Would you wear a T-shirt with emblazoned US Flag on May 5th?

[macphanatic]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
I respect the flag. I don’t wear it as clothing. That’s contrary to how the flag should be displayed.

There is a difference between the the flag AS clothing, and the flag ON clothing.

"The flag should never be used as wearing apparel..."

But it can appear ON clothing: example Display on uniforms

These guys make their living from it.
Exactly.

[NewtonMP2100]

....would y'all let your freak flag.....fly.....????

[deckeda]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
I respect the flag. I don’t wear it as clothing. That’s contrary to how the flag should be displayed.

There is a difference between the the flag AS clothing, and the flag ON clothing.

"The flag should never be used as wearing apparel..."

But it can appear ON clothing: example Display on uniforms

These guys make their living from it.
This interpretation is skewed. ON vs AS can most certainly be a fine line. If I take artwork fabric that's indistinguishable from a flag's material, it's "the flag" and now you're desecrating it.

Uniform usage is quite different. For one, it's positioned as part of the uniform and as such, identifies the wearer as being a governmental employee.

Bubba with his flag t-shirt drinkin' a Bud is appropriation, not respect. These are the same folks who will put a pole on the porch or under the eves and never take the flag down at night or shine a light on it at sundown.

[SteveG]

"emblazoned" - cool word

[Buzz]

I have a pretty extensive collection Mickey Mouse themed US Flag based lapel pins. That's about as close to emblazoning as I would get. Mrs. Buzz does have a decent stash of US Flag emblazoned t-shirts, mostly from prior USA Holidays, and since she's like 50 years removed from school, if she wants to wear one on Cinco de Mayo, I ain't gonna stop her. OTOH, as much as she likes to pound down her cervezas and margaritas, if wearing her US Holiday wares on possibly offensive non-US Holidays is in any way gonna jam up her boozing, I'd suspect she'd shy away from doing so on her own.

I had a few Mickey pins from the 70's, 80's, & 90's, but after 9/11, I took the patriotic/flag pins pretty seriously, and wore them daily for several years. The last few years they've been reserved for special occasions only. I appreciate that schools might not always be the most appropriate venue for kids to be strutting their flagware, but would hope that the issue doesn't get blown up out of proportion. We have plenty of other (more pressing) issues to deal with deal with these days.
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[deckeda]

"Emblazoned" sounds like a Cheech and Chong movie title.

[bfd]

Most Mexicans don't give a rat's azz about el Cinco de Drinko unless they own a bar.

16 de septiembre & el Grito de Dolores is what it's all about.

[Lux Interior]

davester wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=Lux Interior]
Reminds me of my gringo ignorance when, in my first year in France, I asked some of my French colleagues if they did anything for Cinco de Mayo.

They weren't offended, they just had no idea that it was a significant date in history (all 20-somethings).

To be fair, how many of your Stateside colleagues do anything for Bastille Day? Or even know what it is?
Ditto. This has nothing to do with 20-somethings. Why would anyone in France know what Cinco de Mayo or July 4 represents? Similarly, do you know what June 2, the Festa Della Repubblica is about, or perhaps October 3, Tag der Deutschen Einheit, or even July 1, Canada Day? Americans are so self-centered!
I'm pretty sure the French were very much involved in May 5, 1862. It has nothing to do with it being an obscure, foreign holiday.

[DeusxMac]

Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=davester]
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=Lux Interior]
Reminds me of my gringo ignorance when, in my first year in France, I asked some of my French colleagues if they did anything for Cinco de Mayo.

They weren't offended, they just had no idea that it was a significant date in history (all 20-somethings).

To be fair, how many of your Stateside colleagues do anything for Bastille Day? Or even know what it is?
Ditto. This has nothing to do with 20-somethings. Why would anyone in France know what Cinco de Mayo or July 4 represents? Similarly, do you know what June 2, the Festa Della Repubblica is about, or perhaps October 3, Tag der Deutschen Einheit, or even July 1, Canada Day? Americans are so self-centered!
I'm pretty sure the French were very much involved in May 5, 1862. It has nothing to do with it being an obscure, foreign holiday.
Then should the question be "How many Mexican 20-somethings 'do anything' for Bastille Day?"

I suspect it would be equivalent to the number of French 20-somethings who do something for Cinco de Mayo.