Homer Wells
(1000+ posts)
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Wed Nov-15-06 10:04 PM
Response to Reply #152 |
| 169. There is no inherent right |
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either through law, or through social custom, against being offended. Free speech is free speech, and not only when it does not offend someone.
We can't have it both ways! We can't pass laws to protect anyones sensitivities for either side.
Look at how the current Regime tries to make laws forbidding people to wear clothing which carries messages opposing the war and opposing the Bush Regime. We raise all kinds of hell (and rightfully so) against such high-handed actions, yet some on our side want to prohibit the morans on the other side from spreading their messages.
Perhaps it IS a damn shame, but there it is!
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 50 Foot Rebel flag fying over I-75 by Suwanee River in Fla... |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 10:48 AM |
#0 |
 
I've just found something hysterically funny. The Iranians are |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Nov-14-06 10:50 AM |
#1 |
Is that flag now the banner for the "meth-necks?" |
wholetruth00 |
Nov-14-06 07:19 PM |
#99 |
I'm going to start using that term....Gerat job. |
ileus |
Nov-15-06 12:10 PM |
#137 |
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Of course. The "Aryans" were the Indo-European |
Dick Diver |
Nov-15-06 03:47 PM |
#159 |
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I was driving on I-40 just west of Knoxville on the way to Nashville... |
kentuck |
Nov-14-06 10:51 AM |
#2 |
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"It was half-hid amongst the bushes.." |
Turbineguy |
Nov-14-06 11:03 AM |
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I'm glad you picked that up... |
kentuck |
Nov-14-06 11:04 AM |
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Saw something similiar along I-75 in southern Georgia |
BushOut06 |
Nov-14-06 10:52 AM |
#3 |
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A Nazi flag would be highly appropriate at most homeowners assn meetings |
lpbk2713 |
Nov-14-06 04:18 PM |
#69 |
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confed swastika on the hwy=ethnic cleansing 'mission accomplished' |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-14-06 06:23 PM |
#88 |
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The flag is on private property |
DoYouEverWonder |
Nov-14-06 10:53 AM |
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You know him?? |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 10:56 AM |
#5 |
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He's a good friend |
DoYouEverWonder |
Nov-14-06 11:27 AM |
#17 |
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I don't know whether to admire you or recommend you be committed. |
Tyler Durden |
Nov-14-06 11:33 AM |
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I always refer to that flag as the Republican Party Flag. nfm |
Jack from Charlotte |
Nov-14-06 12:01 PM |
#22 |
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you want that kind of person as a friend? |
donsu |
Nov-14-06 01:30 PM |
#35 |
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Like I said, I don't agree with his politics |
DoYouEverWonder |
Nov-14-06 01:33 PM |
#39 |
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yes it does and yes you should |
donsu |
Nov-14-06 01:39 PM |
#41 |
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how tolerant of you |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 06:34 PM |
#91 |
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ridiculous. nt |
k_jerome |
Nov-15-06 10:08 AM |
#127 |
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Putting up a 50 foot Rebel flag is a little more than |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 01:43 PM |
#44 |
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He provided the land |
DoYouEverWonder |
Nov-14-06 02:17 PM |
#49 |
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I don't 'tolerate' racists |
donsu |
Nov-14-06 02:45 PM |
#51 |
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Then you are intolerant |
DoYouEverWonder |
Nov-14-06 02:48 PM |
#52 |
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baloney |
donsu |
Nov-14-06 02:52 PM |
#55 |
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Oh, yes. We're so intolerant of those poor racists. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Nov-14-06 03:17 PM |
#62 |
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I'm intolerant of child molesters too |
Marnieworld |
Nov-15-06 03:27 PM |
#155 |
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Well, to the other 300 million of us Americans, |
Scout1071 |
Nov-14-06 06:37 PM |
#93 |
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What I don't get is why they want to remind people of the |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Nov-14-06 08:06 PM |
#114 |
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I'd agree with you about the "more than that" part |
0rganism |
Nov-14-06 09:25 PM |
#118 |
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Actually, it does (make someone a bad person). |
Tesha |
Nov-15-06 08:56 AM |
#125 |
