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Brooks: "The Sarah Palin Wing" Wants To Use Confederate Flag "In Order To Pick A Culture War Fight"
RealClearPolitics Video ^ | July 11, 2015

Posted on 07/11/2015 6:38:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: stevem

I like the book reviews in the Weekly Standard.

(That’s the best thing in the Wall Street Journal too.)


21 posted on 07/11/2015 6:55:48 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
the reason the flag should come down is just a matter of civic politeness . . . If a large percentage of your fellow citizens disapprove of something, fine, just be civically polite and accept their offense and say, no, I’m going to respect you

No. They use our virtues to promote their vices. We should always think through the far left's agenda and do the right thing, which is not always the polite thing and almost never what progressives want. If they keep faking offense and grievance over issue after issue, and we keep backing down, the low information voters will conclude that we are in the wrong. We need to stand up to fake offense and say, "no, you're being too delicate. If you're really that sensitive, you should be institutionalized and taken care of, not allowed to wander around in the scary world".

I have never in my life flown the Confederate Battle Flag, and I haven't started flying it now, but a whole lot of people have started flying it. I find myself approving of its display with its new symbolism. It no longer consistently means either Klan-racism or pride in Southern heritage. Now it also means resistance against an intrusive, out of control government, which is not too far from the meaning many saw in that flag 150 years ago.

22 posted on 07/11/2015 6:56:03 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

accept their offense......

WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER and Donkeys Fly


23 posted on 07/11/2015 6:56:06 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
just be civically polite and accept their offense and say, no, I’m going to respect you

The people he needs to tell this to are the liberals.

They never extend civil politeness to conservatives.

24 posted on 07/11/2015 6:57:50 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Over the recent years, I have come to learn how stupid of a man David Brooks really is.


25 posted on 07/11/2015 6:58:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

26 posted on 07/11/2015 6:58:14 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: Pollster1

When I lived in Biloxi before Katrina, there was a Confederate themed store nearby in St. Martin that was always busy. Katrina ruined it. I wonder how busy they’d be now?


27 posted on 07/11/2015 6:58:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: KC_Lion

There is a stench of desperation hanging about the toffee-nosed gits.


28 posted on 07/11/2015 6:59:33 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We didn’t start the fire...


29 posted on 07/11/2015 6:59:33 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t care about the confederate flag! Never have.


30 posted on 07/11/2015 7:00:26 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Ever since their messiah got in the white house they have divided America.

I’m sick to the stomach of how they have now dug up a grave of a Confederate general and his wife who were lay to rest in 1870.

Yes this is what the black council man said.

“It is no longer politically correct to glorify someone who was a slave trader, someone who was a racist, on public property,” said City Council member Myron Lowery.

Really, yet he is in the party of segregation, slavery, and the KKK.

Screw you and all those like you with your fake outrage and lack of history knowledge.

The flag flies more so than ever here in NE FL.. Today I saw 3 different trucks flying big battle flags, so you might think they have won but not in the minds of southerners here.


31 posted on 07/11/2015 7:02:37 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

typical establishment’


32 posted on 07/11/2015 7:03:12 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
DAVID BROOKS: Well, I guess, in my view, the reason the flag should come down is just a matter of civic politeness. I have said this before on this program. If a large percentage of your fellow citizens disapprove of something, fine, just be civically polite and accept their offense and say, no, I’m going to respect you.

Brooks needs to be dropped off in Afghanistan, where a large percentage of his fellow citizens disapprove of him breathing.

33 posted on 07/11/2015 7:04:06 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: AU72

confederate flag DISTRACTION started at the White House after the Race War failed to start after the Church massacre


34 posted on 07/11/2015 7:04:47 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: KC_Lion

The writer is a worthless POS, but that’s redundant.


35 posted on 07/11/2015 7:06:37 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE Support FR - GO MONTHLY - Join CLUB 300 - God bless FR's Donors!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

There are many useful idiots trying to make it happen at the evil machinations of their favorite politicians.

The Lord knows what they’re up to. May He disrupt their evils plans and let them fall into their own pit(s) they have dug for others.


36 posted on 07/11/2015 7:06:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If a large percentage of your fellow citizens disapprove of something, fine, just be civically polite and accept their offense and say, no, I’m going to respect you.

Unless it's a Rainbow flag. Or a Mexican flag. Or a crucifix in a jar of piss. Or...

37 posted on 07/11/2015 7:08:19 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Michael.SF.

Jut a Minitue redefinition of the word ‘conservative’ to better conform to Newspeak. Orwell warophet.

Redefining words is a tried and true leftist tactic. We all know that but we all should think about it a lot more often and WHY they have such success doing it.


38 posted on 07/11/2015 7:09:11 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: KC_Lion

You know I’m not sure who I am most envious of her meeting him or him meeting her hell love to meet them both


39 posted on 07/11/2015 7:12:02 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If a large percentage of your fellow citizens disapprove of something, fine, just be civically polite and accept their offense and say, no, I’m going to respect you.

Oh, cry me a river.
And then they find something else to whine about.

They are professional offencees!

40 posted on 07/11/2015 7:12:17 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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