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I've removed quote a bit of extra commentary that crosses the line into political discussion.
We'd rather keep this open.
We'd rather keep this open.
I've removed quote a bit of extra commentary that crosses the line into political discussion.
We'd rather keep this open.
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To honor patriotism and love of country is to respect the complexity of America and the diversity of Americans.
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We do not permit the discussion of politics. This is a long-standing rule of which most members are aware and which they respect.
Michaelshane, your posts were removed as quote/replies by others that were a problem. You're fine.
I've refunded one member's dues. I think that should take care of it.
Along with extreme gratitude for your father's service, damn well said there Alan!!!
A short personal story. When I was in college and exploring my political sense of the world around me I bought a couple of classic Marxist texts to send to my dad who I thought would appreciate the awakening and knowing where my head was at. He wrote back (we wrote letters in those days) and told me that when he was injured in 1944 in Germany and airlifted to a hospital in London he had a handful of personal effects. When he was discharged months later all were returned to him except a copy of the Communist Manifesto.
To honor patriotism and love of country is to respect the complexity of America and the diversity of Americans.
Beach blanket? Bingo!Well, maybe she should have been sitting on a beach blanket instead.
Frankly it hurts my eyes. What is it?Just out of curiosity, what do you think of this American flag?
The word "hideous" comes to mind.Just out of curiosity, what do you think of this American flag?
Just out of curiosity, what do you think of this American flag?
Not at all. The point being made is that it's very easy and very common for that flag to be hijacked by all sorts of ideologies and used as a cudgel to beat those with whom they disagree, or to mask and justify all sorts of injustices. And not just in the past -- there are many things happening right now that dishonor the flag far more than a cheap advertisement. I've merely offered a few examples from both the past and the present. Waving a flag doesn't automatically make you a Klansman, but it also doesn't automatically make you an American. There wasn't a single American in that mob in Litchfield, no matter how many flags they carried.
I think all of us here ought to ask ourselves this question: had we been in that town on the night of June 16th 1940 -- or in any other of the more than three thousand towns in 45 of the 48 states where similar mob actions driven by the flag-salute issue occured during the summer of that year -- *what would we have done?*
Frankly it hurts my eyes. What is it?
Not at all. The point being made is that it's very easy and very common for that flag to be hijacked by all sorts of ideologies and used as a cudgel to beat those with whom they disagree, or to mask and justify all sorts of injustices. And not just in the past -- there are many things happening right now that dishonor the flag far more than a cheap advertisement. I've merely offered a few examples from both the past and the present. Waving a flag doesn't automatically make you a Klansman, but it also doesn't automatically make you an American. There wasn't a single American in that mob in Litchfield, no matter how many flags they carried.
I think all of us here ought to ask ourselves this question: had we been in that town on the night of June 16th 1940 -- or in any other of the more than three thousand towns in 45 of the 48 states where similar mob actions driven by the flag-salute issue occured during the summer of that year -- *what would we have done?*
Waving a flag doesn't automatically make you a Klansman, but it also doesn't automatically make you an American.