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Really? He remembers the civil war? Amazing |
Marnieworld |
Nov-15-06 01:25 PM |
#144 |
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How many African-Americans live in that community? See #76 |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-14-06 05:40 PM |
#79 |
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The rebel flag has been there for many years... |
rexcat |
Nov-14-06 10:57 AM |
#6 |
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You got that right. |
Scout1071 |
Nov-14-06 06:45 PM |
#96 |
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three words |
realpolitik |
Nov-14-06 10:59 AM |
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Sherman should have finished the job. |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 11:16 AM |
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That's a cruel comment and not needed if one wants to not inspire even |
KoKo01 |
Nov-14-06 11:47 AM |
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It is no one's intention to inspire more division.... |
Tyler Durden |
Nov-14-06 12:08 PM |
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I was referring to "Sherman should have finished the job" post.... |
KoKo01 |
Nov-14-06 12:28 PM |
#28 |
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The South should have been occupied.... After the war, they |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 01:40 PM |
#43 |
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The South was occupied |
LibertyLover |
Nov-14-06 02:00 PM |
#47 |
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Do you get your history from reading sugar packets? |
rinsd |
Nov-14-06 04:05 PM |
#66 |
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The South WAS Occupied after the Civil War. And it created Terrorists. |
KoKo01 |
Nov-14-06 04:07 PM |
#67 |
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Fallujah on the Mississipi. That's what comes of doing the bidding |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Nov-14-06 08:12 PM |
#115 |
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The 2nd largest terrorist attack in US history came after the Civil War |
BushOut06 |
Nov-16-06 09:58 AM |
#180 |
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Jobs move South because they can get cheap labor here. |
DemBones DemBones |
Nov-16-06 09:45 AM |
#177 |
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Sherman visited hell on the Confederacy |
realpolitik |
Nov-14-06 01:25 PM |
#33 |
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Two words: |
MJDuncan1982 |
Nov-15-06 12:19 PM |
#138 |
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I second that motion. |
NaturalHigh |
Nov-15-06 02:57 PM |
#149 |
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I apologize for the previous post. I should not have resorted to |
MJDuncan1982 |
Nov-16-06 09:42 AM |
#175 |
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What a jackass statement. |
NaturalHigh |
Nov-15-06 02:57 PM |
#148 |
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Yeah. |
Lurking Dem |
Nov-15-06 03:22 PM |
#151 |
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So... |
Clark2008 |
Nov-14-06 10:59 AM |
#8 |
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If that flag was an offense to White people... It would NOT be |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 11:09 AM |
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Maybe so, but that still doesn't mean you shouldn't ignore it. |
Clark2008 |
Nov-14-06 12:03 PM |
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Do you realize what this comment makes you sound like? See #76 |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-14-06 05:38 PM |
#78 |
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Some advice... |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:27 PM |
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Not true. |
JacksonWest |
Nov-14-06 03:06 PM |
#61 |
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I don't agree with that |
treestar |
Nov-15-06 10:56 AM |
#133 |
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It offends this one |
Marnieworld |
Nov-15-06 03:24 PM |
#152 |
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There is no inherent right |
StephenB48 |
Nov-15-06 10:04 PM |
#169 |
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Yep. I agree |
Marnieworld |
Nov-16-06 08:54 AM |
#171 |
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Can we PLEASE let them secede???? |
Tyler Durden |
Nov-14-06 10:59 AM |
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LOL !!... Yes I do sort of feel like a Jew in 1936 Germany? |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 11:08 AM |
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As long as we don't educate equally across the board.... |
Tyler Durden |
Nov-14-06 11:12 AM |
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Correct me if I'm wrong |
Coyote_Bandit |
Nov-14-06 11:44 AM |
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I never said we didn't have our share of Ignorant rePuke supporters... |
Tyler Durden |
Nov-14-06 11:57 AM |
#21 |
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I feel compelled |
Coyote_Bandit |
Nov-14-06 01:24 PM |
