fascist: i wrap myself in this flag. my blood flows through it. i will end lives for it. i will end my own life for it. my very identity is inextricable from it. i will become the soil. the reckoning has only just begun
Tha is actually part of the flag code. It is always supposed to face a specific way so when it's displayed on a uniform it will have a different direction based on which side it is on. Obviously such is not possible on a flag pole, thus the side with the stars is always attached to the pole.
Literally nobody has ever given a shit about the flag code except for when they think they can try to use it as a gotcha against political opponents.
Trump molested a flag then turned to the crowd and said "you dummies love this shit huh?" Thats pretty much the low bar for "disrespecting" a piece of cloth.