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How many Veterans are offended by the peace symbol and why? (vanity)
7-14-2009

Posted on 07/14/2009 11:35:38 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8

RANDOM POLL:

Veterans: how many of you are offended by the peace symbol and why?

(Family members and friends who know the answer, please feel free to speak on behalf of Veterans who cannot post.... )

Thank you for your time!

To quote myself: "I’ve always associated the peace symbol with those who spit on the vietnam vets"


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: chrisparry; jimthompson; peacesymbol; racism; veterans
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” (1918) Theodore Roosevelt

1 posted on 07/14/2009 11:35:39 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Synonymous with the hammer and sickle.....
2 posted on 07/14/2009 11:37:40 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

My father, a WW II vet, used to call it the CHICKEN”S FOOT.


3 posted on 07/14/2009 11:37:42 AM PDT by BeerLover NYC (ABC, baby now, 123, face surgery, 123, freaky dee, ABC, glad it's you not me!)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

I could give a rat’s ass about the peace symbol.

However, whenever a smelly hippy flashes the VICTORY sign, as immortalized by Winston Churchill, and claims it as a “peace sign”, I get very, very angry.


4 posted on 07/14/2009 11:38:12 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

Oh, you mean the upside-down chicken’s foot?


5 posted on 07/14/2009 11:38:27 AM PDT by Allegra ( Socks)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

I am not a veteran, but I have always and will always find the so-called “peace symbol” offensive.


6 posted on 07/14/2009 11:38:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("A new Dark Ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.")
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To: LucyT; nutmeg; null and void; bamahead; SunkenCiv; gubamyster; Joe Brower; hoosiermama; ...

Anyone with a ping list interested in helping with this poll? Or if you know of someone with a ping list that could help, I would really appreciate it.


7 posted on 07/14/2009 11:39:45 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

It reminds me of the pot smoking hippy crowd who have been mind raped by college professors. This group exercises their free speech rights often but would rather surrender to communism or socialism than serve their country to protect this right. Essentially, they take up air and contribute nothing to society.


8 posted on 07/14/2009 11:40:08 AM PDT by TSgt (Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

I’m not.


9 posted on 07/14/2009 11:40:53 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: BenLurkin

>I am not a veteran, but I have always and will always find the so-called “peace symbol” offensive.

Why, though?


10 posted on 07/14/2009 11:41:29 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; Candor7; BP2; ...

Helping Kim...


11 posted on 07/14/2009 11:42:49 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

Christians find this symbol very offensive, if they know from whence it comes.

PEACE SYMBOL or NERO’S CROSS: A broken, upside-down cross. To Roman emperor Nero, who hated and persecuted the early Christians, it meant destruction of Christianity. Revived in the sixties by hippies and others who protested nuclear weapons, Western culture, and Christian values, it now symbolizes a utopian hope for a new age of global peace and earth-centered unity. But many of heavy metal rock fans would agree with Nero and use it to mock Christ and His followers.

Source: http://www.radioliberty.com/Symbolsandtheirmeaning.html


12 posted on 07/14/2009 11:42:57 AM PDT by ducdriver (judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta. (Ps. 42))
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

It isn’t the symbol in itself, it it is how it is used. First, it assumes that only those special hippies who wear it want peace (which we know is false). They just aren’t willing to do what is necessary for peace. To them, it means surrender.

They lie and say we are ‘for war’ and they are ‘for peace’. That is a simpleton approach. They just want an absence of conflict (unless they are in charge of course). They want to use it as a symbol of taking the high moral ground, when in reality, it is nothing more than symbolism over substance. They would let people die under the thumb of tyrants all over the world just so they can play the moral high ground. They aren’t willing to do the dirty work it takes to truly have peace, they just want to throw out their hippie slogans and wish it all better.

So, in summation, it isn’t the symbol itself, frankly, these days it is as common as the Nike Swoosh with the same meaning to most- it however, is how people use that symbol and the real message they want to send (hint, it isn’t one of peace.)


13 posted on 07/14/2009 11:43:18 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/PeaceSymbolArticle.html

History of the “peace” symbol.

It is a neutering unilateral surrender sign on one hand, a militant refusal sign on the other. Neither are mainstream nor reasonable courses of action or belief.

Beat your sword into a plowshare and you'll be a servant farmer for those that did not.

14 posted on 07/14/2009 11:43:38 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret) "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

It reminds me of ‘useful idiots’ and I am offended by what the people behind it did to my country.


15 posted on 07/14/2009 11:44:05 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

My uncle - three tours of Nam - taught me the first rule of war.

1. Eliminate those around you who will get you killed.

He may have been including the peace symbol folks in that group.


16 posted on 07/14/2009 11:44:06 AM PDT by anonsquared
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To: OneWingedShark

Excellent question, and one which deserves a long and thoughtful response. But the shorthand version would start “Because I love America.”


17 posted on 07/14/2009 11:44:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("A new Dark Ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.")
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
It is the symbol of the mindless pursuit of utopia with a criminal disregard of reality.

The kind of holier than thou peace-mongering that excuses evil, chastises the brave, and invites utter ruin at the hands of those who will savagely abuse us.

18 posted on 07/14/2009 11:44:38 AM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

That’s a valid complaint. The liberals seem to have a pattern of taking something of historical significance, and twisting its meaning. (or changing it)


19 posted on 07/14/2009 11:44:38 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: LucyT

Thank you Lucy...


20 posted on 07/14/2009 11:45:47 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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