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Which part - the Blue urban areas of the Red suburban areas. |
Clark2008 |
Nov-14-06 12:12 PM |
#25 |
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I don't know why not. |
TahitiNut |
Nov-14-06 01:54 PM |
#45 |
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I am a blue southerner |
aphopkin |
Nov-14-06 01:58 PM |
#46 |
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Thank-you for sharing |
wicket |
Nov-14-06 02:55 PM |
#58 |
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I don't understand the hatred |
MUSTANG_2004 |
Nov-15-06 04:31 PM |
#161 |
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South of Nashville on I-65 Nathan Bedford Forrest statue! |
Wcross |
Nov-14-06 11:15 AM |
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Remember when somebody set it on fire? |
Lurking Dem |
Nov-15-06 11:03 AM |
#134 |
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Most of the Confederate flag noise is based on ignorance on both sides |
Solo_in_MD |
Nov-14-06 12:19 PM |
#26 |
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This is simple apologist talking points... |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 01:32 PM |
#37 |
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Free speech trumps thin skin sand PC nonsense |
Solo_in_MD |
Nov-14-06 02:55 PM |
#59 |
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a wee bit of clarification |
piedmont |
Nov-14-06 05:23 PM |
#75 |
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there is no law against burning the flag |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 06:40 PM |
#95 |
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Flying the Stars & Bars is akin to flying the flag of our defeated |
Historic NY |
Nov-14-06 12:24 PM |
#27 |
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"If were going to have flag amendments"..... Good Idea! |
Bridget Burke |
Nov-14-06 01:31 PM |
#36 |
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The Confederate national flag is the Stars and Bars.... |
piedmont |
Nov-14-06 05:27 PM |
#77 |
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If it's about heritage why not fly |
Marnieworld |
Nov-15-06 03:37 PM |
#157 |
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I recall seeing several along I-75... |
AngryOldDem |
Nov-14-06 12:56 PM |
#29 |
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As a southerner |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 01:04 PM |
#30 |
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a "heritage" of slavery |
donsu |
Nov-14-06 01:32 PM |
#38 |
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Like I said.. |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 01:39 PM |
#42 |
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true, my knee jerks when someone tries to say the confederate flag |
donsu |
Nov-14-06 02:53 PM |
#57 |
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Apparently being a southerner doesn't make you automatically get it either... |
Concerned GA Voter |
Nov-14-06 07:36 PM |
#110 |
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Not THIS Southerner! |
Swamp Rat |
Nov-15-06 12:37 PM |
#139 |
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This Georgia boy |
conscious evolution |
Nov-15-06 09:18 PM |
#166 |
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Is it a black southern thang too!......... I don't think so! |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 01:38 PM |
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Heritage of what? Treason, hatred and bigotry. Yeah, that's some heritage |
MadHound |
Nov-14-06 02:10 PM |
#48 |
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Lemme ask ya something |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 02:37 PM |
#50 |
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LOL, now you are living in an antebellum dreamland |
MadHound |
Nov-14-06 03:51 PM |
#64 |
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Not what I said... |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 04:03 PM |
#65 |
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Let me reword this for your better understanding pleasure |
MadHound |
Nov-14-06 05:45 PM |
#80 |
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You see what you want |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 05:54 PM |
#83 |
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My, my, you do have a way of taking things out of context |
MadHound |
Nov-14-06 06:13 PM |
#87 |
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And what exactly goes on in the South? |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 06:31 PM |
#89 |
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Hee hee. |
Clark2008 |
Nov-14-06 07:26 PM |
#105 |
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Thank you |
VforVicarious |
Nov-14-06 07:53 PM |
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You know, this fake southern friendliness is exactly that ..FAKE |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 09:18 PM |
#117 |
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Just maybe |
VforVicarious |
Nov-15-06 06:10 AM |
#121 |
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Just maybe |
VforVicarious |
Nov-15-06 06:10 AM |
#122 |
