. ---
**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 4, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/33 "2024-11-04T18:01:44Z")
@GailForce: Thanks for the background. “Flying” a huge flag suggested to me it was attached to a permanent flagpole. Which probably isn’t that person’s pole to use. [semi-related story] Yesterday I was a tourist beach and amongst the crowd on the sidewalk / boardwalk area was some 60yo-ish ding-a-ling walking around with a trump shirt and trump hat and trump sign around his neck while carrying a ~4x6’ trump flag on a ~8’ pole. All I could think of was “It’s nice when morons carry signs identifying themselves. Saves me the trouble of guessing who they are.” The joke was sorta on him as it was a very windy day and the flag was pretty well taking him where it wanted. Like a little kid with a large dog on a leash; who’s leading who? Which sorta metaphorically describes his whole descent from presumably normal American citizen 25 years ago to blind traitor today. His freak flag was a-flying for sure. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/34 "2024-11-04T22:24:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > You know, the only good thing about Trump still being around is that so many of the assholes wear signs and fly flags. It would be nice if they’d get a T branded on their foreheads so we could identify them in perpetuity. In _The Handmaid’s Tale_, the Republic of Gilead modified the Washington Monument to make it into a cross. I wonder if anyone’s ever thought of marketing modified crucifixes. By cutting off the top part of the cross, it becomes the letter “T”. I bet you could sell a lot of them to people who wouldn’t understand the irony of their savior (and their religion in general) dying on the cross of Trump. ---
**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 5, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/35 "2024-11-05T01:25:12Z")
If the orange menace wins I have no doubt that “T” necklaces / pendants will be very popular fashion accessories. Perhaps like Mao’s Little Red Books they will become mandatory for ~~citizens~~ subject peons to carry everywhere all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/36 "2024-11-05T12:04:06Z")
“Who’s flying the gigantic “Let’s Go, Brandon” flag at my polling place?” Probably someone celebrating the fact that Biden, who was too stupid or senile to realise that “Let’s Go, Brandon” meant “Fuck Joe Biden” and repeated the phrase saying “Let’s go Brandon, I agree”, will, no matter who wins the election, no longer be president after 20 January. [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/santa-tracking-call-biden-is-told-lets-go-brandon-says-he-agrees-2021-12-24/](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/santa-tracking-call-biden-is-told-lets-go-brandon-says-he-agrees-2021-12-24/) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/37 "2024-11-05T12:12:21Z")
You’re really dredging up this bullshit again? Discussed at length in this thread (with you alone on the “Biden couldn’t ever possibly laugh at a dumb joke” island): > [@Does POTUS Biden believe that he's the smartest in the room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-potus-biden-believe-that-hes-the-smartest-in-the-room/958330): > > With the recent flush of instances where the POTUS remarks to reporters that their questions are dumb or that the reporters themselves are stupid, it is apparent that he is losing patience with the press questioning his administration’s actions. Is this arrogance that is coming out? Or is it lack of awareness? ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/38 "2024-11-05T12:28:45Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You’re really dredging up this bullshit again? Discussed at length in this thread (with you alone on the “Biden couldn’t ever possibly laugh at a dumb joke” island): Yep. I found it hilarious that Biden cluelessly repeated a phrase that meant “Fuck Joe Biden”. No way do I think he was going along with a joke, any more than I think he was joking when he called Harris “Vice President Trump”. > **[Biden opens high-stakes press conference by calling Kamala ‘vice president...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-press-conference-harris-trump-delay-b2578487.html)** > > Facing pressure to step aside, the gaffe comes hour after president calls Volodymyr Zelensky ‘president Putin’. But Biden insists he remains a viable candidate against Donald Trump: ‘I’m not in this for my legacy’ I think the person “flying the gigantic 'Let’s Go, Brandon” flag’" was both ridiculing Biden and celebrating the forthcoming end of his presidency. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/39 "2024-11-05T13:01:00Z")
Well, what’s important is that you can believe whatever you like. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550/40 "2024-11-05T13:27:15Z")
Yes. However much some of the posters in this thread might find the concept distasteful, freedom of belief, freedom to disagree with groupthink, and freedom of expression are fundamental aspects of a democracy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-flying-the-gigantic-lets-go-brandon-flag-at-my-polling-place/1009550.md?page=3)