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welshwmn3 -> RE: "Fly your Flag upside down this week!" (5/22/2007 5:12:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx
welshwmn:
It really does not matter what you or I think. It is the one who flies the flag upside down who is making the statement. It is clear from our post that popeye and I agree on little. But concerning his right to freely express himself , I have taken hostile fire to ensure...I do not particularly enjoy being shot at so I engage in that sort of behaviour only when I feel strongly about something.
Were you to peruse the history of dissent in our country you will find that this particular sort of protest is not uncommon.
thompson
So, I guess in your haste to agree with somebody you don't usually agree with, you neglected to read the parts where I said, "It is your First Admendment right to do this if you want to"?
In at least three of my responses to people I said 1) that flying the flag upside down was disrespectful according to the Flag Code, and 2) that it's protected under the First Admendment, as is burning the flag.
So, why did you feel you had to yell? Just because I disaprove of flying the flag upside down? Tough. Not everybody is going to like this so-called protest.
Just as it's (general) your constitutional right (the same constitutional right my grandfather fought for, my uncle/godfather lost his life fighting for, my adopted father fought for, and my husband went into service to protect) to fly the Flag upsided down, it's MY constitutional right to point out that it's disrespectful to the flag, and that there will be people (myself included in that number) who disaprove of the act.
Yelling at me won't change the words I've already written and that you did not read for comprehension. Before you "shoot" in the future, you might want to make sure you read the whole post (and all of the posts), and not just the parts you don't agree with. Note: this advice is worth what you paid for it.
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