• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    Trump doesn’t remember what he did in 2019. He signed a law requiring the POW flag be flown at all USPS offices.

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      The order was issued by the new Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said there are exceptions to the order when it came to Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag and the Wrongful Detainees flag, as these specific flags will be able allowed to be flown on state department facilities.

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      he can only ‘order’ federal facilities around.

      if he wants to ‘ban’ other flags or dictate what when where etc, he’s gonna need legislation that survives the inevitable legal battles.

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    So what’s the problem? No flags should be flown over government entities but the US flag, the state flag and the city flag, as applicable. Drop the POW flag as well.

    Want to argue? OK, we fly the Liberal Gun Owners flag…

    Lemmy: FUCK YOU!

    Government has zero business flying anything but government flags. Full stop.

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      No flags should be flown over government entities but the US flag, the state flag and the city flag,

      Based on what exactly? Is there some kind of historical or philosophical underpinning to that assertion?

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        The rightness, the morality, of a flag is still a political statement. Who gets to determine what flags are allowed? You? Me?

        (Don’t downvote for the question. It’s perfectly fair and worded so.)

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          The US government can send troops to fight in a war between two foreign countries. That’s a pretty big political statement. Maybe some citizens support one country, and some support the other. Who gets to decide? I think the answer is pretty obvious that it’s the elected representatives that get to make decisions. What flags to fly is one of the least consequential things a government does, so what makes it different?