myrmepropagandist on Nostr: I'm, perhaps, sensitive to "improper display of the American flag" since I brought a ...
I'm, perhaps, sensitive to "improper display of the American flag" since I brought a flag as a teen to a protest-- I saw protesting inaction on the AIDS crisis as very patriotic at age 15.
This old white guy yelled at me for holding it wrong. And being a very literal minded child I looked up the flag code and took it to heart. Now I can better understand that it was impossible for me to hold that flag correctly.
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