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Nov 12, 2008 12:06 am US/Eastern
Local Protestor's Upside Down Flag Stolen
PULASKI TOWNSHIP (KDKA) ―
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Larry DeBaker listens to messages on his answering machine in support and opposition to his decision to fly his American flag upside down.
KDKA
A Pulaski Township man who was protesting the election of Barack Obama by flying his American flag upside down is upset after someone stole it.
Larry DeBaker decided to fly his flag upside down because he says he's worried about the country's direction.
"I had my doubts on whether it was right or wrong, you know, but through the experience of it all, I'm sorry as an American I find that it's crazy that if you express your opinion," he said.
He says he's gotten phone calls from dozens of people who are both for and against his protest.
"I think it's disrespectful to the flag and to the country – I think he could have found a better way to protest if he wanted to," an area resident tells KDKA.
DeBaker says his protest was not meant to be unpatriotic; and he says he plans to put another flag upside down.
DeBaker tells KDKA he intends to keep it that way until Obama's inauguration and then will lower it until he's out of office.
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