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In reply to the discussion: Why do you think our flag is so great? [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)35. As a retired military officer I feel ...
that the flag is just a symbol. I have no problem with flag burning - the 1st Amendment is one of the rights I was fighting to protect.
I served and fought for many things, some important and others trivial but a flag was not one of them.
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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
No, I think all governments and all corporations are the source of all inequality
Taverner
Feb 2012
#23
What is sad? Nobody is stopping you, Cali Democrat, or anybody else from expressing an opinion.
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#47
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 represents the specific freedom to express love or contempt or anything in between.
T S Justly
Feb 2012
#20
OWS has spent the winter months, doing as you suggest, helping to keep people in their homes
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#48
A flag is valueless and insignificant, if it is implanted in hollow earth.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Feb 2012
#40