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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:53 PM Original message |
Burning the flag bothers me |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. so don't burn one.... |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I would not be for any laws against flag burning, but |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have never actually seen a flag burned in real life. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Only at the American Legion |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I've never even seen that, but I really meant in the context of a protest. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yeah, I know |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Exactly... I suspect I've been to more protests than most... |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Exactly |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Me neither. But they have now proven that Texas executed an innocent man |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. there's alot of things about Texas |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. how do you feel when people make bikinis out of them? |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. rwing double standard |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. because that would be every bit as illegal. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I'm in agreement |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. totally agree with you there. |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. During one of the Gay Marriage debates |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. So are you willing to tear the guts out of what makes this country great |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. First of all |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes, what the flag represents is our freedoms, especially those |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. There are two questions here |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I wholeheartedly agree with you |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. I see your point |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Flying it upside down would get more attention at this point |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. point exactly |
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Err (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. I feel the same way too. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Abortions bother me.. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. The sweet irony is |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I agree |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. All flags are eventually burned as that is the official protocal for |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. the problem is using an issue |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I agree and that's |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. True that. This is a wedge issue designed to make emotions run high. |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have often thought about this: |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. I wrote to Blanche Lincoln about that. Didn't get a direct answer, of |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. I have a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. The flag doesn't represent a particular administration, person or policy. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Well said! |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. Cloth. Symbol. Soul. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
64. very well put.... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, and defacing the flag bothers me! |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. How many times have you seen a flag being burned... |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Flag burning is about as rampant as gay republicanism |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. YOU ARE WRONG! |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Lol so true, one must be a bit more careful with the facts being |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Seriously, just putting together James Guckert and Andrew Sullivan |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Since I cannot at the moment visual the umm faces of the two |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I guess so after all they at least have a log cabin to meet in |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's supposed to. To me that's the point. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Consider it a warning signal, a bell weather, a data point. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Not ONE of the things that make us great is a physical symbol. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'm just sentimental like that |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. I understand. Think of our Founding Fathers like this..... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Does it really happen? |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I'm all for |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. One documented flag burning in entire US last year. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Feel free not to burn them and feel free to complain |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. you know |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. "it's piece of cloth " - you forgot Made in China |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. Burning the flag bothers most people. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've never witnessed a flag burning im my life! |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
55. Burning the Constitution bothers me. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. It bothers me far more to see 'flag' shirts, hats, linings in jean jackets |
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dutchdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. Well |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
61. How do you feel about effigies of political figures |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. When was the last time you saw a flag burning? |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. other than the re-runs on CNN |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Yeah, I know. I think a lot of the reason this is even being discussed |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. exactly |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Well, nothing is sacred as far as I'm concerned. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. Isn't that the point of burning one? To bother people? |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. It sure would be if they ban it! |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
68. Country or government, is there really that much difference? |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. it shouldn't matter to those who live outside the |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Unfortunately... |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. your talking about something |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
74. it doesn't matter if it bothers you or not |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. but the fact that I CAN say |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
77. well, if you ever see one burned |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
78. I regard flag-burning as tasteless. |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
80. not me, not one bit, i'm an american |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
81. Me too. Burning the Constitution bothers me a great deal more. |
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