Flag Pin Stupidity Spreads

[Joanne98]

Because Nothing Expresses Patriotism Quite Like A Three Dollar Stars And Stripes Enamel Flag Pin, Mass-Produced For Walmart In A Beijing Sweatshop


I am one of those whiny elitists who is sick to death of hearing about whether Barack Obama is wearing a flag pin in his lapel today, and what bearing this might have on his patriotism.

The straw that broke the camel's back for me was last month's ABC Democratic candidates' debate, in which moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos devoted the entire first half of the debate to insubstantial issues, prominent among them the manufactured controversy over Obama's flag pin or lack thereof.

I left that debate depressingly resigned to the fact that only in America could candidates for the Presidency - a post that involves crucial decisions of war and peace, health care, education and fiscal policy, etc... etc... - have their suitability for office judged on the basis of something as superficial as whether or not they wear a lapel pin.

But I was wrong.

Last night, I was surfing through a Hamas-affiliated Web forum (as one does when one blogs on Israel-Palestine), when I was comforted and at the same time appalled to learn it's not just us. Obviously, on a Hamas forum it's not unexpected to see PA/Fatah leaders pilloried as "traitors to the cause", but I was little surprised to learn that for some Hamas supporters the ultimate proof of Mahmoud Abbas' treachery is ......



... he doesn't wear a flag pin in his lapel!

Isn't that funny?

So I guess it's not just Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos who think the key test of Presidential material is whether Obama wears a flag pin. There's actually someone else in the world who thinks just like them. And it's Hamas! How about that.
http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/news/2008/05/patriotism-made.html

[flor de jasmim]

1. Why don't we just issue them at birth, along with the birth certificate and be done with it?

[Captainobvvious]

2. AIDS ribbon

I am reminded of the classic Seinfeld episode where Kramer is walking in the AIDS walk but doesn't want to wear the AIDS ribbon.

He is asked:

"Aren't you against AIDS"

He replies:

"I'm walking aren't I"

He is contributing to the cause, but because he wont wear it on his lapel he is physically assaulted.

You don't wear patriotism on your clothes, you wear it in you heart, and express it in your actions, not as a fashion statement.

[libodem]

3. The flag has become a symbol of shame

for this Administration's failure to take heed of the impending signs that 9/11 was emanate, for using that event as an excuse to in invade and occupy, sovereign nations, for secret renditions, detention, and torture. It's been hijacked by Fascist Capitalists, as a personal representation of flagrant, Nationalism. That flag pin means 'swastika', in my estimation.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

4. The flag is nothing more than a tool . . .

used to manipulate the lowest common denominator.

[matt007]

5. I sleep in my flagpin

y'know. ya never know when they may come in the night to check lol

[matt007]

6. I collect flags

My backpack/gym bag has flags from all of the countries/cities i've visited overseas.

The other day a midlife crisis trainwreck at the gym told me "I think your missing one" "wheres old glory"?

I told him I wasnt missing anything and its really not all that special.

lol I wish i could post the look on that fat bastards face.