Re: Guess it's time to put Bubba in his place again
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MansonNixon line
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Date: August 17, 2017 07:23AM
Yankee Too Wrote:
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> I am a Yankee, and proud to be one. I am a
> descendant of Yankee civil war veterans on both
> sides of my family. I am a descendant of
> abolitionists on one side. I carry no DNA of any
> Confederate veteran. I have veterans of the
> Spanish-American, both World Wars, the Korean
> conflict and Vietnam in my family. Any
> Confederate flag or Nazi flag is a filthy, vile
> rag that stands for slavery, ignorance and
> oppression.
>
> That stated, people have a right to display those
> symbols in the United States without fear of
> retribution from the government or physical harm
> from those who disagree with them. This is a
> right for which veterans from the War of
> Independence forward fought, bled and died.
>
> If you want to attack physically those who
> disagree with you, there are plenty of places in
> the world where you can do that. You don't do it
> here. Call them to account, yes, but do not lay a
> hand on them.
>
> You on the Left demand respect for your views.
> Show some of the respect that you demand.
> Anything else is hypocrisy.
>
> You are coming for the Nazis now. When is it
> going to be the Catholics' turn? ......or the
> "mainstream" Republicans?
>
> Shame on OP.
Now that, is what ya call a thoughtful and lucid statement. Also, quite correct.
what a private citizen chooses to display on 'their' private property or person is protected; short of being patently vulgar or obscene. So no bee author nudes. Besides, by your trolling lights, ole cooter would have to shit-can the General Lee and that'd one less fun reason to suffer the drive up to Harper's Ferry. Also, a judge just nullified pretty much any argument over imagery or slang names in a ruling for a band that assumed the name "The Slants". They are Asian and I think were going for irony perhaps. Either way, they ran afoul of some rules / laws or whatever and went to court to get their name. They won. So, you. I.e. have an Asian band intentionally sport a name that has been a slur for Asians by westerners since westerners "discovered" Asians (or orientals).
Put another way- consequences. You partake in a racist/hate group and rally. That's protect speech but there will be consequences.
You key someone's car- that's criminal. There will be consequences and you might catch a fast-one in the process. Doesn't quite see worth all your bluster in that light.
Let's recap.
Battle flag of Virginia (whatever subtext):
in itself is neither good nor evil. and I love the Dukes of hazard. Touch my shit, you better be ambidextrous, that appendage stays with me.
Private property: Nuff said.
That being said- as result of some extremely insecure, bullies the herd mentality of sheep (oh? lookit! Bullies, Sheep. BullSheep!! totally unintentional) and innate ability to blame others for their problems real and imagined --It was Mexicans way back when (that's how pot became the evil weed) then the Irish (funny how that just faded away) and now we've come full circle. Pot is still technically illegal and Mexicans(et al) are back to being vilified. -- certain imagery has been tainted by association with asshats. The Swastika predates the nazi by a few thousand years (more than that but, meh. I'm not trying t o be exact.) but wear one and see what happens. But, then again- that Slant ruling pretty much gives it a free and clear. However, you still can't run around slapping it on other people's property. That is still illegal. See- 'private' proooo peeeerrrrr teeeee.
hmmm. bored now. time for OverWatch