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HopeHoops

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15. Because it has changed with time, as it was intended to.

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Wed Feb 1, 2012, 07:13 PM

Feb 2012

Other than that, just the usual reasons - it's my fucking country, damn it!

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Why do you think our flag is so great? [View all] Taverner Feb 2012 OP

No. PDJane Feb 2012 #1

The Flag is honored for the values it's *supposed* to represent. baldguy Feb 2012 #2

Then it should have been duraflame material since it was first raised. Taverner Feb 2012 #3

The best flame retardent would be to enact policies which actually promoted Freedom & Liberty baldguy Feb 2012 #5

That would be nice. Hell, it would be nice for the US to live up to even ONE of its ideals Taverner Feb 2012 #13

I wish this had a like button. +100 amyrose2712 Feb 2012 #43

flags represent ideals qazplm Feb 2012 #4

The Marshall plan was a long time ago Taverner Feb 2012 #12

then pick whatever qazplm Feb 2012 #21

No, I think all governments and all corporations are the source of all inequality Taverner Feb 2012 #23

If only the very rich were truly served qazplm Feb 2012 #29

+1 Muskypundit Feb 2012 #44

yes and yes. soc7 Feb 2012 #6

Thank you, Ronald Reagan.... Taverner Feb 2012 #9

Because it's ours, that's what this all boils down to. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #8

Exactly. Taverner Feb 2012 #10

I deleted my post Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #11

This is sad. There was a time when you could speak your opinion here Taverner Feb 2012 #14

I must have missed it qazplm Feb 2012 #31

What is sad? Nobody is stopping you, Cali Democrat, or anybody else from expressing an opinion. emulatorloo Feb 2012 #47

there are no "good guys" qazplm Feb 2012 #24

Because it has changed with time, as it was intended to. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #15

Is it really your country tho? Taverner Feb 2012 #17

It's still our flag and one of the beauties of it is that it is legal to burn it. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #25

It is a piece of cloth Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #16

Do not confuse the cylinder-shaped bomb with the rectangular food bag jakeXT Feb 2012 #18

Because it's so flammable? Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #19

It represents the specific freedom to express love or contempt or anything in between. T S Justly Feb 2012 #20

Because it is complicated. Loudmxr Feb 2012 #22

//Combination of St George cross, Saltire and the St. Patrick's Cross// MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #38

OK... *through the mind of an Afghani* JSnuffy Feb 2012 #26

As false advertising it's aces. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #27

Burning one is a stupid tactic that pisses off symbolic thinkers Warpy Feb 2012 #28

the entirety of humanity qazplm Feb 2012 #30

It's still a stupid tactic Warpy Feb 2012 #33

what's a stupid tactic qazplm Feb 2012 #36

Purely symbolic libodem Feb 2012 #32

Let's play the same game with a different perspective onenote Feb 2012 #34

OWS has spent the winter months, doing as you suggest, helping to keep people in their homes sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #48

As a retired military officer I feel ... hack89 Feb 2012 #35

It's a great design from a graphics standpoint. Throd Feb 2012 #37

What do you think these folks think? jberryhill Feb 2012 #39

"oh shit the militia is coming" Muskypundit Feb 2012 #45

A flag is valueless and insignificant, if it is implanted in hollow earth. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Feb 2012 #40

Loving a symbol is silly. nt amyrose2712 Feb 2012 #41

people generally root for their sylveste Feb 2012 #42

Our flag represents the ideals this nation was founded upon. Muskypundit Feb 2012 #46

Let's complicate it a little. Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #49

Uff da... nt MineralMan Feb 2012 #50

Any national flag will cause different reactions in different people treestar Feb 2012 #51