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Originally Posted by DanaC
I don't think he was saying that being white was a privelege..less I've read it wrong, I thought it was flagburning?
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Sorry, I misunderstood... flag-burning is a privilege, you are correct.
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Originally Posted by Beestie
Burning the flag that is sacred to some is not the same thing as desecrating a text that is sacred to some.
Some folks have some pretty major sacrifices tied up in that flag. Sacrifices they made on behalf of others. To desecrate the flag is, to them, offensive, disrespectful, insensitive and unappreciative.
But, any sacrifices made in the course of one's religious convictions accrue to one's self. With one possible exception. Going strictly by the Bible's own words, no one can save the soul of another.
People who choose to express themselves by burning the flag should find a more articulate way to express themselves. Just because freedom of speech permits it does not mean its the best way to make your point. It never made sense to me why anyone burned the flag to protest, for example, the Vietnam war. If their message was "America SUX" didn't they really mean to say America is Great but you (the politicians) are screwing it up? If so, I think a more appropriate protest might involve using the flag to hang some of those war criminals who sent our fathers and sons to fight and die to fulfil their misguided vision.
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Or... it shows that those in office are turning those sacrifices into "nothing". They are taking what the flag, and those sacrifices, means into something else, something wrong... and that that flag, and their sacrifice, is burning. Actually doing it, being the only way to show that.
The things this current, and recent, administrations, have taken the sacrifices of past generations and shit on them, and, while doing so, the flag.
Would I like to see that, hell no. Would I understand what it was showing and means, yes.
Problem is, those who the symbolic gesture is meant for, never see it for what it means, they don't see the sickness they inflict on their nation and the freedoms they steal, they only see greed and more power that they want.
No, I do not think they want what is best... only actions show what is in someone's heart.