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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:25 PM Original message |
Tenn. teen battles school's Confederate flag ban |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wish we had just let them go. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A big thanks from the SOUTH here. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. No, I know that not everyone in the south is like that. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Deleted message |
Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. It's against DU rules to announce you've alerted. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Did you forget the "can you tell I'm just fucking with you" smilie? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. that was an "attack"...? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
62. My entire family is from the South - and I wholeheartedly agree |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. You've seen it on TV. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Willful ignorance is abhorrent in ALL its many presentations. Look in the mirror. nt |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
88. Obviously you've never been here. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
108. Wow... and you think this guy's the bigot. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #108 |
130. For what it's worth... |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stupid Is As Stupid Does |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Schools don't have freedom of speech rights |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Exactly so |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm not so sure of that |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Yep, you are right. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Well, I guess he should be allowed to wear it. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
103. Schools are not free speech zones... |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. the Supreme Court tends to disagree (n/t) |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Not true... |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. hence the "tends" |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Take it DOWN! Leave it be in history! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. He should vote for Bob Barr |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm 1/8 German. I guess that I should "fight for my heritage" |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I'm 1/4 German and I wouldn't wear a swastika buckle but I don't want anyone telling me I can NOT |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Bad Analogy |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. But...but...but...the confederacy produced a submarine...that promptly sank |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. That's pretty funny, actually, because most DUers are more than willing to heap aspersions |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. "Most DUers?" You just got here. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #85 |
104. I've been reading for 5 years. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Hell, you Germans changed the map of Europe and developed many technologies... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
115. You do realize, of course, that most manufacturing, including |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Hmmm...born in, and spent my first 18 years, in South Carolina... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. yeah, |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. Exactly, and now those "right to work" southerners are finding out... |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, after all he is from Redneckistan. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Poor, poor victim. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I do. I think he actually -is- the victim of political correctness run amuck. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I doubt it. He sounds like a classic attention whore. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, he might go postal but the best way to deal with idiots* like that |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Using the word "idiots"? Depends on how you use it, I'd guess. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I certainly agree, but what exactly is the behavior you feel he should be held accountable for? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. According to TFA... |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. See how perception skews opinion? To me, 40 suspensions reeks of |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. A peace symbol is not a hate symbol; the confederate flag is. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Your conclusion might just be correct but there really isn't enough information |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. The confederate flag = slavery, murder, treason.... Welcome to DU. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Which distinguishes it from the standard American flag...how, exactly? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Red Herring |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. True but hardly a refutation of my point. Nice lateral, though! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Touchdown! |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I'm not sure what you mean by 'touchdown' but I SURE AS HELL HOPE you're not intimating I'm a |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Nowhere in the English lexicon does the term 'touchdown' refer to the word 'Klansman'. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Thanks for posting this, Swamp Rat! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. I'm from the Deep South |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. As I stated in post # 55, I don't view the stars and bars as a |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Fallacy of Equivocation |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #75 |
98. I believe in Germany, it is a criminal offense to display or wear |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. I don't consider myself either fragile or delicate, but |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Oh, I have no problem with an evenly-enforced "dress code". |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. As stated, it's not a 'southern thing' as in the whole south |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. These guys are in Indiana |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
133. ...and they shouldn't wear that shit to school, either. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
109. How was it NOT evenly enforced? -nt |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. I think the problem will be solved by the team of lawyers... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. Well, the young fellow DID say it was about his heritage |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
117. It's not a hate symbol around here - and that's the point. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
110. Come on. You don't actually consider him an idiot. -nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Ah, yes, the evil "political correctness" |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Does that mean you do -not- think it's evil? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. PC? I think it's a right wing code word to demonstrate frustration at having to be polite. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Maybe you forgot to notice we liberals were the first to complain about political correctness |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. "We Liberals" Yeah, Right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
105. If Political Correctness is |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. But when it goes from people's choices to self-censor to government doing the censoring, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Possibly. But I think that two notable cases defined |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #114 |
126. Oh, no, I'm well aware of those cases and the more limited nature of school speech |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. I had been inferring that the context |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
96. = "let me be a fucking bigot, damn you!" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I think he's actually a victim of "Why does Betty Sue think they are...sexy?" |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
92. The Confederate flag, or the showing thereof, is often regarded as symbolic of hatred and racism |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thanks for re-enforcing a sterotype, kid. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Which one? Stupidity? Belligerence? Racism? Bad fashion sense? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
118. I'm an East Tennessean. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. See post 121 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. Proud of his ancestor going off and dying for the interests of wealthy landowners... |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Just don't call him the "r" word |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Sure...neither "peckerwood" or "cracker" begin with "r" |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
86. Why not? |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
81. ... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Let him wear it makes him easier to identify as an idiot. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. exactly. let him proudly display his redneck stupidity for the world to see... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. If he's "fighting for his rights as an American" |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. See upthread #36 nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. the south felt that they were the true america... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Pfft. And Bush believes he is following the Constitution. n/t |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Yes, by all means let us deprecate any suggestion of rebellion against the U.S. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Expecting administration officials to follow the law and trying and imprisoning those who did not |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Treason and patriotism are just different sides of the same coin. |
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Saboburns (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. I stand with the young man in question. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Good for you. Too many Democrats are all to willing to subjugate the rights of SOME people |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. No, the punk ass has the right to wear whatever the hell he wants |
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Saboburns (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. I'm a Liberal I am. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. The old "sticks and stones" principle has been abandoned in favor of |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Free speech away and I'm all for it. |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Well I hope you're consistent when schools discipline kids for wearing 'gay pride' |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. No, it's not the same thing really... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
106. Not in a public school... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #106 |
124. Bingo. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
120. Me too. Let him brand himself any way he wishes. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
74. The kid has a point. Many people see the Confederate flag as |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
83. I'm all for his having the rights to wear the stars and bars |
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heart of darkness (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
89. he's lost before the case even starts.. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
90. banning flags is as stupid as banning flag burning |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
91. There were three official flags of the confederacy over a period |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:06 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. It's because they are lying. They really aren't interested in history or "heritage." |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
93. Funny how these confederate flagwavers don't mind practicing treason |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
95. White folks and their desire for state-sanctioned bigotry.... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
97. I'm inclined to be on the side of this student. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
99. It continues to amaze me how many people want to wear a symbol that is identified |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
100. Are students allowed to where a Swastika? It's the same thing. n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
101. seems like there is one of these cases every school year |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
102. I grew up in Walpole, Massachusetts and our school emblem was the confederate flag |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
111. morons on parade. nt |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
113. I live in this area. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. I'm in Knox County. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
119. He's got a perfect right to wear anti-American paraphernalia & generally be an asshole. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
125. School is not a free-speech zone; a school is within its rights to impose a dress code. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
129. Your "heritage", bozo, is RACISM. |
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