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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 12:50 AM Original message |
What does the US Flag mean to you now? |
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Wabbajack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm still proud when I see the flag |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 12:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep. |
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The Shadow (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Do not be discouraged |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Waved, worn, wracked.. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Glad to be a new member of the Democratic Underground! |
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JaySherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Give the fascists their own flag: a giant piece of toilet paper. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Your Right - I don't want them to own it... |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's our heritage |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. It is just the flag of the country. No more or no less. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. But the problem is that its becoming a symbol of disgust worldwide... |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Well what others think is another story. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. True- it came to symbolize Colonialism... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm not a big fan of flags. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Nationalism is dangerous - How about the big, beautiful planet earth flag? |
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stoptheshrub (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 08:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. In a truly idealistic world it would be true that... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. My family fought in the Revolutionary War..the flag is MINE |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Bush, the Fundies, and the neocons have raped our flag |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. the repigs |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. My ancestors fought in the War of Independence, too, but |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The last time I 'pledged allegiance' was 5th grade |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. The flag represents the promise |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. The flag still has the same meaning to me |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. What's the Gadsden Flag? |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. It's the infamous |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. What's the history of it? |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Glad you asked |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Wow...I love Ben Franklin...I should have know this...went to U of Penn... |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No Problem |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 03:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Night for Now...Also like the Culpepper Flag... |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. snakes....R us....sorta. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Freepers can pry the flag from my cold dead hands! |
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liarliartieonfire (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Soon we'll have to learn to say 'criminal' in every language |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. and in Sign language... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Did I mention most of the cab drivers are Pashtu |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. Our Flag....My Flag |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. But how does one reclaim that flag from the ones who are stealing it? |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. What does one do |
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Angelus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. It means much less today, to me, than it did... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
37. Our flag has to be redeemed by we, the people... |
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Dissenting_Prole (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
39. It represents 100 years of lies and deception |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-04 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. a flag ain't nothin' but a rag |
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