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Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why would an upside down American flag be an International sign of anything?
It's naval tradition, if your ship is being hijacked by pirates or enemy forces, raising the flag upside down is a way to signal passing ships without alerting the hijackers.
The thing is, that's why the Jan 6 insurrectionists were using it as a symbol in the first place. Trump convinced them election was rigged so the upside down flag was used to signal that they believed the country was being hijacked.
Wow, so every nation keeps the USA flag around just in case? /s
Spoiler: I know what it means, but it absolutely isn't an international symbol, unless you believe America is the entire world.
It's international but every nation would obviously use their own flag. It's a practice that dates back to the times before the USA was even a nation.
Laterally symmetrical flags would have a hard time playing.