Is any country's flag any less patriotic or less symbolic if it's manufactured outside of that country? ~

Made with less heart put into it might be,  but who is to know?

No, I don't think so. Be best to see if someone from other than the U.S. can answer that better than I.

It seems wrong on so many levels and it takes away jobs in the U.S.. 

Not a thought I have had.  But it is not where it came from but where it is and what it stands for. I don't need to look where it was made to decide that.

It is a strange irony, no?

i dont think so

Well, it's a sign of something as well as a thing.

If burning a flag as a protest is a protected activity (of which I heartily disagree), then I would prefer the flag so desecrated be of foreign origin.

And I would like all US flags flown on state or federal property to be of US origin.

No, it isn't less patriotic, but I will not fly a flag that is not made in the U.S.A. 

Of course not. The flag is a symbol; as long as it's accurately produced it doesn't really matter about the origin. 

Taking this a step further, during the Iran-Iraq war soldiers of one side (I forget which side) were issued with plastic keys to Paradise. The keys were stamped, "Made in Taiwan."

I think it's ridiculous.