US Flag lapel pins are LAME!

[blueinindiana]

I hate fake ChristoPatriot Republicans!

[Skittles]

1. I bet they have made in China "Support the Troops" magnets on their cars too

:puke:

[blueinindiana]

2. Yeah I am sure they do.

[grateful581]

3. I bet those damn Pins are made in china too N/T

[Canuckistanian]

7. That's a scurrilous LIE, sir

Everyone knows they're made in Mexico.

on edit: Title should be 'Scurillous LIE, Ma'am'.

My sincerest apologies.

[Forkboy]

4. I think they hand them out at the factory where they make Republicans

Fake patriots is right.

[blueinindiana]

5. Fake ChristoPatriots

Some how Patriotism got linked directly religion especially Christainity!

[dchill]

17. Actually,

patriotism and Christianity got linked (deliberately) to Conservative Republicanism (Fascism.) It's the Rove plan for a permanent Republican majority.

It was working there for a while.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. My stepfather, an atheist and Korean War veteran...

wore a US flag lapel pin, and he was anything but lame. God rest his soul.

[pettypace]

13. All due respect due to the gentleman.

Everytime I see the lapel flag I think of Bush. I believe he's worn it throughout his term - even had Kerry sporting it for a year.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

19. Thank you. I should have added "life-long Democrat" as well.

I know what you mean about Bush, however, and other opportunistic politicans who wrap themselves in the flag. My stepfather served his country for 40+ years, had a mature "love" for it, and worked hard to make it better--it just seemed natural to see that little pin on his lapel or one of his hats.

Then there are those who write on it:



And walk on it!:

[demosincebirth]

8. I wear a flag lapel pin.

I also have a U.S. flag decal on my pickup... next to my Kerry/Edwards sticker.

Why should we allow the republicans to monopolize the flag.

[ProudDad]

9. They SUCK

And note how they're growing in size, especially on CBS sports announcers.

Disgusting jingoism.

I've visited at least 20 other countries and no where else is there such a blatant display of flags than here. I suspect that there is an equivalently obnoxious display of such symbols in North Korea, Myanmar or other oppressive regimes but not in the world's real democracies.

[Bright Eyes]

10. i always thought it was disrespectful

to wear a flag on your person(s). was i wrong?

[The Straight Story]

11. Are you associating the two???

I think many people wear the lapel pins as a show of support for what this country was designed to be, not what it always is.

Like the many of us who stood up on election day, were the dems I met out at the polling places ChristoPatriots?

Sometimes, offense is in the eye of the beholder....

[spoony]

15. Yes I also had no idea

that as a "Christo" that I had to report somewhere to get my lapel pin to fully identify myself to the OP and others.

My bad! :P

[karynnj]

12. So, you think it's a good idea to give the Republicans sole use of the flag?

That happened in the 60s and 70s and we lived to regret it.

As a 60s/70s college student, I still haven't completely subconsciously escaped from that. For years, I assumed my next door neighbors were Republicans - I found out differently when she commented positively on my Kerry sign.

[EdwardM]

14. Are you trying to say that anybody who wears one is a " fake ChristoPatriot Republicans!?"

Comeon, it isn't good to generalize like that.

[dchill]

18. Well,

it's a pretty good indicator, but by no means a complete profile. :)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

16. So Are One Line Threads With Nothing To Say. n/t