This is not one. Oh, it's a venial sin, to be sure. I get more chapped when I see the flag appropriated as a piece of clothing, which is found more often than not on a "red state" back or butt.
But, as someone who has worn that flag on my sleeve to provide a convenient aiming point for the armed enemies of the United States, I do rather wish that people who are trying to do the right thing would... think it through.
While not overtly disrespectful, it's certainly not a respectful treatment of the symbol, now is it? It's not the image I would expect from someone who has struck, and possibly will strike again, for the White House and it's environs.
Heh.
It certainly chapped Greta's empennage.
And John - here's a Red State diarist bleating about it.
Oh, and guys - how many times did you have to look at it before you saw the flag? Might be one reason that John Cole hasn't seen a huge number of Red Staters blathering... they never see the flag.
But, as someone who has worn that flag on my sleeve to provide a convenient aiming point for the armed enemies of the United States, I do rather wish that people who are trying to do the right thing would... think it through.
While not overtly disrespectful, it's certainly not a respectful treatment of the symbol, now is it? It's not the image I would expect from someone who has struck, and possibly will strike again, for the White House and it's environs.
Heh.
It certainly chapped Greta's empennage.
And John - here's a Red State diarist bleating about it.
Oh, and guys - how many times did you have to look at it before you saw the flag? Might be one reason that John Cole hasn't seen a huge number of Red Staters blathering... they never see the flag.
Palin was thoughtless. Ayers was contemptuous.
The only reason the Dems are bringing it up is the chance to gang up on her again.
Sorry, I'm not impressed with Sarah Palin, and I really wonder WHY so many aren't just supporters but devotees/zealots. That there are people out to destroy her has me even more befuddled.
Come on Argent. You of all people should know how it works in academe. THe profs hold the key to your career. Are those who bleat the loudest about how the student should've told the prof to stuff it going to shell out to support a lawsuit AND support the girl in her endeavours? Don't like it, but I understand how it works---no, really, not being able to get letters of rec is something I know a TON about because I pissed off profs and coworkers(Anyone remember my run-ins with Mizz Thang?) is a soft form of blackballing I know a bit about.
I have a good idea how the Service folk around here are going to react, but, hey, this is where the 'I'll fight to the death so you can say it' oath meets the road, ain't it? Not to mention you don't know what's at stake for someone else. It's EASY to say go fight for this principle and have no stake in the outcome. You expect someone to fight for a symbol you adore, but put nothing into it. You just get mad about it. YOu stay at 'the mall' on that fight. Rather than fight for the campuses you just pulled up stakes and left the rest of us to fend for ourselves, so do you have the right to kvetch when something you don't like comes up there? I reckon not.
Any freedom comes with a concomitant responsibility to accept possible consequences. As far as Ayers goes, he has the freedom to say what he said. He must also accept the responsibility for having said it. And if we're ever introduced, I'll query him on his willingness to do so. Vigorously.
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942) applies...
Cesar's wife is in a lot of trouble if we waste time worrying about what the photographer gave her instructions to do. She should have thought it through more.
Nice leg, however,
So in short, the chick in the pic pisses of the people who care about the US flag, who happen to be the people she wants the vote of and who are among the last who take her serious. That does not sound smart from a pr point of view.
You know, Unk, you wanna get nasty with Ayers having read ALL the stuff listed on that site about fighting words doctrine, well, I'll try and sneak some of your Dutch beer into 'ya, but, well, good luck with trying to justify it and claim it's legal.
And, as you've stated it, well, that's the bum's rush on stuff 'we' don't like 'as responsibility' for actions. Kinda like what the Liberals ne Progressives are trying to do about 'religious crazies' and 'dangerous veterans'---a pre-emptive strike to keep people shut up on topics we don't wan't to hear. That's not freedom as I understand it. That's "well, we'll over look it so long as you stay in this lane, but if you go out, well, we'll 'hold you responsible for it.'" Which isn't freedom, not really.
Mr. Sheldon, why would anyone put hate on you?
I don't like the photo of Palin, either. but that's a far cry from the incident that Argent brought up where some real hating got going on a college art student, as an assignment, did 'transgressive art', meaning it was meant to piss people off, and if I remember the story correctly part of the assignment was it had to be personally transgressive too. So she made a series of flags to put on a busy hallway that people essentially HAD to walk over. To me, that struck me the same as the people who want to become teachers but have to put up with what amounts to brainwashing to get certified. To get where the girl wanted to go, to have an art degree and all that that would open up for her, she had to jump thru BS hoops. Same same. What should've been about asking why the definition of art the prof was pushing was 'subversive' or why trangressive was part of an assignment that would be so public became a hate fest on the girl. And that, quite simply, pisses me off. You're looking at a kid who likely had a bus load of student loans, looking to find a way to eat doing something she loved(art), and you got people pissed off because she didn't fight someone else's fight for them. THat sucks. That sucks diseased moose wang.
My hope is that this is the end of her involvement.
Put her in the mix, make her the Republican Poster Child in the next presidential cycle, and send us out into the wilderness for yet another four years.........
I'm beginning to understand AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!..........but not in the context of the owners hereabouts.