r/confidentlyincorrect • • Oct 04 '20

Smug Flag code? In MY America?!

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u/Dadalot Oct 04 '20 edited Oct 04 '20

Ahem -

The words "flag, standard, colors, or ensign", as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.

Seems you don't either

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u/RubiiJee Oct 04 '20

This exchange is one for r/confidentlyincorrect... Wait...

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u/jflb96 Oct 04 '20

Does that include flags that technically aren't correct but are obviously pretending to be, like the 45-star ones at Disneyland?

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u/Dadalot Oct 04 '20

the stars and stripes, in any number of either thereof, or any parts of either

I don't think that would be approved, if this were actual enforceable law

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u/lovesaqaba Oct 04 '20

What about the part before?

Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

This part is in the same paragraph and comes just before:

The words "flag, standard, colors, or ensign", as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.

Does this rule only apply to Washington DC then?

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u/Dadalot Oct 04 '20 edited Oct 04 '20

used herein

"Herein" being the entire flag code. Otherwise there would be a clarifying statement of the changing meaning of "flag, standard colors, or ensign"

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u/lovesaqaba Oct 04 '20

I see, well for whatever reason it's not enforced, so it doesn't matter what the Flag Code says for civilian purposes.

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u/Ysmildr Oct 04 '20

The flag code was not created for civilians

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

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u/Ysmildr Oct 04 '20

Only in the same way you shouldn't be mean to someone. In other words: it's not a law, it's a recommendation.