A Facebook acquaintance is prepping for the Trumpforth:
4 U.S. Code § 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.
(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.
"once upon a time the left had a different idea about the flag!" he added.
Abbie Hofffman, who was arrested for wearing this.
Let's ponder that comment, and how, over fifty years, ostentatious Christianist Trump-basers have made a former heresy their own.
First, let Wikipedia remind us of the socialist origins of the US flag code. It was adopted by a group of American nationalist groups in the flush of the 1920s KKK revival:
Prior to Flag Day, June 14, 1923, neither the federal government nor the states had official guidelines governing the display of the United States' flag. On that date, the National Flag Code was constructed by representatives of over 68 organizations, under the auspices of the National Americanism Commission of the American Legion. The code drafted by that conference was printed by the national organization of the American Legion and given nationwide distribution.
On June 22, 1942, the code became Public Law 77-623; chapter 435. Little had changed in the code since the Flag Day 1923 Conference. The most notable change was the removal of the Bellamy salute due to its similarities to the Hitler salute.
In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Eichman that the prohibition of burning the U.S. flag conflicts with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and is therefore unconstitutional.
The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 prohibits real estate management organizations from restricting homeowners from displaying the Flag of the United States on their own property.
The Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 added a provision to fly the flag at half-staff upon the death of a member of the Armed Forces from any State, territory, or possession who died while serving on active duty. It also gave the mayor of the District of Columbia the authority to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff. Federal facilities in the area covered by the governor or mayor of the District of Columbia will also fly the flag at half-staff as directed.
The Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Sec. 595.) allows the military salute for the flag during the national anthem by members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and by veterans.
(It's worth noting that Duncan Hunter's son is presently under indictment for using campaign funds, inter alia, to fund at least five extramarital affairs, and has blamed his wife for it. He's also a keen vaper!). Also, no liberals present at the creation of the flag code, just those nasty flag burning supreme Court justices acting out that one time before the president fixed the court last year.
The flag code is, the Congress says,
The following codification of existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America is established for the use of such civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States.
In other words, it's advisory. Americans hate advisory when it doesn't suit them, and try to make it mandatory when it does.
November 8, 2016:
Lots of Trump supporters in flag gear outside White House pic.twitter.com/pjDNrohzyu— Mikaela Lefrak (@mikafrak) November 9, 2016
December 17, 2016:
'A man dressed in American flag clothes holds "Make America Great Again" hats before a campaign rally at the Ladd–Peebles Stadium, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Alabama.' "Is 'Make America Great Again' Racist?" Voice of America, August 31, 2017
September 27, 2017:
“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,” the code reads.
That means flag shirts, scarves, swimsuits are all considered disrespectful, even though they are widely accepted.
Here’s Trump’s Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wearing socks printed with the American flag to a meeting:
"Rules about respecting the American flag are regularly broken" — here are a few, Global News
Kid Rock Wore American Flag Pants to Golf with President Trump, Esquire magazine
"...Of course, Twitter denizens were quick to clown on Kid Rock's ridiculous golf wear, and eager to point out that wearing the American flag as a clothing item is a violation of the United States Flag Code."
May 18, 2019:
Trump supporters gear up for 2020 in Sterling Heights, Macomb Daily, May 18, 2019
"Remarks are offered by Londa Gatt, USA Regional Midwest director of Bikers for Trump."
But the ultimate expression of modern American partisan patriotism is this git from 2017. Note the legend on the shirt.
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