Fire Fight
One of the most puzzling issues that confront those of us who care about civil liberties is the debate surrounding flag burning. Burning the American flag is offensive to many but done by almost no one. And yet every few years it is brought up as a wedge issue to separate those who love freedom from those who hate America, puppies and apple pies cooling on the windowsill of Grandma’s house. See the latest Civil Discourse comic on the issue.
If politicians were as passionate about ending torture and wiretapping as they are about fantasy fabric burners, I think this nation would be doing alright.
Flag burning isn’t on the front burner today (sorry, I like cheesy puns) but rest assured it will be back. As long as there are politicians that need to gin up votes and nationalistic fervor, there will be a fight to ban the rarely-performed act. I guess it’s a lot easier for them to talk about protecting the flag than to actually protect the freedoms it represents.
posted by Matt Bors at
1:26 AM
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I guess it’s a lot easier for them to talk about protecting the flag than to actually protect the freedoms it represents.
I have a shirt I made that reads: "Soldiers fight for our freedom(strikethrough) Standard of Living"
It gets me interesting looks at concerts.I look at the men and women of the IVAW and the ACLU. Those people fight for freedoms; fight to end the war and illegal wiretapping.
People always want to fight for trivial issues such as abortion: removing someone from entering this world and them feeling 1 to 2 minutes of pain, meanwhile the US takes free people and tortures them; people who have lived in the world with freedom and had it all taken away from them and placed in jail with no charge and no crime, for 2 to 5 years.
Priorities...
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