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i think it depends on what is ment by "the flag" i see flags as a visual representation of a specific piece of land or idea and therefore have nothing against the flags themselves just ocaisionaly what they represent. but in there simbolisation of the government of a country then it represents somthing that anarchists are against and it would make sence that they would dislike it.
to me a flag is just a piece of cloth nothing more so i have nothing against them.

Just as a side-note, the upside-down American flag is traditionally the symbol of AIM.

in my opinion, being an anarchist doesn't necessarily mean you have to be against all governments. surely by the classical and (i think)over-hyped description of anarchy as being complete and utter chaos and madness it may be. but for me, anarchy is more jsut about my life not being controlled by a governemtn and it's rules and amndates. the need to spread chaos would be a trait found only in those intolerant of others and their ways of life. i'm perfectly happy living on my own little slice of land dictating what ican and can't do to myself and only myself. i hate government in all it's forms...but that's only when it's applied to me. i can accept and live with those who feel the need for such comforts, so while i'm against it...i've got no place to impose my way of life on them..it's jsut like with religion, or other aspects of a life-style...and it's the intolerant ones that make life so hard to live....we may be getting better in terms of religion and sexual- orientation (very very slowly unfortunately) but we seem to ignore political stand point still... we may say it's ok to believe religiously in a different way from us, but we can't seem to accept that people may preferr to live in some way other than democracy.....sure democracy may seem to work really well for us ( i think it's corrupt and going down the crapper..has been for years) but again, like so much other stuff..who are we to say what's best for others? i'd say we should be happy, and jsut stay put. if others want to change, let them come to us. if they are intollerant and want to change us....nuke the suckers!...ok maybe not THAT severe...but sure we can defend ourselves from such interferrances..but does them trying to change us give us the right to return the injustice and try to change them? i think not....as for an upside down flag thingy...think of that like jsut a popular way to express your political outlook...sorta like a specific dress for a religion, like most orthodox jews do by wearing talit or other religious accoutrements. jsut because they do it, doesn't automatically make them anarchists....i wear blue a lot, i'm not a member of theg ang that is associated with it....that's the problem with symbols...they have too many meaning for the most part now...like the swastika...that used to be a GOOD symbol, and for some it still is (and i don't just mean nazi's) but it has been perverted by others and is now chiefly associated with that...meh..i'm rambling again...forgive me

only if the anarichic sign has "we R beeter dan teh AmErICan Flag Lolololol!!" written on it.

However anarchic ideas and legisitlation would be against the consistution. given that anarchy requires the total destruction of authority in order for it to be anarchy and such a socioty to work "in theory work anyway"

And this would mean you would have to destory the consistution and any right anyone had to uphold its prinicples.

It's not so much a matter of being against the flag as it's a matter of the authoritarian government that it represents.

Plenty of anarchists support organization - just not coercive or authoritarian organization.