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It's also true that those traditions need to be kept because.... |
happydreams |
Nov-14-06 04:38 PM |
#74 |
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V, I was born and raised in the South. |
Lochloosa |
Nov-15-06 03:25 PM |
#153 |
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I tend to agree that flying the flag is a bit much. I do, however, have a nice painting |
MJDuncan1982 |
Nov-16-06 09:45 AM |
#176 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Nov-14-06 02:53 PM |
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Well, I'm not a troll, but I can back up what he's saying |
Clark2008 |
Nov-14-06 04:22 PM |
#70 |
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2 out of 100... of which you are 1 of the 2... |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:23 PM |
#102 |
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I must of missed something. |
Clark2008 |
Nov-14-06 07:25 PM |
#104 |
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Do non-white Southerners consider it "heritage" too. |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:30 PM |
#107 |
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delete |
happydreams |
Nov-14-06 04:34 PM |
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The Battle Flag IS NOT the Stars and Bars flag |
piedmont |
Nov-14-06 05:50 PM |
#81 |
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Well Excuuuuuuuse me |
MadHound |
Nov-14-06 06:34 PM |
#92 |
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wasn't a flame |
piedmont |
Nov-14-06 06:46 PM |
#97 |
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And then we wonder why they havent elected a black senator since |
Ksec |
Nov-14-06 01:11 PM |
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Flying The Stars & Bars is the same as Burning The Stars & Stripes |
ThomWV |
Nov-14-06 01:29 PM |
#34 |
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MazeRat7 |
Nov-14-06 02:51 PM |
#53 |
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Please don't be so quick to abandon the principle of the 1st amendment. |
aikoaiko |
Nov-14-06 02:52 PM |
#54 |
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It makes you miss the "Jesus is coming and Grandma's cooking" sign |
noonwitch |
Nov-14-06 02:59 PM |
#60 |
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I live on the border of Taylor and Dixie County Florida Florida... |
ShaneGR |
Nov-14-06 03:22 PM |
#63 |
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I want a Rebel flag. |
Atmashine |
Nov-14-06 04:13 PM |
#68 |
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Flaming arrows should do the job nicely. |
happydreams |
Nov-14-06 04:32 PM |
#71 |
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Exactly... Where's our daring youth today??? |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:15 PM |
#98 |
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Paint balls could be used by those not versed in archery. |
happydreams |
Nov-15-06 09:22 PM |
#167 |
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The problem with the flag is that it symbolizes radically different things |
kwassa |
Nov-14-06 04:35 PM |
#73 |
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Sounds like a 'SUNDOWN TOWN'--to WHOM do you think the |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-14-06 05:25 PM |
#76 |
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You do realize that most blacks support |
Sgent |
Nov-14-06 05:50 PM |
#82 |
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Wouldn't that make the question |
Heywoodj |
Nov-14-06 05:54 PM |
#84 |
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LINK, please? This one says you're spreading disinformation |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-14-06 06:10 PM |
#86 |
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The exit polling I was referring to |
Sgent |
Nov-14-06 06:31 PM |
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I see--NO link. Very convincing argument (sarcasm) that blacks |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-14-06 06:39 PM |
#94 |
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The Mississippi |
Taoschick |
Nov-15-06 11:57 AM |
#136 |
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Just because a county has a majority African-American |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-15-06 02:23 PM |
#145 |
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Let me get this straight... |
Taoschick |
Nov-15-06 08:34 PM |
#163 |
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Had they been convicted of murder, they could have voted! |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-15-06 09:50 PM |
#168 |
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Some places in the South, slavery never really ended for Black men |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-15-06 10:31 PM |
#170 |
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Absolute BULLSHIT!!!!........ |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:19 PM |
#100 |
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Freedom of Speech isn't always what you want to see or hear |
RagingInMiami |
Nov-14-06 05:58 PM |
#85 |
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Within reasonable limits. |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:21 PM |
