Reply #18: here we go again...

[StopTheMorans]

I have no problem with the flag UNLESS it is used as a shield to deflect the bearer of the flag from rational discourse/free thought. which it very often is. is this going to turn into the "why do liberals always blame america first" fest? have you ever thought about the politicization of the flag right now, and what people take it to mean? how the flag is equated with patriotism, and how people assume that waving a flag/having one on their car automatically makes them patriotic, even though they have no idea what it stands for or no awareness of the current issues? sorry, but a lot of people put flags on their cars for the same reason people put blindfolds over their eyes, it allows them to sleep easy at night, but at least the people with blindfolds aren't putting them on to veil their ignorance in the garb of the patriot.