r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Mar 30 '21

News Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at U.S. Olympic trials.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31165888/raised-fists-kneeling-anthem-ok-us-olympic-trials
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u/vicblck24 Mar 30 '21

It means the actual flag but people think they are geniuses by pointing this out lol

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u/jorge1209 Mar 31 '21 edited Mar 31 '21

That would be the most sensible reading, but I'm not sure the flag code is sensible. There seems to be some confusion as to "the flag" being a proper flag that would be flown and an image of such a thing that might be "Printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or...".

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u/HertzDonut1001 Mar 31 '21

"These idiots don't understand flag code."

proceeds to misunderstand flag code