Irish pub cited for flying Irish flag (parade, illegal, free speech)

[geoking66]

Originally Posted by crestliner

We dont need to see any red,white and green flags flown here in the USA....It offends me.

Sorry Italians offend you. As someone with Irish heritage, I like going to an Irish pub and seeing green, white and orange.

[Clark Park]

You mean a gay bar can't fly a Rainbow Flag in that town?

[no1brownsfan]

Hmmm.... Yet another issue that falls under the "we have bigger fish to fry category." We're worried about an Irish bar flying an Irish flag?

[Cavaturaccioli]

Originally Posted by pch1013

... in Atlantic Beach, Florida. A local ordinance prohibits the commercial display of any flag except the Star-Spangled Banner.

Culhane's Irish Pub Atlantic Beach: Popular Florida bar forced to stop flying Irish flag days before St Patrick's Day | Mail Online

Should governments have the right to prohibit the display of foreign flags?

No.

[Cavaturaccioli]

Originally Posted by hammertime33

The bar owners should be tried and shot for treason.

The only thing bar owners may legitimately be shot for is watering the booze. (In which case shooting is too good for 'em; hanging is more fitting.)

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by monkeywrenching

nope, I dont care what flag is flown on private property. but only the american flag flown on state and federal property.

Originally Posted by Packard fan

Flying an Irish flag by an "Irish" pub is Ok with me. Flying a Mexican flag by a Mexican food place is good too and I ain't a liberal.

You two have your personal opinions, but I'm speaking of conservatives in general... and in general, the times I've had this discussion the others disagreed. Heck, I have even heard conservatives say they (Latin American or ME flags) shouldn't be flown outside of people's HOMES!

Case in point, and I'm pretty sure this poster is a conservative:

Originally Posted by crestliner

We dont need to see any red,white and green flags flown here in the USA....It offends me.

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by no1brownsfan

Hmmm.... Yet another issue that falls under the "we have bigger fish to fry category." We're worried about an Irish bar flying an Irish flag?

Next they be serving "Green Beer" what a dumb thing to worry about.

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by gizmo980

Funny you would say that, because it's pretty much ALWAYS a conservative who whines about Mexican (or any Latin American or Middle Eastern) flags being flown publicly. Guess the rules change when we're talking about the Irish, huh?

I think this happens when they fly it above the American flag a public places.....like American schools.

[Jolly Green Giant]

Originally Posted by Cavaturaccioli

The only thing bar owners may legitimately be shot for is watering the booze. (In which case shooting is too good for 'em; hanging is more fitting.)

Or passing low grade liquor as top shelf. I know bars do this, my taste buds don't lie.

[never-more]

Originally Posted by gizmo980

Funny you would say that, because it's pretty much ALWAYS a conservative who whines about Mexican (or any Latin American or Middle Eastern) flags being flown publicly. Guess the rules change when we're talking about the Irish, huh?

Congratulations for realizing there is no such ******* as "political correctness."