#101 |
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Well if it's not government-funded and if it's on private property |
RagingInMiami |
Nov-14-06 09:34 PM |
#119 |
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agreed |
Blue_Tires |
Nov-14-06 09:35 PM |
#120 |
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People have the right to express ignorant,racist views. |
Pithlet |
Nov-14-06 07:23 PM |
#103 |
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When it flies over a public Insterstate Highway I do... |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:31 PM |
#108 |
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Not if it's on private property, though. |
Pithlet |
Nov-14-06 07:35 PM |
#109 |
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There are many limitations to the freedom of speech... |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-14-06 07:47 PM |
#111 |
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And your solution |
Pithlet |
Nov-14-06 07:55 PM |
#113 |
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Specious analogy, anyone? |
Nabeshin |
Nov-15-06 10:03 AM |
#126 |
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Flying a confederate flag could directly cause panic and destruction .... |
kwassa |
Nov-15-06 10:27 AM |
#130 |
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We weren't talking about Klan rallies, were we? |
Nabeshin |
Nov-15-06 10:51 AM |
#131 |
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I am pointing out an exception to your statement |
kwassa |
Nov-15-06 11:39 AM |
#135 |
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It begs to be vandalized.... The property owner is crossing the |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-15-06 01:02 PM |
#142 |
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So, should it be illegal? |
Nabeshin |
Nov-15-06 05:10 PM |
#162 |
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In this context it only help you identify who it is that might do such |
treestar |
Nov-15-06 10:54 AM |
#132 |
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I think it's really funny when people fly the stars 'n' bars |
Kelly Rupert |
Nov-14-06 08:13 PM |
#116 |
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You can burn that flag!!! nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Nov-15-06 06:11 AM |
#123 |
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TURK 182!! |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-15-06 12:56 PM |
#141 |
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yeah, and the stars and stripes are SO representative of equality |
Terri S |
Nov-15-06 07:02 AM |
#124 |
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Apparently some people here haven't read the Bill of Rights lately |
bleedingheart |
Nov-15-06 10:13 AM |
#128 |
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"Something needs to be done!!" |
MUSTANG_2004 |
Nov-15-06 10:13 AM |
#129 |
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I have no problem with them flying a normal sized flag |
RethugAssKicker |
Nov-15-06 12:55 PM |
#140 |
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I don't see that it matters |
MUSTANG_2004 |
Nov-15-06 02:51 PM |
#147 |
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considering that FLa wasn't in the confederacy |
Marnieworld |
Nov-15-06 01:23 PM |
#143 |
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Yes, it was, on January 10, 1861 |
MUSTANG_2004 |
Nov-15-06 02:47 PM |
#146 |
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my bad I thought it was Spanish territory then still |
Marnieworld |
Nov-15-06 03:15 PM |
#150 |
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"Martin Luther King in a Communist Training Camp" |
kwassa |
Nov-15-06 03:26 PM |
#154 |
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Way down upon the Suwanee River? |
ProgressiveEconomist |
Nov-15-06 03:32 PM |
#156 |
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We stopped there on one trip .... |
kwassa |
Nov-15-06 04:16 PM |
#160 |
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Two other guys and I camped out on Suwanee River back in 1971. |
B Calm |
Nov-15-06 08:55 PM |
#164 |
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Interesting thread. Some observations: |
Dick Diver |
Nov-15-06 03:42 PM |
#158 |
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It's their right to fly that Looser flag... |
B Calm |
Nov-15-06 08:57 PM |
#165 |
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How about a tighter flag? |
QC |
Nov-16-06 09:13 AM |
#173 |
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Regarding flags and heritage |
frustrated_lefty |
Nov-16-06 09:10 AM |
#172 |
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Rebel flag = intimidation, NOT heritage |
BushOut06 |
Nov-16-06 09:25 AM |
#174 |
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The rebel flag is indeed meant for defiance against Northern oppressors, |
DemBones DemBones |
Nov-16-06 09:53 AM |
#178 |
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WE JUST WON THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE -- WAS AN ANTI-SOUTH THREAD |
DemBones DemBones |
Nov-16-06 09:55 AM |
#179 |
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