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American "Patriots" are fucking weird, man. Like... "You can't disrespect the flag, but here's a snot-rag with the flag on it."
You people are nuts.
American here.
Can confirm.
Over 4 decades living in this circus sideshow and I can tell you with certainty that Americans have a serious mental health crisis. I see it all around me, all the time. Uneducated fools with no concern for the future, no critical thinking skills, and deep psychological problems.
Shoes to drag it through the dirt, undies to rub your crotch on it and if anyone shows me condoms to fuck the flag with, I won't be the least bit surprised.
This is America, of course they exist
I applaud you for finding what I was reluctant to even search.
I get it, it just occured to me that I'm going to be getting Star Spangled Condom pop-ups for the next month.
They MUST have an artificial taste, what is it?
Burger of course
American here, and I was a little boy scout like 30 years ago so I actually learned some of the rules of the US flag code.
Ever since then I have constantly noticed many of the people who most need to display their patriotism also being ignorant of the official rules for showing respect to their favorite flag.
And to be clear, I don't care about the rules surrounding the flag. It's just amusing and/or sad to see how superficial people can be and how little effort they put into learning about anything, much less something that is core to their identity. See also: rules in the bible.
Oh I agree. As a Canadian we have our fair share of people who do the same weird and wacky shit with our flag. The only difference being I don't see (most of us) idolizing the flag itself as much as our southern neighbours (proper spelling) seem to.
To me (and most Canadians...and I presume at least some Americans) it's just a piece of cloth. Respect the country...but don't idolize a piece of cloth...