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My choice was ....

No. This is a lame decision. Teach the kids what the flag means, instead of banning it.

I can hardly believe that 50% chose

Yes. The safety of students comes first.

This is insane!

Feel free to vote and CHANGE that.

Hmmm ... I wonder ... is the Mexican flag banned in their schools or is the Israel flag banned in Israel's schools because some may not like it?

BTW You Decide was Published May 06, 2010 | FOXNews.com

You can still vote though and add comments.

I find it hard to believe a question like this is evne asked and horrified at the results.

1 posted on 06/03/2010 7:52:33 AM PDT by nmh
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No. This is a lame decision. Teach the kids what the flag means, instead of banning it. 36% (429,415 votes)
Yes. The safety of students comes first. 50% (589,222 votes)
Not sure, but of all things to ban, the American flag would seem the least 'incendiary.' <1% (2,616 votes)
Other (post a comment) 14% (165,098 votes)
Total Votes: 1,186,351

2 posted on 06/03/2010 7:54:56 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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I share your outrage.

But there’s really no story associated with this poll - or are they just asking because of the dustup between the iillegals and the kids at the school in CA last month?

NOTHING is enough to ban our flag. Our military give their lives for the freedom it represents, and to have anyone propose that it be hidden is just atrocious.


3 posted on 06/03/2010 7:56:45 AM PDT by Joann37
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seems like the safety of students wasn’t the number one concern in alabama during the 60’s. they sent in the national guard to escort the students.


5 posted on 06/03/2010 7:57:22 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Tha fact that this question could even be asked, let alone that it would receive anything more than a 5% vote against the flag, shows how far we’ve fallen.

I sometimes wonder what’s next. Legalized bestiality, infanticide, defecation in the streets?

But then I fear that the real world news catches up with me.

I’m a young person but sometimes I feel very old.


6 posted on 06/03/2010 7:57:39 AM PDT by cvq3842 (Freedom is worth fighting for.)
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I wanted to add a comment but was never given the option. I wanted to say, like you, that this question shouldn’t even be asked.

If an American flag is offensive to somebody in America to the point that they would get violent at merely seeing it, then that person is an enemy of this nation and needs to be treated as such. Period.

We have to stop coddling the enemies within our midst and call them what they are.


7 posted on 06/03/2010 7:59:39 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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Just received a letter from my son yesterday, he is at OSUT at Fort Benning GA, he was one of 6 selected to do the flag ceremony every morning and evening.....he said it was one of the most awesome feelings....he loved the ceremony of it and felt so proud to be selected to be a part of it.


10 posted on 06/03/2010 8:00:49 AM PDT by panthermom
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This is a stupid poll. We should take a poll on whether to ban people who have a problem with the American flag in America.


13 posted on 06/03/2010 8:02:36 AM PDT by smug (tanstaafl)
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To: nmh; Free ThinkerNY; Nachum; jesseam; unkus; freekitty; MamaDearest; seekthetruth; ...

Never Again is ringing horrifically hollow! We’re facing the biggest threat to our nation and our freedom, from internal as well as foreign enemies, as we ever have. The Useful Idiots and Kool Aid drinkers among us are attempting to destroy this nation and our freedom from inside this government (at every level). Anyone thinking this is a joke better wake up, like yesterday.


15 posted on 06/03/2010 8:03:55 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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I’m probably going to be flamed for this, but I’m tough:

The title of this poll is misleading. The proper question is not whether the American flag should “be banned in America,” but rather whether there are times and places where the American flag should be shown proper respect and not used to stir up trouble.

There is NO move — none at all — to ban the American flag.

This does not appear to be a stand-alone poll, but one prompted by recent news events, possibly the incident in California last month when kids were told not to wear American flag t-shirts to school.

Schools — just like business, police, military, courtrooms, airlines, etc. — should have a dress code that eliminates distractions.

There’s a time and a place for everything. School kids should be studying, not wearing political symbols of ANY kind. Their minds should be on learning to be productive and well-educated citizens, capable of contributing to society as adults.


17 posted on 06/03/2010 8:06:26 AM PDT by Jedidah
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Vote early and often!


18 posted on 06/03/2010 8:06:42 AM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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If the safety of the children is the worry, then BAN the kids who are offended by the AMERICAN flag.
19 posted on 06/03/2010 8:08:20 AM PDT by teenyelliott (www.thewaterrock.com)
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This is the results of 40 yrs. with a party that for all intents and purposes has elected a communist for President!


21 posted on 06/03/2010 8:09:31 AM PDT by ontap
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America going out with a whimper.


22 posted on 06/03/2010 8:09:39 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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...can’t believe we’ve actually gotten to a point in this Nation where this is even a serious question....


24 posted on 06/03/2010 8:11:15 AM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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......looks like KOS is hitting it hard...........FOX is probably wondering what the ell is going on...*smiles*


32 posted on 06/03/2010 8:19:56 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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Somebody’s spamming the poll.


33 posted on 06/03/2010 8:20:12 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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This is insane.

The flag stays.


35 posted on 06/03/2010 8:32:52 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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A better question is “Is killing those who would ban the flag Murder”

American flag banners don’t deserve to breathe American air.


36 posted on 06/03/2010 8:33:22 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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With idiot polls like this one, I’m sometimes inclined to agree with the left about Fox News.


40 posted on 06/03/2010 8:53:40 AM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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Fifty percent voted yes. America is surely doomed.


41 posted on 06/03/2010 9:05:07 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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