Man says apartment complex called his US flag a ‘threat to Muslim community’ | khou.com Houston

Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 5 months ago to News
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"The apartment community already proudly displays our country's flag in a safe and appropriate manner at the entrances to our community."
This begs the question, is there an UNsafe or INappropriate manner to display the flag...in the U.S.A.???? (ps I love that this guy is loudly standing his ground.)
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  • Posted by desimarie23 10 years, 5 months ago
    Without delving into the philosophical/political standpoint here--the argument that flying the American flag is a 'threat' to the Muslim community is absolutely bogus. They live in America--no one forced them to live here--if they feel threatened by our flag they can pack up and move out.

    The statement made by the management office says..."The apartment community already proudly displays our country's flag in a safe and appropriate manner at the entrances to our community." So how is this not a threat to the Muslim community? And what the hell does 'safe and appropriate' mean exactly?

    Let someone try to tell me that I can't fly the flag of the country I live in. Hah!
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 5 months ago
    The question here is whether the housing complex actually has rules that would prohibit this, or is this being done under some nebulous language that is being tortured to allow this prohibition.

    The housing complex is a private entity, which gets to set its own rules. However, it doesn't get to make a contractual relationship, consummate that relationship and then change the rules.

    Too many such instances have been occurring with some individual (generally some type of minority) voicing being "offended" and insisting that some third party enforce a non-existing prohibition on the "offensive" item. Those 3rd parties are too gutless, want to avoid confrontation with "minorities", or just want to avoid legal entanglements, so they cave. It's easier to confront a non-minority rather than a minority - and often they back down.

    Good for him for pushing back, but if there is definitive language, then he should have been aware of that prior to signing the contract.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 5 months ago
    Whenever I read a story like this I try to stretch my mind and think of a logical explanation. If a strong wind blew the flag down I don't think it would do much damage. It looks fine so it doesn't detract from the looks of the building. Neighbors have not complained. There is just no rational explanation. I wonder what the political leanings are of the manager who told him this?
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