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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Did you even read my post? I already quoted what he said and posted it twice now. His reasoning was that he felt there were better ways than to express patriotism. Anyone can wear a flag and it does not make them an American. Nor does NOT wearing a flag make one NOT american
You are clearly not a very objective person. If you were you would have actually read my posts and saw that I NEVER indicated he was not dangerous. I indicated he WAS but for far better reasons than this polemic. Anyone can make a video making ANYONE look bad.
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Our posts got crossed, and thats why I didn't see it while I was posting mine. Simple explanation. Anyway...
Something tells me your word of the day is "polemic". I've never seen the word used so repetitiously on a single thread....but anyway...
If you cant see through Obama's weak and transparent "reasoning" about the flag pin, then maybe there's a blind spot there, Prax. Its one thing for a man to say he'll choose other ways to express his patriotism than a flag pin. And no one is stupid enough to imply that not wearing a flag pin is un-American in and of itself. You're so totally missing the crux of the issue. The he issue here is,
he used to wear one, then he decided to stop. Why did he stop? The man himself said, he thought the prevalence of flag pins during the lead-up to the Iraq war (often by conservatives/right wingers) displayed a sense of false patriotism. You yourself acknowledge that the man is a socialist (aka left winger). Obama being a leftist, has long played to the anti-war left, and he chose to distance himself from the American flag as a political statement. Many of those on the hard-left
despised those who wore those flag pins ["flag-wavers", conservatives, "Bush-supporters", etc], and they themselves wouldn't be caught dead wearing one, so as not to be "on the same page" as
those people. His decision to stop wearing a flag pin was a statement,
as he chose to pander to the hard left.
And no... I'm not politically objective. I am subjective. I am a conservative and I am no fan of liberals or liberalism. However, objectivity is not necessarily required when it comes to politics. Truthfulness is. If you see anything there thats
not factually true, then feel free to say that. But this man making a video of someone he opposes politically does not require "objectivity". As a matter of fact, subjectivity and personal bias are a natural part of the process. Many political ads/campaigns etc, are
supposed to highlight the flaws of the other guy. That's just how it works.
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Originally Posted by DanielR
I am not an Obama fan, but I get so tired of hearing about Obama standing at attention instead holding his hand over his heart...both are very acceptable practices and standing at attention is the method of choice for people that have been in the military.
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Did you see the video, Daniel? I'm guessing you didn't....
The man was not "standing at attention" by any definition.
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