What does our flag mean to you?

[White 6]

His cult is still with us. At least Jim Jones had the decency to kill himself and convince the flock to do the same.

They don't think like that. When thinking of their wall, the scorn Patton and his views on fixed fortifications, but Patton's West point speech is held in high regard.

 

[1srelluc]

 

[EvilCat Breath]

America is finished now. The Flag should be retired. Criminals & Forigen influence have fully captured the US GOVT (Raiding the US Treasury since ~2007, Destroying American Childrens future). Communist BLM, ANTIFA a tool for unrest. Criminals set free to offend over & over. Political Prioners captured held & tortured.

I feel sadness.
When I see the number of people who are against the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Anthem and our founders, I know that the flag is not long for this world.

 

[night_son]

When you see our flag flying in the wind, what does that mean to you? What kind of visceral reaction do you have when you see our flag flown high and above in the wind?

I was watching recently, The Last Castle with Robert Redford. The big scene at the end of the movie was whether he was going to fly the flag upside down or not. In the scene, he chose to fly it right side up. And when I saw that, I was so proud to be an American that it is hard to describe into words.

What does our flag mean to you? What emotions does it conjure up when you see it flying in the breeze?

Many years ago the US Army sent us to help enforce the brand new Iraqi Southern NFZ set up after Desert Storm. That mission was my first deployment. I was 18 years-old. My long range surveillance detachment covertly parachuted into southern Iraq not long after the US led coalition pushed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. For weeks our small unit moved around the country—far behind "enemy" lines, watching Iraqi military airstrips, lasing Iraqi military aircraft for coalition strike plane bombing sorties, and in some cases sabotaging Iraqi planes ourselves so they couldn't get off the ground. We were six US soldiers surrounded by millions of angry Iraqis, far from support or reinforcements of any kind. For weeks on end I spent twenty-four hours a day terrified we'd be spotted, hunted down, shot dead or worse. My primary MOS was combat engineer so wherever we encountered landmines (around the perimeter of every Iraqi airbase) it was up to me to disarm them. Some mines were the old Soviet wooden box types, rotted through and ready to blow up in your face if you breathed too hard on them.

After they extracted us from Iraq, after that long, long mission was over, they put us on a plane from Saudi to Germany. As our plane was landing at Ramstein I caught my first glimpse in months of an American flag. For the first time in forever I felt safe—completely safe.

So what does the American flag mean to me?

Relief.
Absolute relief.

 

[luiza]

What does our flag mean to you? What emotions does it conjure up when you see it flying in the breeze?

The end of an awful era and the chance for future improvement .

 

[whitehall]

Flying the Flag upside down is a signal mostly at sea that you are in trouble. Flying it upside down at the end of the preposterous Redford military prison movie is an intentional insult crafted by the degenerates in H'wood.. I fly Old Glory every day and I have a solar light shining on it at night.

 

[Mindful]

What does our flag mean to you? What emotions does it conjure up when you see it flying in the breeze?

The 13 original colonies.


Fluttering in the wind.

 

[whitehall]

If you have no respect for yourself you won't have respect for your Country or your Flag.

 

[Hellbilly]

When you see our flag flying in the wind, what does that mean to you? What kind of visceral reaction do you have when you see our flag flown high and above in the wind?

I was watching recently, The Last Castle with Robert Redford. The big scene at the end of the movie was whether he was going to fly the flag upside down or not. In the scene, he chose to fly it right side up. And when I saw that, I was so proud to be an American that it is hard to describe into words.

What does our flag mean to you? What emotions does it conjure up when you see it flying in the breeze?

 

[sparky]

freedom

when seen at 1/2 mast, feels like we lost some.....

~S~

 

[frigidweirdo]

When you see our flag flying in the wind, what does that mean to you? What kind of visceral reaction do you have when you see our flag flown high and above in the wind?

I was watching recently, The Last Castle with Robert Redford. The big scene at the end of the movie was whether he was going to fly the flag upside down or not. In the scene, he chose to fly it right side up. And when I saw that, I was so proud to be an American that it is hard to describe into words.

What does our flag mean to you? What emotions does it conjure up when you see it flying in the breeze?

It's a good question, I've thought about the meaning of flags for a while.

Think about China's flag. They changed it in 1948, it suddenly became a Communist flag. What does it represent? The people of China or the ruling class? Clearly it's the CCP, because it's the CCP's flag.

