Flagpole to Heaven
I’ve learned a few things this past week about the Alitos. It seems that they have flag poles at their homes, and use flags to convey messages. I’m not sure if the Alitos have taken class on flag semaphore. What those messages are, exactly, I do not know.
At the Alito home in Virginia, Mrs. Alito flew the flag upside down as part of some neighborly spat. Was this some sort of secret symbol that Martha-Ann was trying to stop the steal? There is no actual evidence of this, but countless news stories, and politicians, accepted this insinuation as obvious. I think it far more likely that she was trying to signal distress with her neighbors.
Last summer, at the Alito home in New Jersey, an “Appeal to Haven” flag was flown. I had never heard of this Pine Tree Flag before. The flag traces its roots to George Washington’s Continental Army in 1775. (Before you read Wikipedia, review the changes made in the past 24 hours.)
According to the New York Times, the flag can now be seen as “a symbol of support [1] for former President Donald J. Trump, [2] for a religious strand of the ‘Stop the Steal’ campaign and [3] for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.” A bit of a hodgepodge to be sure. Did Mr. or Mrs. Alito choose to fly this flag to “stop the steal” nearly three years after the election? That seems a stretch. Again, there is no ac
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