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In reply to the discussion: Burning The US Flag Is Akin to Displaying the Confederate Flag [View all]Romulox
(25,960 posts)29. No. No it's not. nt
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Thank you. I am an atheist and think that religion has a lot to answer for. I don't burn Bibles. n/t
renie408
Feb 2012
#4
Please read about civil rights movements. The class you ask me to teach you can't be done here.
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#39
That answers the question about whether or not you can have a discussion without being insulting.
renie408
Feb 2012
#44
Or how about we use burning it to represent our dissatisfaction that it doesn't represent what it
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#5
You are wrong if you think 'wingers' are the only people who care about flag burning.
renie408
Feb 2012
#21
Can you have a straight discussion about this without insulting the person you are talking to?
renie408
Feb 2012
#33
No, not really because you are becoming responsible for grandizing idea that it's offensive
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#37
Not being cowed into revering a piece of fabric that represents a regime elevates the conversation.
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#60
It allows intelligent folks the opportunity to explain to their family and peers why
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#85
So what does burning a flag represent to OWS? What is the message I am suppose to get? nt
hack89
Feb 2012
#86
America is broken, breaking, falling, no longer worthy of the respect it demands.
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#92
A sense of moral and intellectual superiority is what every successful social movement is built on
hack89
Feb 2012
#104
Because, yeah, the civil liberties situation in 1861 was SO much the same as now
jberryhill
Feb 2012
#6
Really??? You're that ignorant? You can't fathom what "these days" mean in the context of
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#78
it's CRAZY to suggest that burning the U.S. flag doesn't alienate the vast majority of working class
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#31
I 100% support OWS and consider it the most promissing social movement in a at least a generation
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#111
it's not a matter of whether it offends me or not - it offends almost all working class Americans
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#110
everyone who has any exposure to working class Americans knows very well that the
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#117
Harm vs good can only be determined in hindsight, which we have not enough of regarding
Lionessa
Feb 2012
#64
Well, if they don't understand what a perfect political statement flag burning really is
nobodyspecial
Feb 2012
#26
The Reason Burning The Flag Is Dumb Is Because You Are Alienating The Very People You Want To Reach
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2012
#36
You Are Attributing A Level Of Political Sophistication To The Average American That Never Existed
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2012
#42
They're not going to get "sophisticated" by playing to their fears of not conforming.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2012
#54
I concede that point. That is why symbols are powerful and why they are used.
morningfog
Feb 2012
#66
what then is the precise form of protest which will not antagonize and provoke anger in anyone?
LanternWaste
Feb 2012
#70
i dont agree with the first part of your argument, but do agree with the second part
La Lioness Priyanka
Feb 2012
#71
That's the thing about flags if the United States were to lose a war to China, and
Uncle Joe
Feb 2012
#95
I only have a problem with you not reading what I write before responding.
JackRiddler
Feb 2012
#106
Actually, your point seems to be to pin "OWS" neurotically to a flag-burning incident in Oakland...
JackRiddler
Feb 2012
#108
So quite a lot of Southerners aren't "average everyday Americans"? Right then
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2012
#115