08-27-2017, 11:40 AM
(08-25-2017, 08:57 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: The flag is an object. It is a thing. Just because someone doesn't engage in the hypernationalist idolatry of the flag of this country doesn't mean their opinion is meaningless.
I just happen to view the concept of patriotism as a more nuanced and detailed thing than he does, so it goes. Ironically, I have always stood during the National Anthem (in addition to singing it a zillion times due to that high school and college choir thing) so by his metric he shouldn't have probable cause to even question my patriotism. Fun fact, a right-wing co-worker once got irked at me for admitting that O, Canada was superior musically to our own anthem. Er, I guess that's not allowed, either. Pardon me!
I'm so into freedom that I support his right to think I'm anti-American even though I choose to work a national defense-related job for which I am massively over-qualified 50+ hours a week and blah blah blah.
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