i have heard that some blacks call other blacks that think like white folk...

[Lowaicue]

Here's the thing, We The People have FREEDOM OF SPEECH here, we can express our speech by displaying any kind of flag we so desire on private property. Our reasons do not have to conform to your rationale, which might be based on absolute stereotypes and bigoted perceptions of the truth. If a German man wants to plant an Nazi flag in his front yard, it's not any of my business to tell him he can't. I don't have the right to not be offended.

I do not fly a confederate flag at my home, because there is no reason for me to. I am not in need of making a statement or supporting a cause. I do own a confederate flag, an actual battleground artifact. It is behind glass in my study, it hasn't been exposed to the elements in probably 100 years or so. It has a history behind it, and I have that. From my perspective, it is a historic artifact and nothing more. But if I want to fly a Confederate flag at my home, I have every right to do so, I don't need to justify it to you or explain why, it's my right to do this under the Constitution.

I have never objected to people wanting the symbol removed from state flags, because I can see their point, and understand that it's offensive. Primarily because of how it got there, which had nothing to do with the Civil War, and everything to do with defiant segregationists. I also don't condone using the Confederate flag as a symbol of racial supremacy. And because of that deplorable element who has hijacked the honorable flag, I can understand the sentiment behind not wanting it to adorn the state flag. I have no problem with that viewpoint, the only place I feel it appropriate to publicly display the flag, is at Confederate cemeteries and historic reenactments. You don't have to agree with me on that, but even in Japan, we allow the people to have museums and monuments to their fallen WWII soldiers.

We are in agreement then. Oh except that America does not 'allow' the Japanese anything, neither does Japan 'allow' america to do anything. They are both sovereign nations. Was that a Freudian slip there?

 

[Dixie - In Memoriam]

We are in agreement then. Oh except that America does not 'allow' the Japanese anything, neither does Japan 'allow' america to do anything. They are both sovereign nations. Was that a Freudian slip there?

No slip.. I said "WE allow" as in SOCIETY allows it. We don't see people in America boycotting Japan because some people pay tribute to kamikaze pilots or fly the rising sun flag. We do respect their individual right to honor their fallen warriors, even if we didn't agree with their cause and were mortal enemies. It's odd that we can do that for the Japanese, but not for Americans living south of the Mason-Dixon.

 

[Lowaicue]

No slip.. I said "WE allow" as in SOCIETY allows it. We don't see people in America boycotting Japan because some people pay tribute to kamikaze pilots or fly the rising sun flag. We do respect their individual right to honor their fallen warriors, even if we didn't agree with their cause and were mortal enemies. It's odd that we can do that for the Japanese, but not for Americans living south of the Mason-Dixon.

As people say here, your mind is wrong. You would not accept that 'we' should 'allow' americans to do something or other. You cannot 'allow' me or the Chinese, or the British or the Yemenis or the Japanese to do anything. Your influence stops at your beach. Get used to it. YOU cannot do that for the Japanese. Who the fuck do you people think you are?

 

[j-mac]

As people say here, your mind is wrong. You would not accept that 'we' should 'allow' americans to do something or other. You cannot 'allow' me or the Chinese, or the British or the Yemenis or the Japanese to do anything. Your influence stops at your beach. Get used to it. YOU cannot do that for the Japanese. Who the fuck do you people think you are?

I notice our "influence" didn't stop at our beach when our Navy was helping Japan through its recent disaster...Nor does it stop at our beach when you need our might in your seas to deter the IL family from firing stray missiles toward your country. Much like the rest of the world, you are very unappreciative when it comes to recognizing what America does for you. You just expect it.

 

[Lowaicue]

I notice our "influence" didn't stop at our beach when our Navy was helping Japan through its recent disaster...Nor does it stop at our beach when you need our might in your seas to deter the IL family from firing stray missiles toward your country. Much like the rest of the world, you are very unappreciative when it comes to recognizing what America does for you. You just expect it.

No one has ever fired missiles at my country since your pin up boy Adolf sent his V1s and V2s to London. I have never been to Japan.