Patriotic fans have continued to claim that athletes are disrespecting the flag by taking a knee. However, one Twitter user discounted those notions by posting a thread that detailed what the U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 1 Section 8, also known as the Flag Code, has to say about it. User @koopa_kinta, a third-generation veteran, spelled out the code Saturday, Sept. 23. He outlined examples of how sports teams and other brands have actually desecrated the flag by wearing it on uniforms and embellishing it on clothing and cushions.
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/911715150507454464
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/911715750213189634
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/911716614445379584
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/911717462441365504
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/911718979965726720
https://twitter.com/koopa_kinte/status/911721957955129345
The Supreme Court has ruled it is unconstitutional to enforce penalties about flag desecration. And yet, many patriots have not referenced these instances of so-called disrespect as they drag athletes for peacefully protesting.
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However, @koopa_kinte found plenty of support from fellow Twitter users when he dropped this thread.
This is a brilliant post. I have a much appreciation for research-based opinions, routed in fact and information, expressed intelligently.
— benjamin kanes (@benjaminkanes) September 26, 2017
Thanknu for this. Never understood ppl who beat their chest about the sanctity of the flag while wearing flag print undies w/ that implies…
— Thomas (@tiktikitomtom) September 26, 2017
👏🏿👏🏿💆🏾♂️
— KEN (@kenmirror) September 26, 2017
Point….Set….Match!!!
— armando cuesta (@armandocuesta1) September 28, 2017
EXCELLENT FACT BASED THREAD!!! pic.twitter.com/R1HryTLuyn
— SadieCitrus (@SadieCitrus) September 27, 2017
Still, one person issued a clarification about how she interpreted the code, which states in part that “the flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard.”
https://twitter.com/nallimcmyssirhc/status/912657860034793473
https://twitter.com/nallimcmyssirhc/status/912658392342200320
And while there were others who also said the code was directly referencing the flag and not illustrations of it…
It’s talking about the literally flag. not drawings. worst disrespect is the olympians wearing the flag around shoulders. An actual flag
— Zach Anderson (@zachryanderson) September 28, 2017
…many agreed with the tea @koopa_kint spilled in his thread.
— Mariaroza (@NickeliaJ) September 26, 2017
I want to print copies of this thread like mini books & hand them out when I want to save my breath.
— Jo (@KiiingJoanne) September 27, 2017
You dropped ether
— West Coast (@FreshCoastPapi) September 26, 2017
