Some people like to celebrate flag day pretty seriously

The U.S flag is made of polyester, which is a cloth material.

Some people, when they see the flag, are reminded of their loved ones who died in battle. What I'm saying is that the flag can hold sentimental value and make it hard for some to see it being mistreated or called "just a piece of cloth"

Dude the flag could be a picture of one of the teletubbies for all I care. Because when I look at the flag I don't see men and women dying. I see a symbol of a country, a piece of cloth hanging from a rope flapping in the wind which looks cool as fuck and I'm outstanded by their size but I don't see the efforts our troops put in, I see the efforts one women put in to make it. Everyone has a different opinion and thats fine. I don't see what other people see in the flag because i see it when I look at a loving family out on a stroll, a group of people who are multicultural, children laughing, people marrying whomever they love I see it on the back bones of middle class workers, and people getting to practice whatever religion they want, and people being able to stand up to mistreatment because to me the value of what our brave men and women fought for is not in a flag (don't get me wrong I still stand up hand to chest to show respect) but its in each and every citizen.

You have great insight. I agree that the actions and lives of every patriot American is more important than the symbol