You know Cowboyway, you and I don't don't follow the same logical paths.
"However, if they had been wearing street clothes and carrying the Stars and Stripes, one would assume they were patriots"
They weren't wearing street clothes. I don't assume that, I see that with my eyes.
Secondly, I see near my home, leftist morons at the hate America rallies carrying a token American Flag or two and I do NOT assume they are patriots.
Anyway, this is going nowhere as I think you don't grasp the meaning of the word "assume".
Properly compiled into my volume:)
I said if they were wearing street clothes.
If I'm looking at an uncaptioned photograph of people in normal attire marching with Stars and Stripes flags in their hands, I assume they are patriots.
Are you telling me that you can look into the eyes of the people in the hypothetical photograph that I just described and know what is in their hearts?
If so, you're a god!
BTW, when you see a black man driving through a white neighborhood, do you assume he's a criminal?