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WWJFKD
reply to post by MichaelPMaccabee
You eluded to I'm assuming you are referring to the rebel flag associated with Mississippi as a racist flag and the Gadsen flag associated with the tea party. Sound remarkably like assumptions thereby making my point. What exactly was your point?
daryllyn
reply to post by MichaelPMaccabee
I'm assuming nothing. It was spelled out in the OP.
The guy saw Tea Party # and the upside down flag in their front yard and didn't want to do business with them. To deny that the Gadsdan Flag is a popular flag of the Tea Party would be to deny that the Stars and Bars is a popular flag with racists. Is every person flying the Stars and Bars a racist? I cannot make that claim, but I would say that a good marjority of people with a Gadsdan Flag and an Impeach Obama sign in their front yard are probably aligned with the Tea Party.
The Gadsden flag, is a historical American flag dating back to 1775. Others in the past have also adopted it, but it doesn't mean it only represents them exclusively.
WWJFKD
I don't assume anyones affiliation with any group based on a symbol which has many different interpretations to many different persons. I have personally seen black people driving pickups in MS with the rebel flag decorative license plate - what does that suggest?
The Gadsen flag has a proud heritage in this country long before the tea party ever existed.
Unless you see someone displaying one of these symbols and personally go up to them and ask whats up how can we assume we know anything of their motivation.edit on 26-10-2013 by WWJFKD because: damn busted ass keyboard
beezzer
reply to post by MichaelPMaccabee
Why should anyone really care? Shouldn't we just all be free enough to accept that people don't always think the same?
I mean, really. Look at this thread!
The people most bent out of shape are the ones who don't agree with personal expression!
Or should we just all think the same and behave the same. . . ad nauseum
daryllyn
reply to post by dlbott
Oh she is wearing nice glasses and clothes so someone is making money to go to eye doctor and buy glasses and nice clothes.
My glasses are SEVEN years old, and the prescription is three years old.
My 'nice' shirt was picked up at a garage sale for a whopping 75 cents.
We have a truck that doesn't fit us all and are borrowing a pop can on wheels from family, to get us by until we can get an appropriate vehicle, and hoping like hell they will take the truck in trade with whatever cash we can scrape together.
You see, someone thought it was a good idea to text while driving a 22ft long refrigerated box truck. He slammed into my husband at 60MPH, who was in his work truck, sitting still on the highway waiting to make a left hand turn. He broke every vertebrae in his thoracic spine along with a few others, suffered bilateral atelectasis, and brain trauma. He was the top outside foreman and will never be able to go back.Three months after the accident? I was diagnosed with a devastating, painful, degenerative disease that has no cure. So the nice Chrysler we had with a moon roof and heated seats? Had to go back to the dealer.
And THAT is why we needed the car in the first place.
I could go on, because it gets worse, but I'll spare you.
So let's not go around making assumptions, hmm?
beezzer
Whaa, who gives a poop? People should have a god damned right to say what they want without the fear of progressive retaliation!
MichaelPMaccabee
beezzer
Whaa, who gives a poop? People should have a god damned right to say what they want without the fear of progressive retaliation!
I will reiterate, since the way I phrased it before was deemed to be thread drift.
The OP has the right to fly the flags in her yard, but the Salesman should not have the right to turn her away because of them?
How does someone legislate which First Amendment right to trample on?