Non-Straight Flag Raised over US Military Base

http://nation.foxnews.com/gay-issues/2012/04/02/gay-pride-flags-raised-over-us-bases-afghanistan

This is completely unprofessional and has no place in a military base, let alone a military base in a warzone.

Who gives a sh*t?

WTF? This has gotten ridiculous. Nothing says world's most powerful military quite like a rainbow flag...

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themajormayor

I'm sure we're not hearing the full story here. Probably a joke.

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themajormayor

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Pirate700

Why aren't gay people allowed in the Military anyway?

Why aren't gay people allowed in the Military anyway?

The_Gaming_Baby

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Pirate700

Why aren't gay people allowed in the Military anyway?

The_Gaming_Baby

They are.

Why aren't gay people allowed in the Military anyway?

The_Gaming_Baby

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toast_burner

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Pirate700

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pie-junior

only if they want to get their ass killed by islamic homophobia ........

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Pirate700

No they didn't.

[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]They took down the American flag to fly a stupid rainbow instead...

kingkong0124

That flag-pole seems the portable kind just hapazardly resting there. Seems to be a part of a pile-up of equipment. I don't think it had any flag on before.

Even if not, in a military setting- a unit flag would be more common than the american one.

So?

Soliders do stupid crap all of the time in military bases, you just never hear about it. It's not like it was raised at a checkpoint or over a US flag.

Making a big deal out of nothing, that's all this is. Gays can serve openly now, deal with it.

[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]They took down the American flag to fly a stupid rainbow instead...

kingkong0124

Because it's not a standard flag pole. The poles for the flag are usually next the HQ and are much taller. Not some tiny 12 foot pole next to a tent.

And the guy is clearly holding it up for support. It looks like it was only there for a photo capture.

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pie-junior

I find it odd that the page is titled Gay Pride Flags Raised Over US Bases", and then it's just one guy who did it and his wife posted it on facebook. This is news?

The article that page links to states "these displays are an uncomfortable reminder of the open policy that few of the troops support", yet there's no mention of any other incident.

Sounds like homophobes trying to get people riled up.

[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]They took down the American flag to fly a stupid rainbow instead...

Pirate700

I doubt they kept a spare flagpole

Pirate700

wut

Is this a joke?

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themajormayor

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[QUOTE="pie-junior"] How and where did you get that?toast_burner

Funny thing is, Pirate700 is so skeptical about hate crime victims.

But when an obviously bias and fallible article is jumping to conclusions, he doesn't hesitate to make a leap.

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[QUOTE="pie-junior"] How and where did you get that?toast_burner

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]The fact that I doubt they kept a spare flagpole in their tent just for the rainbow flag...

Pirate700

Funny thing is, Pirate700 is so skeptical about hate crime victims.

But when an obviously bias and fallible article is jumping to conclusions, he doesn't hesitate to make a leap.

Blue-Sky

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]The fact that I doubt they kept a spare flagpole in their tent just for the rainbow flag...

pie-junior

Actually we keep many poles on our bases. They are not used only for the U.S. flag. Nato flags are also put up and flags for specific departments.

[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="toast_burner"]Is it really that unlikely they had a spare pole lying around some where? It looks kinda rusty and is up at an angle.

Blue-Sky

Actually we keep many poles on our bases. They are not used only for the U.S. flag. Nato flags are also put up and flags for specific departments.

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[QUOTE="pie-junior"] It's not possible they didn't keep a spare pole. Spare poles and other decoration materials are everywhere. When you need to raise a portable tentcamp (for a week of field exercise EG), one of the first things you do is erect unit signs.pie-junior

Actually we keep many poles on our bases. They are not used only for the U.S. flag. Nato flags are also put up and flags for specific departments.

bah I meant to quote the other guy.

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Funny thing is, Pirate700 is so skeptical about hate crime victims.

But when an obviously bias and fallible article is jumping to conclusions, he doesn't hesitate to make a leap.

Pirate700

How is one guy raising a flag for something that isn't even controversial newsworthy? It's inappropriate, but newsworthy?

[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="toast_burner"]Is it really that unlikely they had a spare pole lying around some where? It looks kinda rusty and is up at an angle.

Blue-Sky

Actually we keep many poles on our bases. They are not used only for the U.S. flag. Nato flags are also put up and flags for specific departments.

Why aren't gay people allowed in the Military anyway?The_Gaming_Baby

Two things. First: Who cares? How does this impact the military at all? If it were any other flag (besides the confederate possibly) no one would care.

Second: Fox News (Or at least the person who put this "article" up) shows its Anti-Obama propaganda, by mentioning that he was showing his agenda through this. Is there ANY proof that, beside repealing DADT, that this was part of his "agenda" in ANY way? If so, I'll retract this statement. (Talking about this statement: "The Obama administration doesn't typically run its agenda up the flagpole, but at a military base in Afghanistan, the soldiers did it for them."

(also, inherent bias within article with the Family Research Council)

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[QUOTE="pie-junior"] It's not possible they didn't keep a spare pole. Spare poles and other decoration materials are everywhere. When you need to raise a portable tentcamp (for a week of field exercise EG), one of the first things you do is erect unit signs.Pirate700

Actually we keep many poles on our bases. They are not used only for the U.S. flag. Nato flags are also put up and flags for specific departments.

What agenda? It looks like all he did was hold a flag up for a min to take a photo for his wife. If anything has an agenda, it's this article. What are they doing scanning facebook pages for news?

"non-straight" since when did we stop calling it LGBT?

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[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

Actually we keep many poles on our bases. They are not used only for the U.S. flag. Nato flags are also put up and flags for specific departments.

Blue-Sky

What agenda? It looks like all he did was hold a flag up for a min to take a photo for his wife. If anything has an agenda, it's this article. What are they doing scanning facebook pages for news?

"non-straight" since when did we stop calling it LGBT?

toast_burner

"non-straight" since when did we stop calling it LGBT?

toast_burner

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"non-straight" since when did we stop calling it LGBT?

Pirate700

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"non-straight" since when did we stop calling it LGBT?

toast_burner

This is insulting.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]When did we stop just calling it gay?

Pirate700

Awesome.

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