Flag Burning at LSU Campus

Off Topic Politics & World Issues
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[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:
lol at these douchebag kids not even letting a kid protest, the kid burning the flag has every right to do what he did, and what I like to think that separates U.S. from other countries/people is our tolerance to allow people to do what that kid wanted to do. But I guess not, fuck that school and fuck those kids.

At the end of the day what to ME makes America great is the ability to burn your own countries flag, demean the military, critique the government.
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LOL @ intolerance of intolerance.

They never stopped him from protesting. They had every right as much to speak.

The kid was doing something stupid and ignorant and intolerant to get attention and he got it.

Would you support him if he was wanting to say, do something intolerant of muslims, or gays.

What if he was going to burn a Koran? [/quote]

Dude ya they stopped him, they were throwing shit at him. If that doesn’t count as hindering someones ability to speak then I don’t know what does.

While I wouldn’t support him(never said I supported him in the first place) in any of those things you mentioned, I wouldn’t try to stop him either nor would I yell/chant/scream in his face.

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Your intolerance is gay.

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[quote]optheta wrote:
Because ya know if you burn the American Flag you are Anti-American.[/quote]

Hey look, even though you were sarcastic your sound logic is sound.

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[quote]jre67t wrote:
USA…USA…USA… Yeah yeah we allow people to run over our red, white and blue. Yet when a fucking Koran is being burned a shitstorm is made by the media. Its our fucking right to burn a false ideology or a religion book.
We as Americans are being too PC. We are here to protect our rights not those fucking other folks. Its self-preservation my friends. God, Country and Family.
And yes they have a right to speak what they feel but like my wifey tells me, words have consequences. You can do what you want want but everything has a price.[/quote]

Being ignorant is gay.

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[quote]smh23 wrote:

[quote]jre67t wrote:
USA…USA…USA… Yeah yeah we allow people to run over our red, white and blue. Yet when a fucking Koran is being burned a shitstorm is made by the media.[/quote]

Which is one of the many reasons why America is better than Afghanistan or Pakistan or China–because here we allow people to shit on the country/religion/ideology.[/quote]

Criticism and disrespect is two different things.

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[quote]CappedAndPlanIt wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]SexMachine wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:

Because ya know if you burn the American Flag you are Anti-American.[/quote]

Sounds like a logical conclusion to draw from such an act to me…?[/quote]

No kidding.[/quote]

“I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.”

Craig Washington
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Because we should listen to the guy that gets paid a government salary, but doesn’t pay taxes. I’ll say he doesn’t know shit about the constitution.

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[quote]smh23 wrote:

[quote]CappedAndPlanIt wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]SexMachine wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:

Because ya know if you burn the American Flag you are Anti-American.[/quote]

Sounds like a logical conclusion to draw from such an act to me…?[/quote]

No kidding.[/quote]

“I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.”

Craig Washington
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That is a great quote. It is also far and away the most patriotic thing that has been said or quoted yet in this thread.[/quote]

Yes, but a democrat…

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[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
But torturing people in the name of that stupid piece of cotton is totally a-okay.

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False dichotomies are gay.

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[quote]UtahLama wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]optheta wrote:
lol at these douchebag kids not even letting a kid protest, the kid burning the flag has every right to do what he did, and what I like to think that separates U.S. from other countries/people is our tolerance to allow people to do what that kid wanted to do. But I guess not, fuck that school and fuck those kids.

At the end of the day what to ME makes America great is the ability to burn your own countries flag, demean the military, critique the government.
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LOL @ intolerance of intolerance.

They never stopped him from protesting. They had every right as much to speak.

The kid was doing something stupid and ignorant and intolerant to get attention and he got it.

Would you support him if he was wanting to say, do something intolerant of muslims, or gays.

What if he was going to burn a Koran? [/quote]

Dude ya they stopped him, they were throwing shit at him. If that doesn’t count as hindering someones ability to speak then I don’t know what does.

While I wouldn’t support him(never said I supported him in the first place) in any of those things you mentioned, I wouldn’t try to stop him either nor would I yell/chant/scream in his face.

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The chanting and all is also free speech. And I do agree that the guy that threw the water balloon went too far, but I only saw 1.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

Inaction is support.

Much like the towns and people who have come out to shield grieving families from the Westboro baptists. Are you saying that people are wrong, and should allow the westboro baptists to inflict pain and suffering on soldier’s families?

No, they have the right to speak, but decent people have the right to come together and speak over top of them.[/quote]

Well put…VERY well put.[/quote]

Yes, and last time I checked people can’t burn stuff whenever they want.

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Flag burning is a form of protest and I’m glad it’s allowed.

That being said, the people who shouted them down or whatever had the same right. Bring more people to tango next time if you wanna burn flags.[/quote]

How is burning a flag peaceful protest?

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
But torturing people in the name of that stupid piece of cotton is totally a-okay.

:/[/quote]

False dichotomies are gay.[/quote]

It is not a false dichotomy. People who wrap themselves in the flag also like to torture and kill foreigners. I know plenty of them.

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Flag burning is a form of protest and I’m glad it’s allowed.

That being said, the people who shouted them down or whatever had the same right. Bring more people to tango next time if you wanna burn flags.[/quote]

How is burning a flag peaceful protest?[/quote]

Same way a family picnic can be peaceful so long as no one invites the crazy uncle.