tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2067059654194386278..comments2024-03-28T07:38:03.544-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Why this flag?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22497020480064897892020-06-17T07:33:58.606-05:002020-06-17T07:33:58.606-05:00And the right thinks only they can be patriotic or...And the right thinks only they can be patriotic or love the flag.privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52886700729977980172020-06-14T09:21:24.436-05:002020-06-14T09:21:24.436-05:00Never thought badly of folks wearing clothing made...Never thought badly of folks wearing clothing made of flag material. Not likely a real flag made into clothing but a replica. I view it as honoring the flag. Hate when folks burn the flag. Haven’t seen much of that lately, but for a while it seemed to be a trend. My entire block used to fly the flag on certain holidays. Don’t see that much anymore either.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373960140777556685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38582732878252286692018-06-14T09:55:11.336-05:002018-06-14T09:55:11.336-05:00I was always uncomfortable when my fellow leftists...I was always uncomfortable when my fellow leftists showed what I considered to be disrespect for the flag. Doing such things as using it as a bedspread so they could have sex under it (or even on top of it). The wearing of it as clothing never sat well with me. Those who wore the seat-of-the-pants flag patches on faded jeans were the most offensive to my delicate sensibilities. I preferred the understated flag decals with the peace symbol that replaced the fifty stars (excuse the awful unintentional pun), and proudly displayed one on the rear window of my '66 Mustang.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89213864248465848202015-06-14T21:01:40.754-05:002015-06-14T21:01:40.754-05:00Nice car up on top!
Nice car up on top!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11412045583177193292015-06-14T16:23:43.484-05:002015-06-14T16:23:43.484-05:00Interesting that the Confederacy stuck with the r...Interesting that the Confederacy stuck with the red, white and blue color scheme. Also, the use of stars to connote the number of states. And the "southern cross" design of the Confederate Battle Flag evokes the Union Jack.<br /><br />An attractive enough ensign, despite it's odious association with a cause well lost.<br /><br />The "Stars and Stripes" is indeed a stirring sight except when waved by demagogues demonstrating the truth of Dr. Johnson's comment that "patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."<br /><br />Tom Evans .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26917303489257959692015-06-14T14:59:17.918-05:002015-06-14T14:59:17.918-05:00As an American, I support the right of idiots to h...As an American, I support the right of idiots to have and voice opinions that differ from my own. <br />My reasoning being that sometimes I am the idiot. <br />Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60042296475708554602015-06-14T14:29:47.166-05:002015-06-14T14:29:47.166-05:00oops, this belonged on the other post today about ...oops, this belonged on the other post today about baseball<br /><br />I see Mr. S. prosthetics article is in the ST for Sunday. A good public service though I would be too squeamish to observe that, but thank goodness for those technicians. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82779265207274396342015-06-14T14:26:11.509-05:002015-06-14T14:26:11.509-05:00I must have missed something here, but Jakash, you...I must have missed something here, but Jakash, you said it just right about the flag. <br /><br />The extreme left can be as bad as the extreme right.<br /><br />As for posts I say, take out the garbage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50969826302157276742015-06-14T14:14:06.572-05:002015-06-14T14:14:06.572-05:00I've always felt you must respond to garbage l...I've always felt you must respond to garbage like that or people start to think there must be something to their garbage.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60507176072518683092015-06-14T13:48:05.322-05:002015-06-14T13:48:05.322-05:00Well, now that NS has removed both posts that I wa...Well, now that NS has removed both posts that I was referring to in my last sentence, I just want to make it clear that Clark St. was NOT the rabble-rouser, but had responded to him! : )Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78246848270569539702015-06-14T13:13:15.278-05:002015-06-14T13:13:15.278-05:00I have to be careful, though. More often than not,...I have to be careful, though. More often than not, I'm the "stupid" that can't be talked to.<br />Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20680496229696213312015-06-14T13:06:25.685-05:002015-06-14T13:06:25.685-05:00I can already see the protestations of censorship....I can already see the protestations of censorship. It's Neil's blog, so he can do as he sees fit, but I would've left it up with a reply (like Neil's above) and a message to ignore the foaming-at-the-mouth idiocy. Removing the post only steels their belief that they are being persecuted. Ignoring them, rather than arguing, is a way to say "You can't talk to stupid." But, again, its not my blog or my decision to make. Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85743626011756652042015-06-14T12:44:34.002-05:002015-06-14T12:44:34.002-05:00At first I left the rabid, "We're facists...At first I left the rabid, "We're facists!" stuff up, because it's so obviously deranged. But then I just didn't like looking at it; it's not an argument, it's just a blanket condemnation. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13857262489880838442015-06-14T12:43:27.815-05:002015-06-14T12:43:27.815-05:00It was flying over a replica of Admiral Perry'...It was flying over a replica of Admiral Perry's ship, "The Lawrence," docked at Put-in-Bay a few years back.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40923019048608169762015-06-14T12:27:17.300-05:002015-06-14T12:27:17.300-05:00Nice column. "In the 19th century, when peop...Nice column. "In the 19th century, when people felt free to make stuff up..." Yes, fortunately we've put those days behind us! ; )<br /><br />The flag represents different things to different people. I know many who are uncomfortable with showing much appreciation for the flag, because its use has been co-opted by "the other side". I often lament the fact that, due largely to the protests against the Vietnam War, I think, the lefties in this country turned on the flag as something of a symbol for the military-industrial complex. The Right, meanwhile, has appropriated it as their prime symbol for American exceptionalism and an "America is always right, no matter what we do" mindset. <br /><br />We need folks like NS to reclaim a non-partisan appreciation of the flag for those with no agenda. <br /><br />To me, at its most basic, the flag stands, and has always stood, for freedom. The nation has not always lived up to its promise, but that's not the flag's fault... Somebody who proclaims, in response to a column such as this, that it is more a "symbol of tyranny" is a blatant rabble-rouser at a minimum, or perhaps delusional. Though "asshole" works, too, Clark St.! Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33796802384823709392015-06-14T12:09:12.407-05:002015-06-14T12:09:12.407-05:00Like most symbols, people start to spend more ener...Like most symbols, people start to spend more energy defending the symbol rather than what it meant to represent. <br />Then you have the idiots who "defend" the flag while at the same time desecrating it as clothing. <br />It becomes laughable when protecting a multi colored rag is more important than the people and the struggle for freedom that was its meaning. <br />But, even with that said, I fly the flag on National Holidays and try to treat it with respect. <br />I guess I'm as confused as anybody, maybe more so.Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23053618824044177492015-06-14T09:58:57.828-05:002015-06-14T09:58:57.828-05:00Kent looks more like you though and Ross more like...Kent looks more like you though and Ross more like his mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85548456713605891202015-06-14T09:57:16.034-05:002015-06-14T09:57:16.034-05:00Yes, up with the Union, down with the Confederates...Yes, up with the Union, down with the Confederates, past and present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65143668828249698992015-06-14T09:22:43.820-05:002015-06-14T09:22:43.820-05:00I love the look of that Grand Union Flag- I think ...I love the look of that Grand Union Flag- I think I'm going to fly it this fourth of July. scottmprizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005945296255906630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17160546238182913102015-06-14T08:14:10.223-05:002015-06-14T08:14:10.223-05:00Exactly, the Betsy Ross stories of yore, could be ...Exactly, the Betsy Ross stories of yore, could be inaccurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58095266772225268682015-06-14T08:12:52.194-05:002015-06-14T08:12:52.194-05:00Informative and touching column. Much appreciated...Informative and touching column. Much appreciated from a History teacher and 4th of July baby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com