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On my block, there is a quiet choreography that plays out whenever a neighbor moves in. Someone puts out a small garden flag, another raises a team pennant on game day, and one house down the street rotates seasonal banners: a shamrock in March, a Pride flag in June, a set of tiny triangular prayer flags that last through the summer. Most of the time, nobody comments. But now and then, the air goes tense. A U.S. Flag gets taken down after a curt note about “politics.” A rai