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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2015, 03:59 PM Aug 2015

Fox And Friends: Confederate Flag Bans Are A Liberal Plot Against 'Expressions Of Patriotism'

Not The Onion!

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/fox-friends-confederate-flag-bans-are

The hosts of Fox & Friends asserted over the weekend that the Confederate flag was being banned in schools because liberals "hate expressions of patriotism."

Dickson County public schools in Tennessee last week announced that they had banned all flags because some students had been flying Confederate flags on their vehicles....

"This is not about a school district in Tennessee," Fox News host Tucker Carlson opined on Sunday. "This is a about a long-term trend where the people who run everything -- the elites in Washington, New York and L.A. -- despise rural America and its culture, suspect anybody that doesn't live in their cities of being a bigot, and they're trying to crush that culture by banning its symbols."

"Not just the Confederate flag, but the American flag," he continued. "They hate expressions of patriotism. It makes them uncomfortable. Let's be honest."

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Fox And Friends: Confederate Flag Bans Are A Liberal Plot Against 'Expressions Of Patriotism' (Original Post) KamaAina Aug 2015 OP

How come you do not see all these Southern Patriots joining the armed services?? Angry Dragon Aug 2015 #1

Confederate flag was treason, not patriotism. muntrv Aug 2015 #2

Seems rather obvious, doesn't it? gratuitous Aug 2015 #3

I doubt if they even know the words. KamaAina Aug 2015 #7

I just want to scream at them that they are fucking idiots. All three of them ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2015 #4

Tucker, "elites" really? underpants Aug 2015 #5

They need to stop beating around the bush... what exactly does that flag celebrate? reformist2 Aug 2015 #6

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

1. How come you do not see all these Southern Patriots joining the armed services??

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:04 PM

Aug 2015

Men and woman all ...................

muntrv

(14,505 posts)

2. Confederate flag was treason, not patriotism.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:04 PM

Aug 2015

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

3. Seems rather obvious, doesn't it?

Reply to muntrv (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:07 PM

Aug 2015

But here's a question to ponder: When was the time one of the Fox hosts ceded some air time to lead his or her viewers/listeners in a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner"? You know, like Garrison Keillor does on "A Prairie Home Companion"?

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

7. I doubt if they even know the words.

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:16 PM

Aug 2015

Certainly not Brian Kilmeade.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

4. I just want to scream at them that they are fucking idiots. All three of them

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:10 PM

Aug 2015

But it would only illicit that deer in the headlight look from three truly mindless morons.

underpants

(182,906 posts)

5. Tucker, "elites" really?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:12 PM

Aug 2015

He is the epitome of crony DC elitism.

I remember on Jan. 20th 2009 him on Morning Joe (why? No one knows) absolutely bitching about all these people in his city and the streets cut off for security and how he couldn't walk down to get his morning paper/breakfast/coffee. He sounded positively Parisean.

reformist2

(9,841 posts)

6. They need to stop beating around the bush... what exactly does that flag celebrate?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:13 PM

Aug 2015

Patriotism, they say. Heritage, they say. Tradition, they say.

What patriotism?

What heritage?

What tradition?

Please, tell us!

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