University students vote to make American flag optional

[Auld Phart]

Why is patriotism optional now? Shouldn't this be a compulsory requirement for all citizens?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

Perhaps you should relocate to a country where patriotism is illegal?
One that doesn't have a national flag.

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

In Europe in particular the entire idea of separate countries is being deliberately destroyed. Call it fetishism or any other disparaging term you want to use. It's the very idea of nations that is under attack. It's all about the globalism. We are one federation. One culture.

How can a population so heavily into fetishism ---- not even understand what it is?

Fetishism means an object. A real, tangible physical object, a thing. A thing that is charged with some kind of supernatural/taboo/divine essence. An idol.

In this case the fetish is the flag. A thing, a real tangible thing ---- not some abstract concept like "nation" or "globalism" ---- an actual piece of cloth made of actual threads, in actual China.

Not a single thread of that has the remotest thing to do with anything you wrote here.

Fetishism means an object. A real, tangible physical object, a thing. A thing that is charged with some kind of supernatural/taboo/divine essence. An idol.

" A thing that is charged with some kind of supernatural/taboo/divine essence "

Really?

You're going with THAT for a definition?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Don't you all think it would be better if NO one had any particular thoughts about the flag, or the existence of the country? If it's okay for our neighbors to be loyal to Honduras or Mexico or Somalia, how about our Congressmen? Why not have Congressmen working for the betterment of countries they choose rather than anyone who lives here. Perhaps the President really should be loyal to Russia instead of it being something dreamed up by democrats.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Too late.

The founding fathers already did that.

You can even read what they said about it ... It's called the First Amendment.


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I didn't say anything about them not having the right to be stupid and hypocritical. Democrats do that incessantly.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Why is patriotism optional now? Shouldn't this be a compulsory requirement for all citizens?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

BINGO. "Mandatory patriotism" is exactly the issue. Aptly phrased. Because nothing says 'meaningful' like coercion.

No one is talking about "Mandatory Patriotism". We are talking tradition. Having the US Flag displayed at the meeting has been a tradition.
No one is even forcing anyone to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Did they vote to remove the state flag of California too?
Why does the sight of the American Flag disturb so many liberals

You've actually already answered that question in your first sentence --- the word "mandatory". Liberalism doesn't believe in "mandatory". And if you'll look back at the OP what it does is make the fetish, and this is the exact word, "optional". When something is "optional" it means there's a choice involved. And THAT makes all the difference.

This ain't rocket surgery.

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Protocol and respect are not robot behavior. These people have chosen to not follow that protocol. That is disparagement.
You've equated the American flag with sexual harassment allegations.

 

[Pogo]

Why is patriotism optional now? Shouldn't this be a compulsory requirement for all citizens?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

Perhaps you should relocate to a country where patriotism is illegal?
One that doesn't have a national flag.

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

 

[Pogo]

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Why is patriotism optional now? Shouldn't this be a compulsory requirement for all citizens?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

BINGO. "Mandatory patriotism" is exactly the issue. Aptly phrased. Because nothing says 'meaningful' like coercion.

No one is talking about "Mandatory Patriotism". We are talking tradition. Having the US Flag displayed at the meeting has been a tradition.
No one is even forcing anyone to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Did they vote to remove the state flag of California too?
Why does the sight of the American Flag disturb so many liberals

You've actually already answered that question in your first sentence --- the word "mandatory". Liberalism doesn't believe in "mandatory". And if you'll look back at the OP what it does is make the fetish, and this is the exact word, "optional". When something is "optional" it means there's a choice involved. And THAT makes all the difference.

This ain't rocket surgery.

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Protocol and respect are not robot behavior. These people have chosen to not follow that protocol. That is disparagement.

Oh fucking horseshit, it is not. It's a personal preference. I'm sure that drives statist authoritarians like you bonkers but you just don't get to dictate other people's preferences. Fuck that. The simple fact is you made a characterization that you can't back up, because it's bullshit.

Time to consult the Big Dic again ----

Definition of disparage
disparaged
;
disparaging

1. transitive verb
2. 1 : to lower in rank or reputation : degrade
   
   
3. 2 : to depreciate (see depreciate 1) by indirect means (as invidious comparison) : speak slightingly about religious beliefs disparaged as superstition
   

 

[Auld Phart]

Why is patriotism optional now? Shouldn't this be a compulsory requirement for all citizens?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

Perhaps you should relocate to a country where patriotism is illegal?
One that doesn't have a national flag.

