Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThis is more from the cancel culture party. New Jersey lawmakers have residents up in arms over a homegrown monument to the tragic terror attacks of September 11th. Lawmakers ordered the memorial flags be removed from the NJ turnpike and gave a ridiculous explanation as to why in a statement on its Facebook page:
“The New Jersey Turnpike Authority appreciates and applauds patriotism. We try to express patriotism ourselves every day by maintaining dozens of American flags at properties in our right of way — office buildings, toll plazas, service areas, maintenance facilities, State Police buildings, warehouses,” the statement read.
“Those flags are treated with the utmost respect by Turnpike Authority personnel. They are flown on suitable staffs. They are illuminated at night. They are lowered to half-staff when the state is in mourning. They are removed, properly destroyed, and promptly replaced when they become faded or worn and are no longer suitable symbols of our national ideals,” it continued.
“The long-standing policy of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has been to prohibit the display of any flags, signs, or banners by private parties on Turnpike Authority property. While we appreciate the desire of some New Jersey residents to express their patriotism in these turbulent times by displaying flags on Turnpike and Parkway overpasses, Turnpike Authority regulations do not allow it, and for good reason,” the statement said.
The Facebook post goes on to explain that the Turnpike Authority will not be maintaining the flag and therefore they must be removed:
“While we hope that everyone who wants to display the American flag finds a suitable location to do so, we believe that limiting the flags displayed on Turnpike Authority property to ones hung and maintained by Turnpike Authority staff is the best way to assure that all flags in the Turnpike and Parkway right of way are treated with the respect they deserve,” the statement concluded.
Just to make sure that natives couldn’t maintain the flags the authority added signs that read, “Placement of signage or items of any nature on this structure is strictly prohibited.”
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Written by Magnus McCoy
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September 10, 2020