Last week in Amherst, Mass., we had local pols inviting Gitmo detainees to live in their town, but who opposed flying the U.S. flag, even to commemorate 9/11.

A UMass prof called the flag a symbol of “death and fear and destruction and repression.” Other citizens said they found the flag “intimidating.”

Today in Marblehead, Mass., it’s this.

I’m not a big flag waver myself, but I respect it as the ultimate symbol of the freedom not to respect it. Why does it bug the Left so much?