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Iowa farmer arrested and subject to death threats for flying flag upside-down.
Dale Klyn raises beef cows in Corydon, Iowa. For the past six years, he has been flying an American flag on his property. But since May 21, that flag has been upside down. He gives two reasons.
First, he’s angry at a judge for allowing a debtor of his to declare bankruptcy. The debtor, who had bought a business from Klyn on a contract and still owed him $282,000, now only has to “pay me six cents on the dollar,” says Klyn. “The judge approved that on the 18th of May. I was pretty upset about that.”
Second, he wants to show solidarity for Terri Jones.
She’s the Iowa mom who has been flying her flag upside down after her son returned from the Iraq War and committed suicide. (Klyn had never met her before.)
“When I got the Des Moines Register and read the article about Terri Jones and how her son didn’t get the medical attention he needed, I decided I’m going to support her and oppose what the judge had done and fly my flag upside down,” he says.
It got a reaction.
“I went to the local Case equipment dealer and bought some parts, and the salesman come out and he asked me why I was flying the flag upside down,” Klyn says. “So I explained it to him.”
But the salesman wasn’t sold, telling Klyn, “I’ve lost all respect for you. I’ll buy you a one-way ticket anywhere you want to go out of the country,” Klyn recalls.
Klyn says his postal worker also remarked on it.
“The mail carrier left me a personal note,” he says.
A local TV news reporter then came out and did a story on him.
“The next thing I knew I’d been [color="Red"]charged with disorderly conduct,” he says. “I was surprised. I have the right and the freedom to do that.”
On July 6, Klyn, represented by the Iowa ACLU, met with a magistrate.
“I pled not guilty,” Klyn says. “No trial date has been set.” Terri Jones, by the way, went to court that day to support him.
“She came to my hearing," he says. “It was very kind of her.”
Alan Wilson, the county attorney who is prosecuting the case, did not return three phone messages for comment.
But Klyn’s troubles go beyond this court case.
[color="Red"]He faces death threats from a forum on a Marine vets’ website, http://www.leatherneck.com, which calls itself the “Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans.”
That forum contained the following remarks from four different Marines:
“[color="Red"]Any scout snipers live in Corydon, Iowa???”
[color="Red"]“Corn hole ’m.”
“Fly him under it upside down.”
“If the flag is flying upside down, it means he is in trouble, right? I think we Marines should show up and get him ‘out’ of trouble.”
Says Klyn: “I view it as a threat.”
Source: http://progressive.org/mag_mc071906
A White World (Pierce's Vision for our Race):
Posted : 22/08/2006 6:48 am
He faces death threats from a forum on a Marine vets’ website, www.leatherneck.com, which calls itself the “Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans.”
Wow, isn't they the best!
back home.
Posted : 22/08/2006 7:17 am
Next year, May 1st, all of us should fly our flags upside down. That's the official worldwide holiday of Communism.
Mayday, of course, symbolizes the mayhem and chaos of the Revolution of the Proletariat, which is why pilots say that when they are about to ditch into the sea, Mayday! Mayday!
Or, we could fly Communist flags or Israeli flags, whatever would get the most attention. Or that new NSM flag, that looks pretty cool.
We need a nationwide day of activism, something to make the system stop and consider things, wake up the lemmings. There aren't many of us, but if we could each do something small in our own city, it might make the news.
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Just a few ideas, I'm sure there are better ones out there.
Posted : 22/08/2006 7:22 am
Next year, May 1st, all of us should fly our flags upside down. That's the official worldwide holiday of Communism.
Mayday, of course, symbolizes the mayhem and chaos of the Revolution of the Proletariat, which is why pilots say that when they are about to ditch into the sea, Mayday! Mayday!
Or, we could fly Communist flags or Israeli flags, whatever would get the most attention. Or that new NSM flag, that looks pretty cool.
We need a nationwide day of activism, something to make the system stop and consider things, wake up the lemmings. There aren't many of us, but if we could each do something small in our own city, it might make the news.
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Just a few ideas, I'm sure there are better ones out there.
I've got an idea: you're banned.
Posted : 22/08/2006 7:38 am
Disorderly conduct seems like a great charge for screwing people who did nothing wrong but piss off the "law." How is it disorderly conduct to fly a damn flag a certain way on his own property? He has the right to free speech, and furthermore, he has the right to fly whatever flag, in whatever fashion, on his own property!
Posted : 22/08/2006 12:58 pm
That's really odd. Fred Phelps flies the flag upside down 24/7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#The_Westboro_compound and even shines spotlights on it at night. Why isn't he arrested?
Posted : 22/08/2006 1:17 pm
It would be a good idea for all of us to fly maybe 13 star american flags upside down.
It would be a good signal to each other. Get them on your car antennaes as well.
Posted : 22/08/2006 7:59 pm
The Israelis were pretty clever when they made their flag. Fly it upside down and it looks the same: like a sinister rag. Preventing anti-Semitism, itz.
Posted : 22/08/2006 8:58 pm
Topic starter
Did you notice the poll ?
Where should the U.S. stand on the Israeli attacks on Lebanon
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=122
A White World (Pierce's Vision for our Race):
Posted : 22/08/2006 9:12 pm
That's really odd. Fred Phelps flies the flag upside down 24/7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church#The_Westboro_compound and even shines spotlights on it at night. Why isn't he arrested?
Different state, different local cops. Also, you can bet your ass that religious nut has a damn fine legal team backing him if he's so bold out in public.
Posted : 22/08/2006 9:35 pm