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

BINGO. "Mandatory patriotism" is exactly the issue. Aptly phrased. Because nothing says 'meaningful' like coercion.

No one is talking about "Mandatory Patriotism". We are talking tradition. Having the US Flag displayed at the meeting has been a tradition.
No one is even forcing anyone to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Did they vote to remove the state flag of California too?
Why does the sight of the American Flag disturb so many liberals

You've actually already answered that question in your first sentence --- the word "mandatory". Liberalism doesn't believe in "mandatory". And if you'll look back at the OP what it does is make the fetish, and this is the exact word, "optional". When something is "optional" it means there's a choice involved. And THAT makes all the difference.

This ain't rocket surgery.

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Protocol and respect are not robot behavior. These people have chosen to not follow that protocol. That is disparagement.

Oh fucking horseshit, it is not. It's a personal preference. I'm sure that drives statist authoritarians like you bonkers but you just don't get to dictate other people's preferences. Fuck that. The simple fact is you made a characterization that you can't back up, because it's bullshit.

Jane, you ignorant slut.
It is not authoritarian. It is about respect and these people demonstrating stupid hypocrisy. Consciously removing a symbol that represents their being in the position to even remove that symbol. That is flat out stupidity.

 

[Pogo]

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

Perhaps you should relocate to a country where patriotism is illegal?
One that doesn't have a national flag.

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

 

[Pogo]

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

BINGO. "Mandatory patriotism" is exactly the issue. Aptly phrased. Because nothing says 'meaningful' like coercion.

No one is talking about "Mandatory Patriotism". We are talking tradition. Having the US Flag displayed at the meeting has been a tradition.
No one is even forcing anyone to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Did they vote to remove the state flag of California too?
Why does the sight of the American Flag disturb so many liberals

You've actually already answered that question in your first sentence --- the word "mandatory". Liberalism doesn't believe in "mandatory". And if you'll look back at the OP what it does is make the fetish, and this is the exact word, "optional". When something is "optional" it means there's a choice involved. And THAT makes all the difference.

This ain't rocket surgery.

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Protocol and respect are not robot behavior. These people have chosen to not follow that protocol. That is disparagement.

Oh fucking horseshit, it is not. It's a personal preference. I'm sure that drives statist authoritarians like you bonkers but you just don't get to dictate other people's preferences. Fuck that. The simple fact is you made a characterization that you can't back up, because it's bullshit.

Time to consult the Big Dic again ----

Definition of disparage
disparaged
;
disparaging

1. transitive verb
2. 1 : to lower in rank or reputation : degrade
   
   
3. 2 : to depreciate (see depreciate 1) by indirect means (as invidious comparison) : speak slightingly about religious beliefs disparaged as superstition

Jane, you ignorant slut.
It is not authoritarian. It is about respect and these people demonstrating stupid hypocrisy. Consciously removing a symbol that represents their being in the position to even remove that symbol. That is flat out stupidity.

Nope. It's you failing to make your point.

I just posted the definition of your term. You can't make it apply. You lose. You tried to fling bullshit and it got flung right back. Let that be a lesson. A lesson that won't sink in since you just committed the same error again with the term "hypocrisy".

 

[Desperado]

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

BINGO. "Mandatory patriotism" is exactly the issue. Aptly phrased. Because nothing says 'meaningful' like coercion.

No one is talking about "Mandatory Patriotism". We are talking tradition. Having the US Flag displayed at the meeting has been a tradition.
No one is even forcing anyone to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Did they vote to remove the state flag of California too?
Why does the sight of the American Flag disturb so many liberals

You've actually already answered that question in your first sentence --- the word "mandatory". Liberalism doesn't believe in "mandatory". And if you'll look back at the OP what it does is make the fetish, and this is the exact word, "optional". When something is "optional" it means there's a choice involved. And THAT makes all the difference.

This ain't rocket surgery.

This is insanely stupid left wing fanaticism.
They want to invoke the right to essentially disparage the symbol of their liberty to invoke their rights.
Democrats should not be allowed to vote and this is basically their agreement to that.

Yuh huh.

And where exactly is the "disparagement" in not-having-to mime some robot behavior, hm? The last poster that tried this bullshit, I called him on it and he ran away. Electing to not have something foisted on you is "disparaging", is it?

