It torgues my eyes and butt to see U.S. flags flying from bow rails,
spreaders and antennas. Or Q and courtesy flags flying from most
anywhere except where they're supposed to be. Do people not know or do
they deliberately defy propriety?

I once saw a sailboat in Chesapeake Bay with a myriad of differemt
flags flying from starboard and port spreaders, arranged by size from
top to bottom, both halyards, from spreader to very near the deck.