Posted on 07/24/2006 3:58:20 AM PDT by albrock
The right to burn a piece of cloth is obviously protected under the First amendment. It's as simple as that. However, because there are lots of pussies who get offended easily in this country, the "nanny state" folks have tried to "protect" them. But it is not just with flag burning, but also with cross burning. Now, the Supreme Court with its ridiculous liberal bias, allowed a law that banned cross burning in Virginia but deemed unconstitutional a law that banned flag burning in Texas. Well, look y'all, this is America last I 
checked and if you wanna burn a cross or a flag, why on earth should the government impede you to do such a trivial action. So my message here is clear: stop whining. All of you. Conservative nuts or black bigots, I don't care, just stop being crybabies and stop eroding the principles our forefathers died to preserve. But I know that they won't stop, they will just keep on pushing. The problem though is that nowadays it looks as if these people control both parties, and this is probably one of the most troubling problems America is facing today. So my message to the Republican Party is, stick to your principle, and remember that there's more small-government republicans than crazy social conservatives. Stick to your real base.
Have fun hanging out on the Politically Irrelevant fringes, the rest of us are to busy building the Conservative Majority to waste any more time on petulant temper-tantrums
Striving to sound like an authentic Republican sexist oppressor? Aren't you cute.
Some staunch conservatives told me they might start burning flags if Congress puts off immigration reform until after the elections and resurrects the original proposals granting amnesty. I may join them. I didn't serve in uniform because of the flag. Every country has a flag. I served to protect our way of life.
exactly, and the freedom to burn things is part of our way of life.
lol ok so I'm a "democrat virtual campaigner" just because I believe in the basic American rights. clever. And yes of course the Republican majority has done great things when it comes to nominating and confirming STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST judges. And you talk about a conservative majority, well lemme tellya som'n you are no American conservative, you're prolly another misled neocon statist that believes that government regulation can be used to accomplish your goals. Hey that's also a legitimate view dont get me wrong, but it's never been a republican principle. Bottom line is there used to be a small-government party that would keep the crazy statists (democrats) in check, but nowadays the GOP has morphed into something unrecognizable.
oh ya liked that didnt ya
Ya, I liked it.
It's nice to be told "This Author is Not Serious" right up front...
oh i dont think one simple mistake destroys all of the author's credibility. hell if folks would judge someone based merely on the way he/she writes or talks, Bush'd be considered the biggest moron...
Literacy. Try it sometime.
I'm not so sure of that. He has some stiff competition right here on this site.
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