Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
Back in the Sixties it was unheard of to wear clothes with the American Flag on them. Abbie Hoffman appeared on television and they had to visually "bleep out" his American Flag shirt for fear of a deluge of letters from irate viewers. That was back when wearing the Flag was an act of rebellion and there was no e-mail!

The whole thing has turned over and recently the Flag appears on everything and everyone. I suppose that it's a matter of intent: do you wear it as a proud American or as a protesting hippie? You never know when someone will take offense at something, though...whatever your intentions.

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I think it's still technically against the law to wear the US flag on articles of clothing, with a few limited exceptions. However, it's not enforced, and of course, most people nowadays are wearing it as a patriotic gesture.

I tend to agree with the notion that sitting on the flag is disrespectful.