n_huffhines
What's it gonna cost?
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What if it's also stuff the country is doing in the present? I don't want them to ban the flag because I prefer freedom of speech but the government deserves none of my acceptance. I feel like accepting would be immoral.
Are you asking a question or making a statement? I'm not even sure what this incomplete sentence is in reference to. I agree that people are talking about government?
Fine, you don't like what the country is doing? Change the paradigm by getting out, running for office, voting, building a business, joining the Peace Corps, going to places the supposed imperialistic Americans have scorched the earth in and assisting that way.
Sure, removing the flag is Free Speech and all that. But the conditions it comes under are highly suspect. And furthermore, six students decided this for the 11,000 on campus. Six. Let that sink in. Six people want to change your town's name to Hitler's Playpen. And you don't get a choice in the matter. You don't like it? Eff you and the horse you rode in on because we like this idea. And don't claim it's an apples to oranges comparison because it's the same principle. They are exercising their Right to free speech by changing the town's name to something they find appropriate and you can eat a big fat one if you don't like it.
Banning the flag is not free speech. It's the opposite.
Nobody needs to be told how to oppose the immorality of the government. The beauty of the freedoms our forefathers fought for is that we can oppose government in various ways. They didn't make a government for us to revere. They made us a government that we could hopefully contain.
The flag is a symbol that represents more than what you want to restrict it to. Sorry.