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I looked around and couldn't find an update on what's going on, but this would be a perfect opportunity for the store owner to ask the vet to help him hang the flag properly, and it would be happy time for all. Just because it's only etiquette and isn't a crime to hang another national flag over our own doesn't mean it's not a dick thing to do. With wearing the flag, flag bumper stickers, etc, you can usually tell what's meant to display pride in America. The problem with hanging a Mexican flag over an American flag on U.S. soil is that it's an (unintentional) signal that somebody desires Mexican nationality in the fullest sense of the word brought to where he's settled. Imagine having served your country, America, in military service, only to walk around and find out people were immigrating here and acting like it was still Mexico, treating their U.S. citizenship as secondary.
Now I enjoy good humor in immigration style, ie "American by birth, (Your Nationality Here) by the grace of God." And I don't think private flag displays are going to present much offense to anyone. But this shop (I'm assuming) being open to the public brings it to higher standards than a place of residence, does it not?
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