Alabama county refuses to lower flag to honor Orlando shooting victims

[Rocky Rockefeller]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/17/politics/alabama-county-refuse-lower-flag-orlando/

Really? Way to go Alabama.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I suspected it may be about Baldwin before clicking on the link and I was right.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Reading his explanation on Facebook, I think it makes sense. Of course CNN is making hay out of this, but I don't see any real issue here.

[RaphaelDLG]

It's a f***ing flag, who cares.  What was actually bad was the conspiratorial posts about the covert Islamic enemy on the public official's facebook page.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

It's a f***ing flag, who cares.  What was actually bad was the conspiratorial posts about the covert Islamic enemy on the public official's facebook page.

It's Alabama. What'd you expect? SHARIA IS COMING.

[Zioneer]

Reading his explanation on Facebook, I think it makes sense. Of course CNN is making hay out of this, but I don't see any real issue here.

Yeah, sure, and it just so happens that he's following the flag code now, when I'm willing to bet he wasn't 100% consistent with it before. I doubt anybody responsible for the flag going at half-mast or not does. In fact, haven't flags across the nation gone to half-mast for other massacres that didn't involve government officials? Not counting San Bernadino in this case, since it was specifically mentioned in the article.

Heck, flags in Utah have gone at half-mast for the death of a top Mormon church leader or his wife more than once before.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Cole county, Missouri, also refused to lower the flag.

[Wells]

The explanation is decent. I don't see why this is an issue, it's not for homophobic reasons.

Cole county, Missouri, also refused to lower the flag.

His explanation, summarized: "People get murdered every day, why should we lower it if there's a mass murder?" Again, it's not homophobia.

Cole County also refused to lower the flag after Sandy Hook, Brussels, and San Bernardino.

[DrScholl]

He probably came up with that explanation to give to the press. Just because he had an explanation doesn't mean that his intent was based on following the flag code.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He probably came up with that explanation to give to the press. Just because he had an explanation doesn't mean that his intent was based on following the flag code.

Again, the flag wasn't lowered when a dozen or so lily white rich kids in Newtown were killed by a non-Muslim, so I don't think you have a case to stand on there.

He's right, though. People are killed everyday in every way imaginable. I don't get the flag code fetish, nor do I expect an Alabama Republican politician to be perfectly fine with homosexuality, but is it really hard to believe that his personal beliefs-whatever they may be-have nothing to do with this?

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And? Alabama is living proof of the dangers of inbreeding.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

As long as they are being consistent (I didn't check the article to see if there is hypocrisy involved) I don't see the problem. There has been so much flying of the flag at half staff it has cheapened the value of the symbolism.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Talk about a stickler. There's a county commissioner that's takes his job a little bit too seriously.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

You know we have actual, real homophobia to deal with, so quit your whining and confront the actual issues, why doncha?

[Badger]

You know we have actual, real homophobia to deal with, so quit your whining and confront the actual issues, why doncha?

does anyone doubt if it were a buload of 49 AL school students theykd somehow find it in their hearts to ignore thhe flag code?

when the guys whines about "political correctness" in his FB post, it reveals a tad more.

would it be so hard to climb on board for. the sake of national unity?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

As long as they are being consistent (I didn't check the article to see if there is hypocrisy involved) I don't see the problem. There has been so much flying of the flag at half staff it has cheapened the value of the symbolism.

What the New Ernest said.

[Del Tachi]

I suspected it may be about Baldwin before clicking on the link and I was right.

My first thought was Winston or St. Clair