That may be best for your BP.

Republicans tend to think they had a corner on the patriotism market. It's what drives the cult thinking. NRA support, massive debt, massive moral regulations, corrupt administration, coordination with Russians, money laundering, obstruction of justice, using govt position to personally line their pockets, rampant promoted racism, blatant lies to the public, encouraging Russia to hack US citizens emails, demoralizing and attempting to dirty the FBI and CIA for personal gain, using the Justice Department for personal cover ups, none of that seem very American to me.

I mean, I’m acutely aware of each of their transgressions and outrages (and their getting away with it, for now); but when you string them all together as you did, it really packs a wallop.

What? We live here. We’ve got businesses and homes and farms here!

That one gets me the most

Flag fetishists. Ugh.

How much you wanna bet those same people have tattiest, most faded-out raggedy shredded remains of cheapo made in China flags decorating their houses and cars?

Actually I did away with Facebook over a year ago, so it is now a moot point. But I wouldn't give the bastids the time of day if I were you.

It will lower your blood pressure and your relatives won't be able to upset you!

They think it's something that distinguishes them from everyone else.

...scum-buckets.

Curating ones feed and friends is what helps. Just like in real life.

I had to unload on somebody at a party who turned an innocent discussion on football into an "NFL players disrespect the flag and hate our country" rant. It was totally unnecessary but these people tend to parrot whatever bullshit they hear on Fox every single chance they get, regardless of whether or not it's appropriate for the conversation. Needless to say I got a lot of looks. But fuck, I hate Fox News and how they hijacked this narrative. I will definitely argue until I'm blue in the face how stupid people are who believe this bullshit nonsense.

I prefer to have a few succinct talking points lined up. I think liberals honor the flag more than conservatives do, anyway. People who wave it around too much are the ones who don't think about what it stands for. It's a symbol, and if you can't bother to fight for what it symbolizes, then in my opinion, you disrespect it. And I'm not afraid to say it, either.

If you claim to know what our founding fathers stood for, but don't know any significance of it, you're not a patriot. If you haven't read the Bill Of Rights past the words "shall not be infringed", you are not a patriot. If you only hear what Fox News tells you then you are not a patriot.

and have it up there in the dark, well, then, you also don't know flag etiquette! That always floors me. People who lose their marbles over flag burning don't seem to mind it flying all tattered and ripped to shreds on a big pole in their yard.

They became popular after 9/11. Also against flag etiquette. And, that's before they let them get tattered to shreds. I saw tons of them lying along the roads, and in ditches in the months after the September 11th attack.

But I don't unfriend them, it can be amusing to see how the other side (supposedly) thinks.
I will set them straight if they post a flat-out untruth. Like my old ex-BF, the Tea Party Patriot (dodged a bullet there!) posted something about "liberals started taxing your SS." Let him know that no, that was your very own St. Ronnie. He had no rebuttal to that.

"grab them by the P*" Donald J Trump.

but only 1 Constitution. All Americans have a primary duty to uphold the Constitution first and foremost, and all our public official take a solemn oath to defend it, not a flag, just the Constitution.

The flag is only a logo, an identifier, a symbolic icon like Apple's apple or Tritter's blue birds. No one swears to die for a piece of fabric, but Americans have given their lives to preserve our Inalienable Rights and the Rule of Law that the Constitution provides.

Take them off all my feeds, so that the only time I see anything they post is when another friend comments on something. You don't have to attend every fight you're invited to.

that shit's about to get a whole lot deeper.

To a vast majority of them, the "flag" an mean a confederate or Gadsden flag.

I attend the monthly local county Democrat meetings and at the start of every meeting we all stand, put our hand over our hearts and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Not exactly flag hating behavior. These Rightwingnuts are just NUTS.

Racist, evangelical, judgmental pricks. I had no idea the extent of their beliefs until they felt free to share them on facebook. Not only that, they made their posts public. Stupid fucking idiots. I told them so, and told them never to talk to me again. No use for people like that, relatives or not.

I stand for principles behind the symbols, not for the symbols themselves.

flag for $175. Signing the flag is a violation of U.S. law. So who's disrespecting???

Your cousin loves the johnny reb flag too? I'm always amazed at people that post shit like that -

Then support a foreign army's flag.

I NEVER use the he terms "Union" or "Confederate." I make a point of using the terms "American" and "rebel" instead. Never fails to infuriate Southern sympathizers.

Never get defensive and don’t try to engage them on any rational level. Do not explain things, especially about yourself. That’s what I mean when I say don’t react defensively.

Just shoot back with a statement that’s similar in nastiness and direct as the statement that just made you mad. Examples of things to say:

Liberals hate the Confederate flag, which, in case you didn’t know, is not the American flag.

Liberals love the flag and what it stands for, not like the NRA who pretend getting rich selling assault rifles is true patriotism.

Liberals hate Deplorables who are ignorant, can’t spell and who need Fox News to tell them what to think.

Liberals hate people who claim they’re Christians but who gladly hate everyone who isn’t just like them.

You get the idea

It has become a cesspool for many reasons, and I know that none of us miss Facebook AT ALL. It had become a place dominated by the most shallow types who are there just to post vacation pictures and seek attention and occasionally post political rants (also for the purposes of getting attention). The people with whom we want to be in touch — well we are in touch. The others, who truthfully aren’t really people we were that concerned about before joiningFacebook, like people we see once a year or haven’t seen since college, we see them occasionally or they just fall away as is inevitable and perfectly acceptable in life.

I really don’t think it is helpful at all to read rants or to post replies to them. Nobody has ever converted anyone on Facebook — it’s really a waste of your energy, especially if it gives you anxiety and affects you physically.

In fact people I know who still check their pages periodically do everything they can to hide the idiots who post political rants about anything (but especially pro Trump nonsense).

About flags is silly. It’s an inanimate object. I don’t believe in any of that. I’d just ignore them if it raises bp to engage. These people have demonstrated many times they don’t care about this country at all by their adherence to hate and who they vote for etc

they just detest what it stands for