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I never said the flag was not enough of an issue to fight about. I said very explicitly that they dont have anything ELSE to fight about. Dont go all self righteous on me.

I fight for the flag. I also fight for the 1st Amendment. Right after 911 I fought against the colleges that wanted to ban the US flag, I fought against the business in Florida that prohibited employees from having US flags on their desk, I fought against the used car lot in Denver that prohibited employees from displaying the US flag, I fought against the New England city that took US flags down. I've fought on Ebay to get them to ban the sale of both Union and Confederate grave markers. I fought against Pep Boys for firing a military reservist. I sent money to the Presidential Recount Fund. I fight for the poor black citizens of the Mississippi Delta region of my state who are kept jobless and on the dole for political reasons. I fought for the black farmers in their suit against the government, a suit that Republicans supported and the Democratic Black caucus sabotaged.

So you may have a stereotype view of what we have to fight for and who we are. But it ain't real. That makes me get sort of righteous sometimes.