{"id":37809,"date":"2013-10-03T08:38:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T12:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37809"},"modified":"2013-10-03T08:40:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T12:40:22","slug":"more-upside-down-flag-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37809","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Lohman; More upside down flag stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andy sends us a link to WPTV<\/a> which tells the story of Joseph Lohman who stood on the street with an upside down flag in his Marine uniform to protest the shut down. According to the article, Lohman is disabled, and he may be, but on that little rack of ribbons he’s wearing (thank goodness he didn’t add more than he earned, obviously) there are no campaign ribbons, so he must’ve been injured in training.<\/p>\n

A disabled veteran expressed his disappointment in the federal government shutdown by holding a U.S. flag upside down along a busy street.<\/p>\n

Joseph Lohman, 25, of Beech Grove, said he stood in full uniform on a sidewalk near Interstate 465 for more than 12 hours.<\/p>\n

Lohman said that when the government shutdown started early Tuesday, he decided holding the flag upside down would be a way to express his concern about what the shutdown will mean for veterans, their checks and health care.<\/p>\n

“I’m not protesting. I’m just standing up for what’s right,” Lohman said. “With the government shutdown, the flag is flown upside down to show that America is in distress, and we are.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, then go put on jeans and hold a sign because holding a flag upside down in uniform is wholly inappropriate. The hippies at IVAW did the same thing in uniform and they claimed that it was for the same reason. It was wrong then and it’s wrong in this case, or any case. When you’re on a boat and it’s sinking, hang the flag upside down, don’t do it for it political statements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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