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calimary

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70. "War of Northern Aggression." HAH. What bullshit. I think your response was quite apt.
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:07 AM
Jun 2015

You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to. There should be a response EVERY TIME. I don't think our side has fought back hard enough. EVERY TIME somebody asserts "War of Northern Aggression," that should be the immediate response. Cover their slogan with OURS. Correct the record every time they speak up to try to distort it. Check the bad behavior EVERY TIME it happens. Immediate response. EVERY time. It has to be attached. It has to be open and somewhat blatant. They can't just be allowed to say "War of Northern Aggression" and just have it lay there in every ear with no answer, no counter-response, no fact-checking, no correction, no rebuttal. There should ALWAYS be a retort. There should ALWAYS be an answer back. There should ALWAYS be a counter-response.

Just like when somebody sprays graffiti on a wall. If you don't want that graffiti to stay up and establish and become a permanent thing - or somehow, by default, an ACCEPTED thing, then you paint over it. As soon as possible! THIS is one way we can "paint over" the stupid, wrong, and in this case racist, erase it, make it gone, help it disappear, override it, overrun it, overrule it.

Seems to me that's why it's been able to linger and fester and establish. Because there has been no counter. There has never been anything to counter it. It's just been stated and left there - just like when there are two opposing sides on one of the many panel discussions, and the bad guy (the CON) is allowed to get the last word. THAT is what remains in the air, and in people's ears, and in people's memory. Whatever is the last word becomes the takeaway. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT LAST WORD IS OURS.

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Holy crap, he took it down today [View all] safeinOhio Jun 2015 OP
If you feel comfortable doing it gratuitous Jun 2015 #1
I can't be sure if he did it safeinOhio Jun 2015 #3
"I notice your flag is gone" Warpy Jun 2015 #73
Did you ask him if you can organize a block party to burn the flag down? Bernie 2016 Jun 2015 #2
Oh wow. That's amazing! C Moon Jun 2015 #4
Progress, my dear safeinOhio! One household at a time! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #5
Chalk one up in the "W" column. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #6
Hell must be freezing over! lunatica Jun 2015 #7
The Dixie swastika finally has the same moral stain in America as the Nazi swastika has in Germany. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #8
That's cool. My newer neighbor still has his up. logosoco Jun 2015 #9
I wish I did... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #33
Me too. I am constantly being told that I need to learn to stop making faces Live and Learn Jun 2015 #49
? I would tell him I find it offensive, end of story Skittles Jun 2015 #40
It is offensive! logosoco Jun 2015 #65
Better you than me. tavalon Jun 2015 #61
In the South that's like giving up the backyard BBQ. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #10
I live in the south. cwydro Jun 2015 #20
You probably don't know where to buy meth either. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #21
You are absolutely right. cwydro Jun 2015 #22
If I had to guess? Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #24
Wow, you are truly in some odd world. cwydro Jun 2015 #26
I said you probably DON'T.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #28
I think you misunderstood Spitfire's comment... ms liberty Jun 2015 #51
You weren't accused of being a meth head, the joke was if you can't find a Dixie..... marble falls Jun 2015 #56
Yep I live in eastern Missouri and got it immediately Volaris Jun 2015 #58
Yeah, me too. tavalon Jun 2015 #63
Some crackpot Christian told me the other day - I'm not making this up Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #72
Actually, that does not surprise me. I was told Missn-Hitch Jun 2015 #74
Wow, teh stupid, it burns tavalon Jun 2015 #80
I think you misread the post whopis01 Jun 2015 #60
It was a close one... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2015 #27
I don't know why it is that whenever the South is mentioned people take it personally. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #30
Shouldn't reading comprehension snort Jun 2015 #67
The fuck??? nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #34
Why is it so dificult to understand? Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #37
Okay, I just read it wrong... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #38
You aren't alone. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #39
I got that meaning from it... Dorian Gray Jun 2015 #52
That's how I took it d_r Jun 2015 #53
Yeah, and it was a truly funny rejoinder tavalon Jun 2015 #64
omg, low reading comprehension here PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #42
I chalk it up as high tension. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #43
I agree, I understood it the first time. Thor_MN Jun 2015 #57
LOL tavalon Jun 2015 #62
I thought you said recently that you were in Britain? nt Live and Learn Jun 2015 #50
yay Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #11
Maybe you and your neighbors need to send him a pie or something with a thank you note. eom Cleita Jun 2015 #12
Congratulations, great news! The pie and a note sounds like a fine idea- appalachiablue Jun 2015 #15
Sounds real good Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #23
I live in eastern Ohio. You may know we have a country music festival every doc03 Jun 2015 #13
They're such idiots they probably think it means they're Dukes of Hazzard fans. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #19
Here in Western PA, most of the festival is broadcast live on a cable station. John1956PA Jun 2015 #54
Here's hoping he replaces it with Old Glory WheelWalker Jun 2015 #14
Well, if Bo and Luke can do it rocktivity Jun 2015 #16
hadn't seen anyone post that yet. It brought a smile to my face. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #59
And my neighbor just put one up mcar Jun 2015 #17
Someone could paint over it Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #25
facebook is awash with bigot hysteria over hopemountain Jun 2015 #29
Fortunately my FB page is full of praise mcar Jun 2015 #31
I checked my "friends" lists today... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #35
yes, though there were lots of hopemountain Jun 2015 #45
My sister is gay awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #46
yes! i am happy for so many hopemountain Jun 2015 #47
If you can suppress the rights of a group awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #48
"The flag of southern treason" - that's a good one! calimary Jun 2015 #66
A coworker once said awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #68
"War of Northern Aggression." HAH. What bullshit. I think your response was quite apt. calimary Jun 2015 #70
Hear f'ing hear!! Missn-Hitch Jun 2015 #75
Welcome to DU, Missn-Hitch! calimary Jun 2015 #78
Thank you callmary. You and I have certainly had it. Missn-Hitch Jun 2015 #79
We had to make them ashamed of it. Ilsa Jun 2015 #18
I'm betting he watched Obama's eulogy/sermon malaise Jun 2015 #32
Are you cooking out for the 4th? awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #36
I hope he did it because he now understands. alfredo Jun 2015 #41
I'm sorry but I'm the eternal pessimist laundry_queen Jun 2015 #44
He just wants to take care of it d_r Jun 2015 #55
I'm assuming you live in Ohio. Just from the screen name LynneSin Jun 2015 #69
Saw one in the pacific northwest (yes, on a trailer). It was gone after a few days. Missn-Hitch Jun 2015 #76
I'm not against individuals flying that flag, even if it gags me. ladyVet Jun 2015 #71
Watch them start flying that yellow "Gadsden" flag the TParty has adopted. Hoyt Jun 2015 #77
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