Your Flag is Upside Down

Your Flag is Upside Down

"Your flag is upside down", I said to a guard in an elevator with two other guards. The flag was a Velcro patch on the guard's gear pouch. He looked at his patch, and with a thick foreign accent said, "No one ever has told me".

In the J6 Pod of the " DC Gulag", many of us display American Flags 'in distress', flown with the stars to the bottom and right. We do this with purpose and true intention. Occasionally I see a guard with a flag upside down. I assumed that was done with intention…

I said, "The flag is in distress, there are *hostages being held here". The ranking C.O. questioned, "*Hostages?".

"Some people say", was my reply. He let the comment go without disagreement.

The guard with the flag didn’t seem to understand what it was I was implying. He fumbled around, until he reset the flag opposite as it had started. A sadness entered my heart, as I realized a man working to hold me did not even know the proper display our symbol of freedom.

Perhaps I was right in more ways than one. What amazing distress our country is in when those paid to wear the flag literally don't know IF, or WHY "Your flag is upside down".

Happened on 1/18/2024

*I don't believe the legal definition of hostages applies to us, it's just what some have said (Taylor).

-Taylor Johnatakis