It is as much yours as is a house. Don't pay property taxes and see how long that lasts before the government takes it.

If you don't pay HOA dues, most HOAs cannot sell your property, but can put a lien on it to pay back HOA dues once sold. I'm also guessing they could sue for the money as well.

He also fought for the ability to become a land owner, and the right for the land owner to have the right to say no to a flag on his/her land.

If he does not own the land, he does not have the right to do anything on that land. Simple fact.

Scroll up a little. Its his land.

scroll even further, Kane posted that quote before it was known to be his land.(original article stated it was the HOAs land)

And when he bought that land he either knew or should have known that he was buying it with restrictions. While part of me thinks that he has earned the right to do whatever he wants, I still have to say he should honor the conditions under which he made the purchase.

Yea, because fuck them, that's why. A flagpole doesn't hurt the land or even damage it beyond simple repair. Total lack of common sense and decency seems to be the HOA mantra.

Written in the same laws that this man fought for.
Since you think it is okay for him to violate these laws, that means you have no respect for the men who fought in any wars up until this point.

Then I guess I just don't have any respect for the men who fought and died in all of America's wars to this point.

Hell, make it all men who have died in the name of freedom.

Aren't those really similar to 99year leases? I know at our state lakes (all man made) the land surrounding the lake is property of the Army Corps of Engineers but you sign a 99year lease for the property. I'm not sure how it exactly works but you basically own the property unless you live on it for 100 years.

Now you want to hear some fucked up government intrusion? Gwinnett county Georgia (suburb of Atlanta) has a code enforcement which I hate with a passion. It's like a government funded HOA with guns. You could have a broken down car in your backyard, hidden by a fence and trees. If someone calls it in and they see your car then you get fined. Grass too tall, house needs pressure washing, kayak laying in the front yard? Fined. Obviously Gwinnett is crime free so it's a great place to live (not)!

People buy in an area with a HOA because of the quality of life and property values. After that they complain that the same rules that help to prop up those property values won't let them do something that they want to. There's a lack of common sense at work here. That one thing is certain.