I lost count of the number of American flags behind Kamala Harris during her speech.

[Aristus]

I get so tired of having to pander to the armchair warriors and pseudo-patriots who would throw a fit if the American flag wasn't on prominent display.

Hell, the organizers of her acceptance speech probably threw in multiple flags just so some toothless Deliverance types wouldn't scream and yell. "They's on'y got theyselves ONE flag!!! That meens they HATE Amurika!!!"

[USALiberal]

1. Please list the downside of having the flags

[Aristus]

2. No, I don't think I will.

Who am I supposed to appease now? You?

[SiliconValley_Dem]

6. yes, and me. it is like if Dem politicians do anything politicsl

faux purists are here to whine

[Aristus]

11. I am a faux purist.

Insofar as I'm not a purist at all.

I respect what the organizers were trying to do; I just hate that they've allowed the screamers to dictate what counts as 'patriotic'.

[USALiberal]

12. I assumed you had no reason! Thanks! nt

[CrispyQ]

3. I've never understood the reason for having multiple flags.

I think it diminishes the significance of the flag by doing that. It becomes a decoration, not a symbol.

[brooklynite]

4. President Obama wore a flag pin every day....

[Aristus]

7. Yes. One pin.

n/t

[USALiberal]

13. LOL, you missed the flag behind him!! nt

[Aristus]

14. HA!

Fair enough!



OTOH, it IS just one flag...

[sarge43]

5. Looked like state flags. Don't see the problem there.

A bit too much with the number of US flags. One is enough.

[Aristus]

9. My point exactly.

n/t

[sarge43]

15. The one that grinds my grits

The lapel flag. Ah Mr President, we know you're a US citizen. You wouldn't have the job otherwise.

[Aristus]

16. If I were to go in to politics,

I might wear the lapel pin to my Southwest Asia Service Medal, instead. Anyone who disliked that could kiss my ass...

[sarge43]

17. Yeah. That's one to strut. n/t

[femmocrat]

8. I thought there were 5 US flags (didn't really count)....

and a flag for each state. Maybe territories too. Lots of flags though!

[BannonsLiver]

10. I also saw that they had flags from all 50 states.

I thought that was nice. There were a lot of flags.

[USALiberal]

18. DAMN! This makes you mad too..........

[Aristus]

19. For two reasons.

One: Too many flags; we get the idea.

Two: It didn't do a lick of good. The Trumpanzees never stopped questioning President Obama's birth. And now they're doing to Kamala Harris.

[cayugafalls]

20. There were 5 surrounded on each side by state flags.

Personally, I think this is like the flag pin. It has become ubiquitous and necessary evil for politicians. An easy solution to avoid unnecessary ridicule. When it is so easy to do, why not do it, it shows Patriotism and respect and gives their opponents no easy pickings.

[Zorro]

21. We should be waving lots of American flags at protests against this administration

The Trumpsters seem to be the ones always doing the flag waving.