How do you feel when you see the US flag?

I’ve noticed, right or wrong, that I currently tend to assume people with US flags on their houses or cars are more conservative than liberal. I’m not certain why I make this assumption, and it’s only since roughly 2005 my thoughts have gradually trended this way. Maybe I tend to notice McCain/Palin bumper stickers also on cars with flags. Maybe it was how divisive the 2008 election was, the way the Tea Party movement acts as though our freedoms are being eroded in tandem with using the flag as a symbol of their concept of “freedom” and “patriotism.” Maybe now I think about a lot of the bad shit the US has done in the name of greed globally, and it disgusts me. What do you think?

And please don’t start some attack on me saying I’m unpatriotic or some moronic crap. I get there is a lot of good things the flag symbolizes too, so spare me the shitstorm.