Today, a bunch of people on my Mastodon feed are making declarations about somebody apparently flying a flag upside down, and this apparently has something to do with the New York Times being terrible.

What happened?

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    171·
    7 months ago

    Uh… no:

    Don’t fly [the] flag upside down unless there is an emergency.

    Though you’re right about the hijacking of the symbolism. Used to be exceedingly rare to see. Nowadays, it’s basically just fascists self-identifying themselves.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        The question was “why is everyone talking about flying a flag upside down”.

        The answer to the question is that “a quasi-fascist member of the US Supreme Court used it as a dogwhistle to signal support to other fascist elements in the US”. And I provided additional context indicating when it is appropriate to fly an inverted flag in the US, per US flag code.

        Don’t complain when someone answers a question in a thorough manner.