Sometimes I start debates when I never intended to. Oops, I did it again.
Thats just how i feel about our flag. How do you feel about yours?
In the real US, we don't have flags everywhere. We have them in government buildings, which includes schools. We have them in sports auditoriums. That's pretty much it. There was a rash of flag displaying after 9/11, but it's trickling down to normal again these days. I drove around yesterday and saw a flag displayed on maybe one out of twenty homes, which is about par for the course on a flag-displaying holiday.
I don't think displaying the flag (or patriotism in general) is an anti-every-other-country act. My local ball team plays Canadian teams all the time. They play the Canadian national anthem in our stadium when those teams are here, followed by The Star Spangled Banner. Everyone stands. It is treated exactly the same as when our own anthem is being played--everyone is expected to stand and be quiet, no one can enter the stadium 'til it's over, no food sales, etc.
How do I feel about it? I really don't care at all if people want to display their flag. It's a harmless piece of cloth. I see no problem in displaying it any more than displaying a Christmas tree or whatever. It's a symbol that's meaningful to that particular person.
After 9/11, people went a bit nuts with putting flags everywhere. I can see how someone (not me) might conclude displaying so many flags would dilute its meaning. What I really think happened is people wanted so badly to show support for the troops and their feelings against terrorism, they had no method except to display flags. It made them feel better to outwardly show they were against terrorism. I see no harm in that.