Today, a bunch of people on my Mastodon feed are making declarations about somebody apparently flying a flag upside down, and this apparently has something to do with the New York Times being terrible.

What happened?

  • FireTower@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Flag code in the US has no teeth. Flag burning is legal per Texas v. Johnson. Symbolizing a stance of the nation being in distressed is definitely protected speech. Impropriety is a stretch for a statement on his private property that amounts to “our country is in turmoil”.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Flag code in the US is just recommendations for citizens. I think it is only “enforced” for military personnel.