Matt Dillon (08-07-2020)
Trump Flotilla
Some of the boats that were part of a pro-Trump flotilla on the president's birthday pass by Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Ridin' with Biden caravan in Hollywood
Karen Zann sits in her decorated car before the Ridin' with Biden caravan event, where participants showed their support for 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden, in Hollywood on Sunday, June 14, 2020. (John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Abortion rights dogma can obscure human reason & harden the human heart so much that the same person who feels
empathy for animal suffering can lack compassion for unborn children who experience lethal violence and excruciating
pain in abortion.
Unborn animals are protected in their nesting places, humans are not. To abort something is to end something
which has begun. To abort life is to end it.
Matt Dillon (08-07-2020)
christiefan915 (08-07-2020), Cypress (08-07-2020), Phantasmal (08-07-2020)
Hello Dutch Uncle,
Well of course he was. It certainly didn't look like he MEANT TO dis America. It just means so little to him that he never thought about it. To him, the American flag is an afterthought. The flag he really wanted to show off the most was on top.
And as he does that, he is giving away his true lack of patriotism.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Doc Dutch (08-07-2020)
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
PoliTalker (08-07-2020)
Hello Practical,
I thank you for your service, sir, it is a fine country and I love living in it, my home. I thank you very much for all you have done and been through. Well done. I can certainly tell you it is well appreciated. I cherish my freedom, and with it I cherish showing respect for the flag. Now, in no way does military service grant any special privileges to prevent other views. You are certainly entitled to your view; and so are others. That's the deal. I would never burn an American flag. Just as you are entitled to your view, I am completely free to my view of what is proper respect for the flag and what is disrespectful. The US Flag Code is quite specific about how to fly the American Flag, and if I see somebody not showing the proper respect then I have every right in the world to disapprove. I don't like seeing that. No, I do not. It is an insult to the USA.
No way I'm gonna go up to a stranger and tell him that what he is doing is wrong, so I bring it here. If he doesn't see it, no big. Not like I can correct every fool who doesn't know what he's doing. But if somebody reads this and learns something, then I've taken that foolish mistake I saw and turned it into a positive by making somebody else think twice about what they're doing.
Somebody is out there in his boat and he's got all his flags flyin, he's not gonna listen to a stranger come up and tell him he's doing it wrong. Somebody reading a chat board might be in a more receptive state of mind.
People that don't know how to fly the flag, don't know the proper way, also don't know that what they are doing could be offensive. Or maybe they do and they are just being a jerk and they don't care. But if somebody didn't know; and then they find out? In a way that doesn't spoil their fun? They might think twice about it the next time.
Country would be greater if more people showed proper respect for the flag. People talking about making it great ought to know that. And if they don't care, they should. We see a lot of pretty disrespectful people cheering for Trump. I know there are good people who favor him, so it's hard for me to understand why they want to take up with what are some really deplorable people. I don't see how self-respecting people can justify joining ranks with racists, dividers and haters. A nation can't be great when it is divided. It's fine to disagree, but to disrespect the country and those who feel differently, is just wrong. There is no way the country can be so divided, and hateful, and great. Those qualities are mutually exclusive. A great country recognizes and appreciates everyone's right to be here, be a part of the USA, and have their own views.
And people of all views should properly show their respect for the symbol of our nation. That would be great.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Thread title is redundant.
PoliTalker (08-08-2020)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
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