Nashua has taken its flag-ban fight inside.

For years, the city has attempted to block citizens from flying flags it disapproves of on public flagpoles outside City Hall. Now, officials are considering a ban on signs, banners, and flags inside the aldermanic chambers as well. Some aldermen are unhappy about what members of the public are saying with their signs.

Like calling them “asshats.”

Alderman Rick Dowd is leading the push for an ordinance that would prohibit any display items in the chambers during public meetings.

“There’s no need for debate. This ordinance is going to make it a rule we can enforce,” Dowd said Monday night during a meeting of the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee.

According to Dowd, the signs, banners, and flags displayed at public meetings have got

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