re: Neighbors a few houses down have a very frayed and worn out American flag out front

I’ll say the unpopular opinion: the flag code for civilians is BS. Agreed that government should follow the flag code, but IDGAF if a private person leaves the flat up overnight without a light on it. Or if the private person is flying an old tattered flag. Or if the private person throws the flag in a garbage can.

It’s a piece of cloth until you put value on it. And a flag on someone’s house to me has no value. It’s like flying an LSU flag. You’re a fan. A flag on government property has value and is there for a purpose.