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reply posted on 30-7-2007 @ 12:47 PM by Boondock78
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
Intrepid, well.... If you argue from a liberal standpoint, and believe me, the whole "we have a right to burn the flag" is a very liberal standpoint of view, then you are likely to get labeled as such. It really doesn't matter to me if he's liberal or not, I am just making the statement that going by his whole "feelings" argument
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first, ninthaxis, he knows full well it is covered under freedom of speech. he is just trying to justify the crap that he has said about the 'creature' that tried to burn it....just like the 'it is illegal to burn something in public cop out'....just trying to justify it...

i am not a liberal, consavertave, or anything..so from here on out, you can know that i argue not from on of those standpoints, but mine....does it fall in line with liberal views? don't know, don't care.
i am not pc though so you can drop that jazz now.


i don't see how the right to burn it can be looked at it from ANY standpoint. we are in fact allowed, under the law to do such a thing....the 'feelings' come into play when people like you get so bunged up over it cause you attach some meaning to it, that you want to refer to them as creatures, say they whould be phycically harmed, saying you'd take his flag to or saying 'better not do it front of me'....

you guys have the right to be all torn up over it...
just like everyone else says round these parts, what are you doing about this? it bothers you SO much that you don't care if a guy catches a fist....are you writing your lawmakers telling them that you don't think it should be allowed or what?

i'm thinking you're just belly aching on here, tossing out some small names, being all bunged up over it cause YOU feel a certain way about it.....

that is YOUR problem....that dude is/was in the right....
you're not.....thats the way it is..


reply posted on 30-7-2007 @ 01:01 PM by Boondock78
Originally posted by intrepid
In my mind it has nothing to do with being politically correct. It has EVERYTHING to do with it being politically LEGAL. The gov't has been trying for 40 years to make it illegal and hasn't been able to get it past the Supreme Court. They decided it WAS a 1st Amendment issue.


i'm right with ya man....it seems very, very simple to me.
it IS legal....if these every day citizens are worried about so and so lighting fire to cloth in public, then they can call the police or alert one if there is one there.....then, the cop can handle it..
we don't need the flad vigilante's running around....

i don't see how going up to a guy and yanking the flag out of his hand is the 'right thing'....how is that?
see what i mean?
flag guy is basically minding his own business, carrying on about his mini protest, within his rights. patriot guy decides to go up and get physical and that is right??
confusing.....i would think the guy getting physical could be looked at as trying to 'incite' something....
i know i'm not to hip to people putting their hands on me or taking anything from me.....thats usually not a good thing.....

i guess i just don't understand how people can be so attached to the flag...i mean, it's just a flag...one of a million.

if there was only ONE us flag ever crafted then i could see it as having some hardcore meaning....that is not the case though.
i can walk next door to the hardware store and have a flag in 5 minutes....they are everywhere.

you ask 100 people what the flag stand for, i bet they all say something a little different.
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