Let's say some Fox Noise employee gets a restraining order to keep Bill O'Really's falafel off her. Is she then "disparagig" Bill O'Really? Hm?

Howzat work?

Protocol and respect are not robot behavior. These people have chosen to not follow that protocol. That is disparagement.

Oh fucking horseshit, it is not. It's a personal preference. I'm sure that drives statist authoritarians like you bonkers but you just don't get to dictate other people's preferences. Fuck that. The simple fact is you made a characterization that you can't back up, because it's bullshit.

Jane, you ignorant slut.
It is not authoritarian. It is about respect and these people demonstrating stupid hypocrisy. Consciously removing a symbol that represents their being in the position to even remove that symbol. That is flat out stupidity.

What do you expect from a supporter of the American hating Muslim President

 

[Auld Phart]

Perhaps you should relocate to a country where patriotism is illegal?
One that doesn't have a national flag.

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

First a picture of a classroom of children supposedly Seig Heiling the American flag, and now a man arrested 100 years ago for not kissing the flag?

I really enjoy your up to date examples...

What next?

The McCarthy hearings?

 

[Correll]

Why is patriotism optional now? Shouldn't this be a compulsory requirement for all citizens?

Mandatory patriotism is what they do in countries like North Korea and Nazi Germany.

Perhaps you should relocate to a country where patriotism is illegal?
One that doesn't have a national flag.

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

In Europe in particular the entire idea of separate countries is being deliberately destroyed. Call it fetishism or any other disparaging term you want to use. It's the very idea of nations that is under attack. It's all about the globalism. We are one federation. One culture.

How can a population so heavily into fetishism ---- not even understand what it is?

Fetishism means an object. A real, tangible physical object, a thing. A thing that is charged with some kind of supernatural/taboo/divine essence. An idol.

In this case the fetish is the flag. A thing, a real tangible thing ---- not some abstract concept like "nation" or "globalism" ---- an actual piece of cloth made of actual threads, in actual China.

Not a single thread of that has the remotest thing to do with anything you wrote here.

Your denial of the reality of symbols and symbolism is just another facet of the World of Lies that modern liberalism is.

 

[Pogo]

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth. In fact, that would be literally every country in the world with the exception of the Philippines --- our own colony. Nobody else wanks that way. Literally nobody.

Why is that exactly? Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

One could certainly move to a country that doesn't put its schoolchildren and other robots through a robotic prayer to a piece of cloth

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Why are we, all alone, so into fetishism?

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

First a picture of a classroom of children supposedly Seig Heiling the American flag, and now a man arrested 100 years ago for not kissing the flag?

I really enjoy your up to date examples...

What next?

The McCarthy hearings?

Hey, there's plenty more. Actually it was 99 years ago and it was a mob that tried to make him do it, but there was actually a law that imprisoned him. For declining to worship a fucking piece of cloth.

And that's what this is all about ---- instutitionalized mob mentality. The dynamic where the mob, propped up by government, exercises that old ---- here comes that phrase again ---- excessive and irrational emotional bullshit to force its will on other people. NONE of y'all authoritarian statists have yet come up with a valid reason everybody should just bend over for that sort of mob mentality coercion. Which is to be expected, as there IS NO valid reason.

That's a picture of a patriot. A man who understood the difference between freedom of thought and fetishism. Who given the choice emphatically chose the Constitution over the mob.

Did you know the Governor of Montana issued 78 posthumous pardons for these absurd abuses of the United States Constitution?

>> Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the state was “about 80 years too late” in pardoning the mostly working-class people of German descent who were convicted of breaking what was then one of the harshest sedition laws in the nation.

“This should have been done a long time ago,” said Schweitzer, the son of German immigrants.

About 40 family members attended a ceremony where the governor signed the pardons, including descendants of farmers, butchers, carpenters and cooks.

Keith Sime’s uncle, Herman Bausch, was a pacifist who refused to buy war bonds and spent 28 months in prison for being outspoken about it. Sime said it was important for the state to finally recognize the injustice.

‘This is America’
August Lambrecht was imprisoned for seven months for predicting the United States would “get a licking” in France. His great-grandson, David Gabriel, said Lambrecht left the state after his release for fear of being imprisoned again.

“This is America,” Gabriel said. “Having freedom of speech and saying what is on your mind doesn’t make you a criminal and it shouldn’t.”

