08-27-2017, 07:25 PM
(08-27-2017, 05:58 PM)Vlad Wrote: For me it does. And just because "that thing" was all I needed to hear doesn't mean I engage in "hypernationalistic idolatry of the flag".
You folks waste no time jumping to inane conclusions.
That picture of your mom (or someone you love ) also is a thing, made of photographic material and paper.
You aren't honoring, loving, or idolizing the paper.
Get it?
Back to your "Hypernationalism" ? Confederate monuments are also things. So the unlawful destruction must be "Hyperleftism?
If someone considers the flag to be more than a thing, than yeah, I would consider that hypernationalist idolatry. That picture, or any picture, is just a thing.
As for the last bit, that's just called being a criminal.