Quote Originally Posted by graymatter
I'm having a hard time with a couple points in this thread... I'd love to wave the flag and say that we stand for great things and that we should expect great things, but all I see is polorizing rants and posts from the NPR/PBS and TalkRadio/FoxNews crowds.

I respect--actually, I'll defend to the death--the right to free speech, but I also want to know more about "what the fuck" is eating someone that burns it... Maybe I'll want to smack them when I hear why they're burning it and maybe I won't. I've never bought this "my country right or wrong" crap.

Isn't that how we went from 9/11 to the Axis of Evil speach? Some goober (Bush speaking through Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz) takes a horrible event and decides it's us against the world and goes out and creates enemies.
How is polarizing rants new here?

I'm a disabled vet, I served, knowing I could die, to defend our rights as did my father, his father, and his father's father before him and so on. While, at ths time it is considered expression there are many vets, like myself, that are greatly offended by such an action and feel that it should be banned, or, as somebody else said, I should be free to "kick his ass" for it, which I may choose to do anyway, regardless of the law, to be honest.

Funny, the left railed againt Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech too yet he was proven right by history and is considered one of our greatest Presidents. It's one reason Americans wont trust democrats with national security, for the most part, they've been on the wrong side of history for nearly a century. No matter how much the left lies about Iraq, the WOT, President Bush or anything else, history will show the truth. Which is why the left is so bitter and jealous.
iamapatient Reviewed by iamapatient on . Burning flag bad I think we should pass a law that makes it illegal to burn the U.S. flag. Rating: 5