Seventy-six men and three women were convicted of sedition. They were imprisoned for an average of 19 months, often based on casual comments made in saloons.

... Laws at the time even made it illegal to speak German. Schweitzer said his grandmother was not allowed to speak the only language she knew while out in public. <<​

THAT ^^ ...... is where your cherished state-sponsored mob mentality leads. THAT is what this coercion of praying to an inanimate object leads to if left unchecked. And that is why it needs to be stopped in its tracks.

Robots..... SMH

 

[Auld Phart]

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

First a picture of a classroom of children supposedly Seig Heiling the American flag, and now a man arrested 100 years ago for not kissing the flag?

I really enjoy your up to date examples...

What next?

The McCarthy hearings?

Hey, there's plenty more. Actually it was 99 years ago and it was a mob that tried to make him do it, but there was actually a law that imprisoned him. For declining to worship a fucking piece of cloth.

And that's what this is all about ---- instutitionalized mob mentality. The dynamic where the mob, propped up by government, exercises that old ---- here comes that phrase again ---- excessive and irrational emotional bullshit to force its will on other people. NONE of y'all authoritarian statists have yet come up with a valid reason everybody should just bend over for that sort of mob mentality coercion. Which is to be expected, as there IS NO valid reason.

That's a picture of a patriot. A man who understood the difference between freedom of thought and fetishism.

Did you know the Governor of Montana issued 78 posthumous pardons for these absurd abuses of the United States Constitution?

>> Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the state was “about 80 years too late” in pardoning the mostly working-class people of German descent who were convicted of breaking what was then one of the harshest sedition laws in the nation.

“This should have been done a long time ago,” said Schweitzer, the son of German immigrants.

About 40 family members attended a ceremony where the governor signed the pardons, including descendants of farmers, butchers, carpenters and cooks.

Keith Sime’s uncle, Herman Bausch, was a pacifist who refused to buy war bonds and spent 28 months in prison for being outspoken about it. Sime said it was important for the state to finally recognize the injustice.

‘This is America’
August Lambrecht was imprisoned for seven months for predicting the United States would “get a licking” in France. His great-grandson, David Gabriel, said Lambrecht left the state after his release for fear of being imprisoned again.

“This is America,” Gabriel said. “Having freedom of speech and saying what is on your mind doesn’t make you a criminal and it shouldn’t.”

Seventy-six men and three women were convicted of sedition. They were imprisoned for an average of 19 months, often based on casual comments made in saloons. <<​

THAT ^^ ...... is where your cherished state-sponsored mob mentality leads. THAT is what this coercion of praying to an inanimate object leads to if left unchecked. And that is why it needs to be stopped in its tracks.

Robots..... SMH

That's a picture of a patriot. A man who understood the difference between freedom of thought and fetishism.

What dictionary did you pull that out of?

speaking of robots...

fetishism again...

You've been well 'trained', or is it programmed in this day and age?

 

[aris2chat]

this is nuts

Schools in america should fly american flag

 

[Correll]

Such as?

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Why haven't you left for it?

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

Fetishism?
noun: fetishism, plural noun: fetishisms

• 1. a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.: "erotic fetishism"
• ▪ excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing: "a critique of the new technological fetishism"
• 2. worship of an inanimate object for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit

Which is your definition?

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

First a picture of a classroom of children supposedly Seig Heiling the American flag, and now a man arrested 100 years ago for not kissing the flag?

I really enjoy your up to date examples...

What next?

The McCarthy hearings?

Hey, there's plenty more. Actually it was 99 years ago and it was a mob that tried to make him do it, but there was actually a law that imprisoned him. For declining to worship a fucking piece of cloth.

And that's what this is all about ---- instutitionalized mob mentality. The dynamic where the mob, propped up by government, exercises that old ---- here comes that phrase again ---- excessive and irrational emotional bullshit to force its will on other people. NONE of y'all authoritarian statists have yet come up with a valid reason everybody should just bend over for that sort of mob mentality coercion. Which is to be expected, as there IS NO valid reason.

That's a picture of a patriot. A man who understood the difference between freedom of thought and fetishism. Who given the choice emphatically chose the Constitution over the mob.

Did you know the Governor of Montana issued 78 posthumous pardons for these absurd abuses of the United States Constitution?

>> Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the state was “about 80 years too late” in pardoning the mostly working-class people of German descent who were convicted of breaking what was then one of the harshest sedition laws in the nation.

