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Kramerman
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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002
time: 23:26
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Originally posted by Frogger
Imran: it's sorta sad that a symbol gets you so riled up. Someone hates your country? Deal with it.
If all they're doing is burning flags, be thankful. They could be flying planes into buildings... |
Well, burning the US flag is like saying "America ****ing sucks", and people who love, or at least like America can understandablely be upset by this. Its like if someone says, "your family sucks ass!", and burns your family crest - its only natrual for you to feel upset, if you have any warm feelings toward your family. If you dont mind the malicious burning of the Canadian flag, well, more power to you.
But people who are proud Americans, and there are many of those (and rightfully so, as they have much to be proud of... and yes, yes i know, have stuff to be a shamed of too, but dont even think about refuting they have much to be proud of) are proud of themselves, and their country. Can you blame them for getting a little uposet when they are disrespected?
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Dis
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Feb 2000
time: 21:26
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this loosely relates to the protests. I will ignore flag burners. They only do it for all the attention and the anarchy it creates. If they really cared about people they would join the peace corps or something. Or donate their time to help children. Not spend all day *****ing about the U.S.
I have come to some conclusions. I am sure to offend people.
I believe anti-war protestors are selfish *******s who only care about themselves and their own circle of friends and family. They have no regards whatsoever for other people.
These same people should have been protesting the conditions in Iraq for the past 15 years. Why haven't they? Do they not care that we are helping Iraqis? And that by going to war with Iraq we are actually saving civilian lives. Do they not care about the Iraqis cheering in the towns we have taken. No, they only care about them and getting media attention.
I have come to the conclusion that war protestors are attention whores. They can care less about other people throughout the world. They only want attention. What's even worse is they are not emotional and mentally mature. When they were cuffed in San Francisco they were thrashing their bodies about like little toddlers. They were essentually throwing a temper tantrum. They made complete asses of themselvs. I used to respect anti-war protestors, but no more. I realize them for the idiots they are. They are nothing more than petty anarchists and attention whores.
I also think that a fair number them are equivalent to forum trolls. I have determined this by the stupid statements they have made. They seem to hate america no matter what good we do. They say that america deserved the 9/11 attacks and that our attacks on hirsoshima and nagasaki are the reason the WTC was attacked. To them every nation in the world is always right, and the U.S. is always wrong. And then this stupid broad said why don't we invade Tibet then? She doesn't realize that would start the third world war, and we'd get our asses kicked. We also don't invade North Korea because we'd get our asses kicked. We would have got our asses kicked in Africa as well, because we do have not support bases out there. We can only help were we are able unfortunately. We are not strong enough as a nation to be able to help every country in the world. We only help were we can, and Iraq is one of those.
And then the blood for oil argument. We didn't know for sure if we'd get that oil. If we wanted it we could have taken it in 1991. And we still faced the possibility he would blow up all the oil fields. There was a good chance we would get no oil. So you cannot say this is blood for oil. We have been lucky so far most of the wells are undamaged or lightly damaged. And lastly, it is not our oil. The oil belongs to the Iraqi people.
I know I have said in the past that liberals are trolls (that thread was deleted). I am wrong about that. I realize that many liberals are for this war. So I apoligize for that. Phil Hendrie said he was a liberal tonight, but he supports the war. So I am wrong about liberals. But I do realize that war protestors are trolls.
So what's the best thing to do to trolls? Ignore them.
So I am now ignoring all protestors. I wish the media would do so also. I can gurantee you that if there were no media coverage, there would be no protestors. You ever notice how the protests have escalated with the advent of television/movie cameras and such?
So I am no longer protesting the protesters. I am ignoring them as the trolls they are.
Last edited by Dis on 22-03-2003 at 13:55
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Kramerman
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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002
time: 23:26
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quote:
Originally posted by Asher
Patriotism is a nicer word for fanaticism, it's almost as silly as religion. |
I partially agree, but not entirely. Patriotism can be fanatical, as colorfully detailed by your subsequent post ( ), but it is necessarily. Patriotism is like team spirit. When I was on the basketball and track team, we proudly wore shirts that bore our sport, and our school mascot. It was team spirit, it was pride. We were proud to be a varsity player, representing our school.
Patriotism can be analogous. Patriots can be fanatical, or they can just be proud.
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22-03-2003 11:47
. Now, almost no one has flags on their cars, except for the true patriots. 
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