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In reply to the discussion: Protesters clash over Confederate flag at Phoenix Walmart [View all]cstanleytech
(28,507 posts)9. No, no it actually makes perfect sense because true patriots rebel against
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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White supremacists aren't exactly known to be the sharpest knives in the drawer. nt
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#45
Someone needs to remind that former Marine that the confederates were traitors to the USA.
LonePirate
Jul 2015
#7
Marine needs to add a swastika to his getup, if he is going to glorify people who fought against the
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#12
The racists have landed. Whoopee. Then as now, the people under that flag were and are traitors.
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#18
No difference between waving that flag or a black corpse on the end of a rope.
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#22
They are a threat. I treat them as such, no more, no less. Giving them all that emotional support
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#24
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
Your presumption as to why people fly or support the Confederate Flag is subjective
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#44
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
They just wondered off into unfamiliar territory thinking their allergies would be cured.
lonestarnot
Jul 2015
#29