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[Dill]

(09-18-2018, 11:50 AM)GMDino Wrote: I think Dill was saying that one party has made it an issue by saying you "have to" pay respect (and only their way).  And that if you do anything other than their way, when they tell you to do it, you are being "disrespectful" even if what you are doing has nothing to to with the flag.

But I never took an oath so maybe I'm wrong.

I think you are right.

Bfine may think all Americans regardless of party should respect the flag, and so for that reason he sees the issue as non-partisan.  

If so, he doesn't really look at the history of this "respect" and the partisan arguments over its enforcement, as the "liberal" side thinks we should respect the individual right to free speech and the anti-democratic side thinks people should kow tow to the flag as a symbol of authority. 

So from a historical/legal perspective, people like Jerry Jones and Trump are not being non-partisan when they stand for coercing football players--employees in a private business--to submit to their authoritarian politics while on the job.  Other people are partisan; they are just right.

This carries over to complaints about the politics expressed on people's sigs. Same deal.