Posted on 08/15/2008 4:24:22 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
How ‘bout an example - just one.
Sorry Dude but I’m not playing your game. As I said, it’s make believe and until faced with a specific situation, it would all be just bragadacio and empty words.
From Above:
“Do you think the Founding Fathers wrote the First Amendment with t-shirts and belt buckles in mind? Or do you think that MAYBE it was meant to cover speaking against the government without fear of reprisal?” - DJMWW
Yes, I do think the founders intended for free speech to include messages printed on t-shirts, belt buckles and the like. Political speech is covered no matter what form it takes.
(I did directly answer your question.)
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I would support the malcom x free speech, just as I would the Skokie - march decision.
“it would all be just bragadacio and empty words” - DJMWW
No different from your other posts.
This however shows me that, in principle, you don’t know where you stand on protecting our basic freedoms. Frankly, I’m not surprised.
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Are you a libertarian?
You actually have no idea who I am or what I’ve done. But you seem to put great stock in empty words make believe situations. I find that sad. I refuse to make claims that I cannot prove or support, I refuse to pretend.
No - I don’t put any stock in anything you have posted.
As far as political parties go: I am un-affiliated.
As far as priciples go: conservative, individualist, constitutionalist, anti-federalist, libertarian - all seem to fit in one way or another.
Thanks for asking.
I am done replying to you.
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So you’re taking you’re make believe scenaios and leaving. Awwww. BYE.
It certainly is an interesting irony. But beyond that, you can't simply say that the flag is a symbol of NASCAR or country music or Southeastern Conference Football or hating Washington and ignore the history behind it or dismiss it as irrelevant. If kids knew that some of their ancestors regarded that flag as a symbol of oppression they might think twice about wearing it.
the school also bans Malcolm X and gang attire.
seems pretty equally applied IF they also ban the mexican flag or illegal immigration symbols of aztlan.
So where do you stop? No designer labels (a symbol of economic status over your less priveleged classmates), no baggy pants, no jeans with holes slashed in the knees, no steel toed boots, no dyed hair, no earrings in places other than ears...
See, it sounds silly once you start going down this road, but a lawyer in a courtroom can make a case for all this. The government administers education with taxpayer funds, therefore everthing can be reasonably enforced since someone might be offended at someone’s else’s display of individuality.
Yes, I know, it just spirals into stupidity. I agree.
This is why it’s always best to keep government as small and weak as possible in every area of our lives and allow free people to remain free.
Historical preciseness and accuracy does indeed matter. The myth of a solid united South under the rebel banner is about as useful as some currently popular tales of non existent kingdoms in the old world. Facing historical reality in the face and learning from it is always best.
Growing up in the South, I used to have had feelings of tying regional identification with the Confederacy. But the more I read about the abysmal misgovernment and injustice that the CSA visited upon southerners of all races, I realized that the Confederate regime was a very defective symbol of the region.
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