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cstanleytech

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9. No, no it actually makes perfect sense because true patriots rebel against
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 05:07 PM
Jul 2015

their government and if we dont rebel then we are not patriots.
BTW I have a lovely little bridge overlooking the bay in San Fransisco for sale if you are interested, just a truly stellar view.

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"His group of self-proclaimed rebel "patriots," were chanting "U-S-A." BlueJazz Jul 2015 #1
Makes about as much sense as flying the confederate flag on July 4th arcane1 Jul 2015 #3
No, no it actually makes perfect sense because true patriots rebel against cstanleytech Jul 2015 #9
But they're rooting for the other team! WHITE SUPREMACISTS! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #40
White supremacists aren't exactly known to be the sharpest knives in the drawer. nt Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #45
It's the most nonsensical thing ever. PersonNumber503602 Jul 2015 #47
Organized by the same dipshit who did that mosque protest a few months ago: arcane1 Jul 2015 #2
I thought Ritzheimer was in hiding ???? jaysunb Jul 2015 #4
Still looking to cash in with a GoFundMe page, no doubt. truebluegreen Jul 2015 #5
has any one iamthebandfanman Jul 2015 #6
It might not have existed as a state, but mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #8
thats hardly iamthebandfanman Jul 2015 #10
Someone needs to remind that former Marine that the confederates were traitors to the USA. LonePirate Jul 2015 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Culver Shuttle Jul 2015 #11
Marine needs to add a swastika to his getup, if he is going to glorify people who fought against the jtuck004 Jul 2015 #12
Flown by some Marines during WWII on Okinawa and other places of conflict. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #17
The racists have landed. Whoopee. Then as now, the people under that flag were and are traitors. jtuck004 Jul 2015 #18
The Confederate Battle Flag flown during Vietnam. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #19
Are Military Hate Groups on the Rise? jtuck004 Jul 2015 #20
Perhaps, but three points. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #21
No difference between waving that flag or a black corpse on the end of a rope. jtuck004 Jul 2015 #22
Of course there is a major difference but if you can't see that along with Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #23
They are a threat. I treat them as such, no more, no less. Giving them all that emotional support jtuck004 Jul 2015 #24
Fear trumps reason, reason trumps faith, faith trumps fear. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #25
The danger is the arrogance of the man who treats killing as a sport. jtuck004 Jul 2015 #26
I agree with your first sentence, the sword is divisiveness and it most assuredly Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #27
Only because the handle is at the end, where someone put it. Put it in the middle it's jtuck004 Jul 2015 #28
The less than one percent haven't dominated American Society by making pizza cutters. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #30
That's true. They did it by gaining control of the vision, the minds of the rest... jtuck004 Jul 2015 #31
Symbols are easily replaced as your own post with the Stars and Stripes coupled with the Swastika Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #32
Unless one is a liar they cannot remove the racism and slavery from that flag. You can't remove the jtuck004 Jul 2015 #33
The promise or lack there of can only be perpetuated by the people, not the flag Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #34
I'm not sure, but you seem to think I care about the damn flag one way or another? jtuck004 Jul 2015 #38
Um . . . OrwellwasRight Jul 2015 #41
This is the U.S.A. not Germany. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #42
Flying losing flags OrwellwasRight Jul 2015 #43
Your presumption as to why people fly or support the Confederate Flag is subjective Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #44
A memorial to war dead is a memorial to war dead. OrwellwasRight Jul 2015 #46
That's where you're mistaken, I can see that, but I can see much more as well. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #48
Truman integrated the military in the 1950s. That FDR did not in WWII is on him, not on the 24601 Jul 2015 #35
In all fairness, Eleanor Roosevelt tried to get the services integrated during World War II Art_from_Ark Jul 2015 #37
The recent Ken Burns documentary point out thatEleanor had many issues/causes where FDR declined to 24601 Jul 2015 #39
I'm going to go re-check my American history books CanonRay Jul 2015 #13
There was a Confederate Territory of Arizona. Dr. Forrester Jul 2015 #16
When did Arizona become "the South?" nt valerief Jul 2015 #14
They just wondered off into unfamiliar territory thinking their allergies would be cured. lonestarnot Jul 2015 #29
The most important factor about the Confederate flag? underthematrix Jul 2015 #15
Sure you can SwankyXomb Jul 2015 #36
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