Escaping Suburbia

The Democrat Herald ran a story yesterday about a local apartment complex attempting to ban any kind of flag from being displayed on vehicles parked on the property. Somehow I doubt the apartment manager is going to win this one in the long run, but anyway, it’s the headline I have a problem with…

Apartment bans U.S. flags

Technically correct, though oddly specific, considering that the ban includes flags from other countries, sports teams flags… ALL FLAGS.

So, what is the DH trying to do here by calling attention to the U.S. flags in the headline? Are they being intentionally inflammatory in this relatively conservative city? Judging by the comments already left on the article, they succeeded. Liberals have been blamed. One commenter has “a feeling there is a nice group of veterans who will be visiting this place soon“, himself included. (Is that a threat? What does that mean?) Someone else thinks the manager should be fired for being unpatriotic.

Wait, I thought it was ALL FLAGS. An across the board policy. Can we get a little outrage for the Beavers and Ducks?

Anyway. Thanks, DH, for giving that wedge just another little tap.

P.S. For the record, I tweeted my dismay at the DH yesterday (where way fewer people would see it), but they didn’t reply and it’s still bugging me. So they get a blog post.