Can anyone explain why the Biden administration has now declared our Embassies can

[goodpen]

fly the BLM and Gay rights flags, under our national flag??? This is one of the most disturbing and wrongful thing I have heard. Are those two groups so far above every other group to be given this honor??? There are a multitude of group flags, from Unions to religious so why single out these two?? Our national flag represents ...ALL and we sure do not need to start down this line.

[invictus]

Well, any flag you fly can be complained about. What makes a union flag or religious flag somehow okay but not the gay flag or whatever it is that's being put up?

[carolina73]

Well, any flag you fly can be complained about. What makes a union flag or religious flag somehow okay but not the gay flag or whatever it is that's being put up?

What percentage of the US is gay? What reason would there be to fly the flag of a very small group of the population?

[invictus]

What percentage of the US is gay? What reason would there be to fly the flag of a very small group of the population?

Well, if the intentions are noble then perhaps just showing support for a group of people that has considerably little support in the eyes of the general population... However, I doubt that's the case so I'll go with pandering to his base (who are supportive of gay right and whoever's right)

But the point is, no matter whose flag goes up on the pole, someone isn't going to be happy about it.

[goodpen]

Are they saying these groups are more important than others? Or are they saying they are more important that living under the same flag as all others?

I thought the complaint of these two groups was they were not as included as others, so why would they want to be made "different"?

[Omar]

BLM is a Marxist organization, so it is especially disturbing.
The US has been a beacon of democracy around the world, and they're flying a Marxist flag?
What kind of message does this send?
Flying these social justice flags is sending a message to the world that the US is a bunch of pansies ripe for the picking.

[gamewell45]

BLM is a Marxist organization, so it is especially disturbing.
The US has been a beacon of democracy around the world, and they're flying a Marxist flag?
What kind of message does this send?
Flying these social justice flags is sending a message to the world that the US is a bunch of pansies ripe for the picking.

Not according to BLM; they are simply a group demanding that America end the war on blacks, commit to reparation's for past and continuing harms, investment of the education of black people, economic justice for all, a reconstruction of the economy to ensure that black communities have collective ownership and not just access, community control of the laws, institutions and policies that affect them the most.

That doesn't sound very Marxist to me. Now if you feel that the display of their flag proves that America is an emasculated country ripe for the picking (whatever that means), that is certainly your right but I can assure you that their are most likely others who would not agree with your premise. Personally I find that flying flags of social and economic groups does not reflect discredit upon nor hurt our country in the eyes of the world.

Just think about it; if America had never brought slaves over to this country in the first place, we most likely wouldn't be having this conversation right now would we?


Black Lives Matter Releases Policy Agenda (nbcnews.com)

[The Booman]

It's because they think they are more evolved and that everyone will look at the move and think the Biden administration is better than everyone else. They also might be doing it because they don't want the embassies burned to the ground.

[gamewell45]

The key word here is "might", which translates into "we don't know and are just speculating". That leaves me wondering how many of our embassies and consuls around the world were burned down over the lack of flying a BLM flag in the past?

[NoisyBoy]

After 8 years of the Mocha messiah, I enjoyed the four years of sanity when the national conversation didn't involve perverse sexual stupidity.Now that the children of darkness have returned the insanity has returned.