How Stupid Are They?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yeah, but you know stuff.

Yes, I drink and I know things. It's what I do.

Holy fecal matter! Rufus knows about, may have watched, Game of Thrones.
This might be a sign of the apocalypse

I read all of the books long before they became film, and many other of George R.R. Martin's works. I read a lot of book; average maybe 3 a week

[rogruth]

[quote="Rufus T. Firefly

I read all of the books long before they became film, and many other of George R.R. Martin's works. I read a lot of book; average maybe 3 a week

Do it while you can. I once did the same. Now it is about three weeks per book instead.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[quote="Rufus T. Firefly

I read all of the books long before they became film, and many other of George R.R. Martin's works. I read a lot of book; average maybe 3 a week

Do it while you can. I once did the same. Now it is about three weeks per book instead.

Picked up 4 more from the library today & returned 1; might finished a different one tonight....

[HONDO74]

How many liberals and democrats were offended at Barack Obama's second inauguration because the Betsey Ross 13 star flag was flying during the ceremonial in 2012.

Now they call it a racist symbol.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Now they call it a racist symbol.

I have yet to hear any rational explanation for that from anyone.

[HONDO74]

Now they call it a racist symbol.

I have yet to hear any rational explanation for that from anyone.

Can't say it's rational but this is what started it. Because slavery existed in that period of time..

Nike was worried that the flag could “unintentionally offend” people, after controversial football player Colin Kaepernick expressed concern over the design, claiming it recalled the slavery era and has been appropriated by white nationalists. The controversy quickly worked its way into the national political bloodstream, with some Democratic presidential candidates siding with Nike.

Beto & Castro strongly imply that the Betsy Ross flag is a symbol of hatred. Do the rest of the Dems agree?

[Roy]

Some conservative whole-asses have adopted the Ross flag. The only flag appropriate for them, is the skull and crossbones.

[HONDO74]

Some conservative whole-asses have adopted the Ross flag. The only flag appropriate for them, is the skull and crossbones.

Well Roy you will be flying the Mexican flag in the near future as Southern California becomes the norther part of Mexico.

[Roy]

Well Roy you will be flying the Mexican flag in the near future as Southern California becomes the norther part of Mexico.

I wish I had a nickel, for every time you threw that stupid gag in our faces.

[HONDO74]

Well Roy you will be flying the Mexican flag in the near future as Southern California becomes the norther part of Mexico.

I wish I had a nickel, for every time you threw that stupid gag in our faces.

Why, will 50 cents buy you a taco.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Now they call it a racist symbol.

I have yet to hear any rational explanation for that from anyone.

Can't say it's rational but this is what started it. Because slavery existed in that period of time..

Nike was worried that the flag could “unintentionally offend” people, after controversial football player Colin Kaepernick expressed concern over the design, claiming it recalled the slavery era and has been appropriated by white nationalists. The controversy quickly worked its way into the national political bloodstream, with some Democratic presidential candidates siding with Nike.

Beto & Castro strongly imply that the Betsy Ross flag is a symbol of hatred. Do the rest of the Dems agree?

So all of the other US flags up through the Civil War are also "tainted" then? So all of the US flags after the Reconstruction failed are tainted? Idiots.

[chuck]

The ties to "racism" do come from right wing groups like the KKK and various Neo-nazi organizations use of the flag to support their agendas. The later assumed that use of that symbol (Bettsy Ross flag) would be more palatable and provide better cover than the swastika and they were correct.

If Nike had done 30 seconds of research they would have:

A) uncovered prior co opting the symbol for nefarious purposes
B) Bettsy Ross only documented contribution to the DESIGN was the five point star

We should be more concerned about the general ignorance/acceptance of prior co-opt of the symbol. We should also be wary of those that continue to do this and/or use that obfuscation of this information for political purposes. If the symbol was so darn import people should have been "raising the flag" back when it was first misused.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We should be more concerned about the general ignorance/acceptance of prior co-opt of the symbol. We should also be wary of those that continue to do this and/or use that obfuscation of this information for political purposes. If the symbol was so darn import people should have been "raising the flag" back when it was first misused.

Yes!

[Mitch]

If the friggin' morons would stop trying to obliterate our history and knew anything about it, then they'd know that Betsy Ross was an abolitionist.

[Roy]

If the symbol was so darn import people should have been "raising the flag" back when it was first misused.

Liberals and progressives have been keeping their heads down and mouths shut, since Reagan's time. This doesn't work. Don of the Dead, and his villainous voters, need to be immediately deported to Auschwitz. Let them play with their gas chambers and crematoria on themselves to their black heart's content, God damn them!

I like the flag with the thirteen stars in a circle, and I'm not ceding it to conservative assholes.