Upside-down flag in protest of Obama, upsets neighbors

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:rofl: they display his address :rofl:

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An American flag hangs upside down in front of a home at 3703 50th Street on Marion Hill.

http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/11/08/news/top_stories/doc4914ffea18806513884298.txt

	  Published: Friday, November 7, 2008 10:01 PM EST
	   		    		  <b>PULASKI TWP.</b> — The day after Barack Obama became president-elect of the United States, Larry DeBaker flew Old Glory outside his Pulaski Township home — upside down.

Neighbor Marilynn Curry said Friday she is offended by DeBaker’s action, particularly on the weekend before Veterans Day and just after the election of Obama.

According to the United States Code, as it pertains to flag etiquette, “The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.”

“I do feel people are in danger,” DeBaker, 52, of 3703 50th St., said Friday night. “This country is in distress as far as I’m concerned.”

DeBaker, a McCain supporter, said the country “elected to the highest office in the land someone we don’t know anything about.”

DeBaker said had planned to fly the flag upside down for a week or so, but is also considering taking it down until someone other than Obama is president.

Curry said she, her husband, William, and their daughter, Kacey, 12, a sixth-grader at New Brighton Middle School, had returned Friday afternoon from a Veterans Day program at the school when they noticed the flag.

Curry said her daughter said of the flag’s positioning, “That’s just rude and ignorant.”

DeBaker said the Currys have the right of free speech to disagree with him, just as he has the right to make a statement with the flag.

Around 7:45 p.m. Friday, DeBaker dialed 911, according to the Beaver County Emergency Services Center, saying that two men were standing outside his house threatening to harm him. There was no altercation, and the men left before police arrived.

New Brighton Area police were investigating, though it wasn’t clear whether the incident was related to DeBaker’s flag.

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ha i love people that care so much about others buss. if my neighbor did something like that i wouldnt think twice about talking to someone or that it insulted me. hell if they wrote “a fuc kin stupid honkey lives across the street” i wouldnt even give two shi ts. as long as he isnt fuc kin my property up who cares.

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“Neighbor Marilynn Curry said Friday she is offended by DeBaker’s action,”

Tough **** bitch. STFU and grow a thicker skin.

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whaaaa this guys flying his flag upside down

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what a darkstar

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:rofl:

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There are brand new Confederate Flags flying at houses in Elizabeth that formerly had McCain signs in their front yards.
No idea what it means, but there are three house on my street with brand new flags.

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x2

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ppl just need to get over it. i guess they forget what democracy stands for…

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It means that these people chicken **** yellow pussies that are too cowardly to put up signs that say “I hate n i g g e r s.”

They should tie themselves to a big burning cross in their front yard in protest.

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pat, just take your flag down already

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lol who gives a **** who flys their flag?

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:bowrofl:

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if it upsets you sooo bad why dont you go over and take it down for them…or are you to cowardly to confront them? your saying they are chicken **** yellow pussies but not doing it to their face your doing it over the internet and not even to them, atleast they are not hiding behind a keyboard. my point is most people make a big deal out of a non issue and nobody really cares. who really cares about people with cofederate flags. ive seen rappers videos that are from the south and black showing confederate flags. are they racist too?

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I’ve probably killed about two dozen people so far cause the have dissagreed with me.

Just sayin.

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@ grnteg…lol I already told you. The neighbor puts it right on the property line, but it looks like it is in my yard.

@ neon Stop being so naive. It is commonly accepted and widely known fact that flying a confederate flag = racist. What else does it mean? Elizabeth is south of Monroeville but that is hardly a qualification for using the “southern pride” angle.

I hardly think that I am “hiding” behind a keyboard. The conversation originated here and I am simply putting in my opinion. I don’t have the time anyways. I need to work extra hours to buy an AR before the oBANa on assault weapons. Prices have gone up significantly.

Am I upset? No, but I do feel strongly about the subject. I don’t agree with or subscribe to racism and just don’t think there is any room for it in today’s society.

As a Veteran, I do get a bit upset about people improperly displaying the United States Flag, but I would be glad to serve another 10 years so that someone can fly their Confederate flag.

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hey least they have a flag up in their yard… who cares if its upside down side ways crooked or what … they still have one

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My friend’s parents hung a huge flag upside-down after Gore lost; no one said a thing. Who cares?

As for the Confederate flag? Anyone flying it should be wrapped in it and set aflame. Isn’t treason a capital offense? The Confederacy did more damage to the country than Osama bin Laden.

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Must not be anymore. Bill Clinton hasn’t faced the firing squad…LOL:stick::stick:

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We have people posting 2012 everywhere that are “looking forward to the end” and putting “God is in control now!”, it’s weird ****.