Flags at Half Staff...

[kadee79]

I stole this some other place...interesting.  I had no idea!



"Frank Figluzzi (sp?) on MSNBC tonight.



Flags will be flown at half staff until August 8th. I didn't understand a possible interpretation of this, but it is the kind of thing that a POTUS's advisors should know what kind of meaning it has to others. In this case, white supremacists.



August = 8 month.



So - until 8/8.



88 is used by white supremacists as Heil Hitler, since the letter H is the 8th letter of the alphabet.



So. Is this intentional, or are his handlers clueless, or is he ignoring their advice? "

[billisonboard]

Back when I first started with corrections ed, I asked if there were colors I should avoid wearing.to not create a problem with gang members.  I was told that the gangs did not get to dictate to us what we can wear.  I see this as the same type thing. 

[thyme4change]

I'm sure someone in the supremacist community will take it as a sign of condoning and support. God help me, I hope they are wrong.

[happyhoix]

Just plain incompetence on their part, no secret signaling, although I have no doubt the dip shits in the 8Chain community will see it as secret approval.

This administration has set new bars for sheer fumbling ineptness and political tone deafness.

[billisonboard]

How does the length of time for the lower compare to other situations which could be considered similar?  If it were shorter or longer than I would find fault.  Otherwise doing so is absurd.

[mollyanna58]

No secret signaling, because normal people don't think of such things.  Conspiracy nuts can find the meaning they want to see in anything.  

[kadee79]

Aug 6, 2019 11:49:46 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Back when I first started with corrections ed, I asked if there were colors I should avoid wearing.to not create a problem with gang members.  I was told that the gangs did not get to dictate to us what we can wear.  I see this as the same type thing. 

Well, I don't see it as dictating anything to anyone...but "perhaps", "maybe" or at least a possible assumption by some as a 'code' of approval!
I haven't ever let gangs dictate what colors I could wear either, but I've also not been that close to many gangs.  I'm older, I did my darndest to stay out of trouble during the Watts riots in Ca....yes, I was out there, yes, I worked in an area that was the fringe of Watts.  
But this stuff is different in many ways...or at least it seems so to me.

Below is the length of time in which flags are permitted to be at Half-Staff.


For thirty days after the death of a current or former president or president-elect, as occurred after the death of President Reagan and the death of President Ford.For ten days after the death of a current vice president, current or retired chief justice, or current Speaker of the House of Representatives.

From the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or the governor of a state, territory, or possession.

On the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress.

On Memorial Day until noon.

Every September 11 in remembrance of the September 11 attacks.

Upon presidential proclamation, usually after the death of other notable figures or tragic events.

woldcnews.com/1628772/how-long-should-flags-be-at-half-staff/

So it's Presidential discretion.  So what does that say?

[steff]

Qanon's are sporting MASSIVE hard ons because of what they consider secret signaling of this.  This is a big deal for them & verifies that their dear leader is supporting them.  

[Gardening Grandma]

Maybe we should just keep the flag at half mast.  It's there most of the time anyway.  

[steff]

Aug 6, 2019 15:34:36 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Aug 6, 2019 15:25:31 GMT -5 steff said:

Qanon's are sporting MASSIVE hard ons because of what they consider secret signaling of this.  This is a big deal for them & verifies that their dear leader is supporting them.  

No Doubt, but they are just wacked anyway.  

There's enough of them that I'm not willing to pretend that they aren't having an effect.  I have an aunt that buys into that nonsense hook line & sinker.  They are on police forces, holding local political offices, teachers, medical personnel, preachers, & in our military.   The more they buy into & believe in "secret signals" and coded messages in his speeches, the more of a danger they potentially will become. 

Next time they show one of his nationalist rallies, look at the signs in the crowd.  In still pics, look at the tshirts folks are wearing.  You'll see a lot more Q stuff than you think. 

[Tennesseer]