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Re: American Idolatry
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:17:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
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but I support the right of the people to burn the flags in protest, even if
I wouldn’t do that myself.
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This is what I’m talking about. You support the right, but wouldn’t
actually perform the action. May I ask why not?
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Well, there’s multiple layers at work here. The intellectual ones are:
That form of protest should be, in order to maintain the psychological power
that it holds, reserved for the very most important levels of dissatisfaction,
not the trivial.
Burning the flag is, to me, an indicator of the belief that the US has become a
force of evil, overall, not just that we have some bad policy. I actually think
that’s true, but I don’t think most people -- those burning flags included,
believe that.
What’s the point? Would it change anything?
The emotional bit is that I find the US flag to be a beautiful symbol of what we
were supposed to become -- the flagship of freedom and a safe harbor for victims
of the world. As much as I may decry patriotism, I have a foolish patriotic
side that I can’t shake.
Chris
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