Do you find it offensive when individuals fly the American flag upside down in political protest?

The answer is yes and no...I get upset because I know what they are trying to say. But we as service members and veterans gave an oath to protect there right to do so. Also, the flag upside down really means that they are in serious distress or danger.

I can see how some would, and I find it distasteful. It's original intent is to show a state of distress. Communicating that is fine. Defiling the flag is different.

No they have the right to fly it anyway they choose it's a sign of protest. When people were defacing it on tv during the riots did it bother me? no it didn't it's a sign of protest the same rights we all fight for.

I find it more offensive that Americans voted for an absolute FRAUD as POTUS; no documentation is REAL or Genuine, and all of his LIFE STORY is locked down... and it is just a story. Our Nation is under duress. We shouldn't just be flying the US Flag upside down... we also should be throwing rocks just like the Palestinians.

Although I find it offensive to disrespect the flag of the United States, I am glad that I live in a country where a person can protest their national government without worry of government retribution. I first enlisted when the Cold War was still a reality. I saw the Soviet Union as a real threat to what I, as an American, believed in. There was no freedom to commit an offensive act with the Soviet flag.
The real issue is that parents and the school systems no longer teach or instill civic pride or teach civics.

Yes it disrespectful, and it means distress.

No, they are making a statement that the Nation is in distress, ask them why they are protesting, you might want to join them.

Yes!

Yes they are certainly it Veteras

As offensive as we see this, it has been upheld in the Supreme Court as a freedom granted under free speech. Hate speech, offensive speech and speech we don't agree with is all covered. Yes I will most likely beat the crap out of a flag burner, but that's because I hate liberal bleeding heart hippies.