1. These supposed Authoritarians, what or who's Authority are they defending with this hypothetical beating of an Anti-American?
Excellent question. I myself posed the same question to those same authoritarian goons. I asked for a link to any SCOTUS ruling that said physical assault was a valid form of free speech.
I got crickets on that question.
Is there a Crickets clause in the Constitution? I can't find it.
2. Re:bigot. No, I don't get the idea. Being pissed off that some asshole is burning an American flag indicated nothing negative about someone.
But threatening to visit physical assault upon them did. That's the conclusion of that point that somehow you stopped short of.
3. But your description is not accurate.
Of course it is. It's MY point -- how could it not be accurate? If it typed out wrong --- I'd change it until it's right.
4. Funny you didn't post the whole sentence. "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
And you'll notice which one gets top billing, and which one is an afterthought. The direct object: "flag". The supporting cast doesn't even appear onstage until a following sentence.
And that's because it was written as a marketing ploy, literally. To sell flags to schools.
So if we pledge to any idea, ultimately we pledge to crass commercialism. Be proud.
You'll also notice that you're whining about not quoting the entire point ---- which is exactly what you just did above in point 2.
Oops.
1. So they are NOT authoritarians. So, your description of them is inaccurate. As I said, you seem to just be choosing words with negative connotations, not ones that actually fit.
So they are. See #4.
authoritarian
[uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uh n, uh-thor-]
adjective
1. favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom:
authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
2. of or relating to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people
3. exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others:
an authoritarian parent.
noun
4.a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.
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Learning how English works.
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2. NOpe. Being pissed off to the point of violence still in no way indicates that they might not have been willing to tolerate any/most/all other differences of opinion.
"Other" differences of opinion are utterly irrelevant here. You seem desperate to change the subject. Why might that be?
3. YOu are describing other people, and you are just picking words based on being negative, not accurate.
They're both. The two are in no way mutually exclusive.
4. Mentioning what a symbol symbolizes is hardly an "Afterthought".
It is when it gets second billing. The thing comes right out and says "I pledge allegiance to the flag". "And by the way, gimme a side order of the country for which it stands". It doesn't say, "I pledge allegiance to the United States and by the way, that flag thing too". And again, that's because it was written to sell flags.
Know what's cool?
Learning how English works.