Pentagon keeping current ban on pride flag

[Green Line]

Good.  The current policy, "states and U.S. territories, military services, prisoners of war and missing in action, national flags of U.S. allies" makes total sense.  No need to start expanding it to include every social issue under the sun.  The military shouldn't be political.

[Green Line]

Good.  The current policy, "states and U.S. territories, military services, prisoners of war and missing in action, national flags of U.S. allies" makes total sense.  No need to start expanding it to include every social issue under the sun.  The military shouldn't be political.

The pride flag is everywhere. Excluding it is the political statement.

Yes, the pride flag is everywhere because corporate America is obsessed with making political statements.  That Nike and McDonalds do it doesn't make it less of one.

[Green Line]

Good.  The current policy, "states and U.S. territories, military services, prisoners of war and missing in action, national flags of U.S. allies" makes total sense.  No need to start expanding it to include every social issue under the sun.  The military shouldn't be political.

The pride flag is everywhere. Excluding it is the political statement.

Yes, the pride flag is everywhere because corporate America is obsessed with making political statements.  That Nike and McDonalds do it doesn't make it less of one.

I guess you could call default things like the American flag or the gay pride flag "political" in a technical sense, but that's not what's generally meant when people talk about going political.

Not displaying those default flags is a far more political stance that displaying them.

The American Flag is the national flag of the United States, codified in law.  The pride flag doesn't have any official status, its just a symbol for a social movement - same as the thin blue line flag.  Nobody in their right minds thinks the US military displaying the US flag is "political", lol, at least in the context of domestic American political discourse.  If you can't see the difference between the two I am worried for you.

[Green Line]

Good.  The current policy, "states and U.S. territories, military services, prisoners of war and missing in action, national flags of U.S. allies" makes total sense.  No need to start expanding it to include every social issue under the sun.  The military shouldn't be political.

The pride flag is everywhere. Excluding it is the political statement.

Yes, the pride flag is everywhere because corporate America is obsessed with making political statements.  That Nike and McDonalds do it doesn't make it less of one.

I guess you could call default things like the American flag or the gay pride flag "political" in a technical sense, but that's not what's generally meant when people talk about going political.

Not displaying those default flags is a far more political stance that displaying them.

The American Flag is the national flag of the United States, codified in law.  The pride flag doesn't have any official status, its just a symbol for a social movement - same as the thin blue line flag.  Nobody in their right minds thinks the US military displaying the US flag is "political", lol, at least in the context of domestic American political discourse.  If you can't see the difference between the two I am worried for you.

That's my point. Only an out-of-touch dufus would think the American flag or the gay pride flag are "political," since they're so well-established, ubiquitous, and default.

Ok, now I know you're just being deliberately obtuse to play devils advocate.  Bye.