22 Nov 2022 7:49 am
Actually, the US Flag Code is statutory (4 U.S. Code 8), but you are correct in stating there is no penalty for not following it (other than ridicule).IkeBana » 22 Nov 2022, 8:12 am » wrote: ↑ The flag code is a guideline from whoever wrote the flag code. It's not statutory...and in fact failure to follow the "flag code" could be simple ignorance of the "flag code" or outright dismissal of the "flag code". Either way, free expression is free expression, we're supposed to have it, and any suggestion that anybody "should" do anything during the rendering of the National Anthem is meaningless in light of what free speech and free expression really means.
So FAUXNEWS and Dan **** can piss and moan all day long about John Mellencamp. If we're looking at behaviors that are actually destructive and damaging to this country, we oughta be looking first at the history of FAUXNEWS, the behavior of the Republican Party, particularly over the past six years, but going all the way back to Nixon, if we're being honest about it. There's your research and history.
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Is violating U.S. Flag Code illegal?
Is Violating the Flag Code Illegal? No. While the U.S. Flag Code is a federal law, guidelines are only stated within the voluntary and non-binding language such as, "should" and "custom," meaning there is no penalty for violating any of its provisions.
What's in the Flag Code: "The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free." Yeah, sure...OK.
What should be in the Flag Code: "The flag should be ironed and never displayed in a wrinkled condition"
Although, who knows...the anti-wrinkle rule may be in the Flag Code.
If you had read and comprehended what I posted, I said the idiot had the right to sit if he chose to do so. Liberals just don't like others exercising THEIR free speech rights about the free speech actions of those with whom liberals agree.
I'll also add this for you...IckyBanana...since you are ridiculed so much, don't let violating the code bother you.