“This should have been done a long time ago,” said Schweitzer, the son of German immigrants.

About 40 family members attended a ceremony where the governor signed the pardons, including descendants of farmers, butchers, carpenters and cooks.

Keith Sime’s uncle, Herman Bausch, was a pacifist who refused to buy war bonds and spent 28 months in prison for being outspoken about it. Sime said it was important for the state to finally recognize the injustice.

‘This is America’
August Lambrecht was imprisoned for seven months for predicting the United States would “get a licking” in France. His great-grandson, David Gabriel, said Lambrecht left the state after his release for fear of being imprisoned again.

“This is America,” Gabriel said. “Having freedom of speech and saying what is on your mind doesn’t make you a criminal and it shouldn’t.”

Seventy-six men and three women were convicted of sedition. They were imprisoned for an average of 19 months, often based on casual comments made in saloons. <<​

THAT ^^ ...... is where your cherished state-sponsored mob mentality leads. THAT is what this coercion of praying to an inanimate object leads to if left unchecked. And that is why it needs to be stopped in its tracks.

Robots..... SMH

Today you and yours are the mob.

 

[Pogo]

Such as every country on earth with the exception of our former colony the Philippines, as I just posted. Meaning that we and our old colony are the only places in the world where citizens are expected to stand up and pray to an inanimate object. Nobody else in the world does it. Anywhere.

Does that not sound a bit alarming to you?

A prayer, we might add, that was concocted for the purpose of selling flags (to schools).

Obviously because there's too much work to do here, the first task of which is teaching reading comprehension.

All of them but for this application 2 and 3 both apply. Particularly 2, where I want you to focus on the phrase "excessive and irrational".

First a picture of a classroom of children supposedly Seig Heiling the American flag, and now a man arrested 100 years ago for not kissing the flag?

I really enjoy your up to date examples...

What next?

The McCarthy hearings?

Hey, there's plenty more. Actually it was 99 years ago and it was a mob that tried to make him do it, but there was actually a law that imprisoned him. For declining to worship a fucking piece of cloth.

And that's what this is all about ---- instutitionalized mob mentality. The dynamic where the mob, propped up by government, exercises that old ---- here comes that phrase again ---- excessive and irrational emotional bullshit to force its will on other people. NONE of y'all authoritarian statists have yet come up with a valid reason everybody should just bend over for that sort of mob mentality coercion. Which is to be expected, as there IS NO valid reason.

That's a picture of a patriot. A man who understood the difference between freedom of thought and fetishism. Who given the choice emphatically chose the Constitution over the mob.

Did you know the Governor of Montana issued 78 posthumous pardons for these absurd abuses of the United States Constitution?

>> Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the state was “about 80 years too late” in pardoning the mostly working-class people of German descent who were convicted of breaking what was then one of the harshest sedition laws in the nation.

“This should have been done a long time ago,” said Schweitzer, the son of German immigrants.

About 40 family members attended a ceremony where the governor signed the pardons, including descendants of farmers, butchers, carpenters and cooks.

Keith Sime’s uncle, Herman Bausch, was a pacifist who refused to buy war bonds and spent 28 months in prison for being outspoken about it. Sime said it was important for the state to finally recognize the injustice.

‘This is America’
August Lambrecht was imprisoned for seven months for predicting the United States would “get a licking” in France. His great-grandson, David Gabriel, said Lambrecht left the state after his release for fear of being imprisoned again.

“This is America,” Gabriel said. “Having freedom of speech and saying what is on your mind doesn’t make you a criminal and it shouldn’t.”

Seventy-six men and three women were convicted of sedition. They were imprisoned for an average of 19 months, often based on casual comments made in saloons. <<​

THAT ^^ ...... is where your cherished state-sponsored mob mentality leads. THAT is what this coercion of praying to an inanimate object leads to if left unchecked. And that is why it needs to be stopped in its tracks.

Robots..... SMH

Today you and yours are the mob.

Actually "I and mine" are supporting the option. As in the title of this thread.

Mobs do not do "options". That's why they're "mobs".

Ernie Starr did not get an "option". He got hard labor. For not kissing an idol.
That's what you wanna plant your flag on is it?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Well, sometimes liberals are just wrong.

Or like in your case, pretty much always wrong.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I've never really understood the American penchant for flag worshiping.