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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
(Post 1807235)
There are other ways to protest.
My father and father in law fought in WW2 under that flag and IMHO it is disrespectful not to stand at attention while our anthem is being sung.
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While no body can dispute your post, I gotta say.....I get very uncomfortable with any demonstrations at all, and those that use the flag included.
What, and it may be just me, wonders about....
...Nobody complains at any sporting event, our television cameras showing folks draped in patriotic gear, scratching their privates, couples kissing, people eating their hot dogs nd talking, while the anthem plays. NEVER saw anybody get angry at that. I know many people who wish they didn't play the anthem any longer, which only dates back to the 1940's because it is disrespectful.
....Nobody complained when our own Tea Party waved and used as an emblem of their movement, the "Don't Tread on Me" flag. This flag was used "instead" of the Stars and Stripes which was no visible at many of the rallies, and was so embraced that one state passed a law making it
protected totally like the American Flag. (Don't tread on me was a BRITISH flag demonstrating against the USA on taxation while being non citizens). They simply ignored the USA flag, and many felt that was disrespectable to the US flag.
.....Those opposed to Vietnam actually burned our flag to represent their displeasure with political actions taken b our government. And the Supreme Court ruled that was okay to do. A later congressional action then passed a flag protection act.
Our flag gives back what we put into it.
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,” goes our nation’s oath.
If I can recall one mans addition to this from the 60's ....
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” To which we also might add,
“No justice, no peace.”
The flag has been "used" as a symbol for years, and I really my time in military, an officer telling a few of us over a few beers that the Flag meant a lot......and different things to different people. Some he agreed with and some he did not, but no matter, to each of them whether they protested of saluted, they used the flag as a centerpiece which means it represents our country, good and bad.
