I hate home owner's associations

I seriously despise the concept of those god awful fucking creations. I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine who is being forced to remove a sunflower plot from their front yard because their geriatric neighbor said it was unsightly or something like that.

It's a fucking flower, Karen. A flower. If it hurts your property value by 100 dollars you'll be okay.

Is it normal to hate HOAs?