Take the UK's flag. It is made up of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland's flags. England's flag is the flag of St George. A dude who almost certainly never went to England, but was chosen by Henry II to go on Crusade, and it's remained as the representation of the King of England. The Scottish St Andrew's flag was used by Scottish Kings. The Northern Irish flag of St Patrick, is actually from the Fitzgerald family.

Essentially both the UK and China have flags that represent the people in power.

What about the US? 50 stars to represent the states, and 13 stripes to represent the 13 original states. Again, the power structures in place.

A flag is literally a piece of cloth that says "fuck you, I'm in charge here".

 

[22lcidw]

It's a good question, I've thought about the meaning of flags for a while.

Think about China's flag. They changed it in 1948, it suddenly became a Communist flag. What does it represent? The people of China or the ruling class? Clearly it's the CCP, because it's the CCP's flag.

Take the UK's flag. It is made up of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland's flags. England's flag is the flag of St George. A dude who almost certainly never went to England, but was chosen by Henry II to go on Crusade, and it's remained as the representation of the King of England. The Scottish St Andrew's flag was used by Scottish Kings. The Northern Irish flag of St Patrick, is actually from the Fitzgerald family.

Essentially both the UK and China have flags that represent the people in power.

What about the US? 50 stars to represent the states, and 13 stripes to represent the 13 original states. Again, the power structures in place.

A flag is literally a piece of cloth that says "fuck you, I'm in charge here".

The original flag was made during our revolution. We had the Articles of Confederation which was freedom. You type as a Progressive. One who loves huge government and wants more as in socialism. The original flag was not 'fuck you, I am in charge here". The constitution came about due to the government not having much in funds and outside influence from the then power structure. For 13 years though or so, freedom from government existed. No large government without the Constitution which even the founding fathers warned against corrupting. It was corrupted and has grown in the last century hugely and in the last half century into a behemoth.

 

[Billo_Really]

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I have no clue what your point is?

 

[notmyfault2020]

When you see our flag flying in the wind, what does that mean to you? What kind of visceral reaction do you have when you see our flag flown high and above in the wind?

I was watching recently, The Last Castle with Robert Redford. The big scene at the end of the movie was whether he was going to fly the flag upside down or not. In the scene, he chose to fly it right side up. And when I saw that, I was so proud to be an American that it is hard to describe into words.

What does our flag mean to you? What emotions does it conjure up when you see it flying in the breeze?

This is really strange because I was going to ask this same question!

wow... so bizarre to actually have the same thought a liberal has! Whoda thunk?

But anyhow.. I used to feel so many awesome things when I looked at our flag. I still kind of do but something is lacking these days. I mean, the last presidential election was stolen. Maybe others were as well. $$ is our God these days, it seems... money and power. No one seems to give a rip anymore that Jesus, the Son of God Himself was actually poor and chose to be... That's for losers, I guess. That is actually one thing I dislike about Trump... His definition of Loser is different from mine. I'll just put it that way

 

[notmyfault2020]

you & your kind is destroying our country. Your throat should be slit as you bleed out in the gutter in front of you butt buddies.

wow...

Ironic does not begin to say it!

I will pray for you

 

[notmyfault2020]

To me personally it's a pretty piece of cloth. The trappings of nationalism have their purposes but they are only symbols. Far more important is the country and people these symbols represent. I need no flags or anthems to feel love for this country. Compulsive nationalism is a thing of authoritarians and despots.

so who says it is always "compulsive"?

liberals are so quick to presume facts not in evidence

 

[Hellbilly]

I have no clue what your point is?

I wouldn't expect you to. It's a native thing.

 

[occupied]

so who says it is always "compulsive"?

liberals are so quick to presume facts not in evidence

Watching you people have a conniption fit over football players kneeling for the anthem was proof enough the right believes strongly in compulsory shows of patriotism. You had better stand for the pledge or the national anthem when commanded or you're some kind of horrible person. On the other hand grand displays of nationalism often mask the sheer contempt some on the right feel for the government and the people of this country.

 

[marvin martian]

I don`t care about anyone`s flag and haven`t cared since the days of the Vietnam War.

And which flag did you care about then? Russia, or China?

 

[whitehall]

It's a moot point anyway. Back in the 70's the left wing won a Supreme Court decision that made the desecration of the Flag legal and a 1st Amendment freedom of speech right. Respect for the Flag is a personal decision.