How do you respond to the "Flag Pin" subject?

[OmahaBlueDog]

I'm not talking about known righties or freepers. How do you respond to coworkers, friends, relatives, or people you meet in the mall or grocery store when this topic is raised with respect to Barack Obama?

[nichomachus]

1. Do you really pick a president based on his jewelry? n/t

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. But it's not just jewelry, it's our flag.

(I'm playing devils advocate)

[atreides1]

15. Not Mine

My flag flies on a pole where it can be seen by all, not on a lapel like it was some kind of fraternity pledge pin.

[nichomachus]

22. Flags should not be worn as an article of clothing -- flag rules

People who wear flags as clothing are disrespecting the flag. You could look it up.

[OmahaBlueDog]

32. This is true, but...

it's funny how many of my friends on the other side of the political spectrum send me, for example, e-mails with buxom girls in flag bikinis.

[nichomachus]

41. I once saw a GOP woman wearing flag pants

I know she was GOP because she was lined up outside a bookstore to get Newt Gingrich to sign her book -- she also had on a flag pin, flag earrings, and a flag hat. I asked her if she was anti-American. She was stunned. What did I mean. I said, "Well, I don't think it's very respectful to our country to fart through the flag." She was not pleased.

[madeline_con]

70. LOL HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

:rofl:

[madeline_con]

69. Then every self-professed Christian better have a cross!

I'm playing wear your heart on your aleeve.

[stray cat]

2. Love of country is working selflessly for the good of people not wearing a pin

while you are destroying people. Most soldiers don't wear flag pins - would you call them unpatriotic?

[MissMillie]

8. good one!

:thumbsup:

[iamjoy]

18. I Use That One, Too

Or I point out that most American flag pins are made in China. So, how is wearing one patriotic?

I also say that many others don't wear the pin and no one questions their patriotism.

[LakeSamish706]

3. I really think that it is a non issue... JMHO of course. n/t

[RB TexLa]

4. That by etiquette the only thing a man is to wear on the lapel of a jacket is a flower

Don't know the rules for women.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. I simply quote John Prine: Your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore.

[MissMillie]

7. I say it's a non-issue

I'm far more concerned about 47 million Americans that can't afford to go to the doctor.

I'm far more concerned about energy policy.

I'm far more concerned about $12billion/month being spent in Iraq.

I'm far more concerned about the erosion of the Bill of Rights.

I have better things to do w/ my time than to criticize any candidate's choice of fashion accessories.

[YOY]

9. Don't debate stupid shit with idiots.

Just start crosschecking them...



Dammit a man can fantisize, can't he?

[nichomachus]

24. As Mark Twain said

You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into.

[YOY]

60. 'Nuff Said Mr. Twain.

It's Clobberin' Time FREEEPS!

[petronius]

65. Good point - most of life's dilemmas are answered by hockey:

Sometimes you need a crosscheck, sometimes, you dump it in and go for a change, etc...

[niyad]

"patriotism is the last refuge of fools and scoundrels"

[slowry]

10. Move to another country. n/t

[Jensen]

11. I ask how do I support America by buying a $2.00 pin made in China?

That has been my answer for those stupid ribbons on cars "Support the Troops"..I rather spend my money sending calling cards or baby wipes to help the troops not spend my money supporting China!

[OmahaBlueDog]

16. I like that one!

[Jensen]

21. Thanks! After that reply all my neighbors took those silly ribbons of their cars!

[seemslikeadream]

12. Give 'em this

[KG]

50. me likee!

:thumbsup:

[seemslikeadream]

55. OBEY

[Rosemary2205]

13. "Where's yours?"

usually shuts them up.

[Perry Logan]

46. Excellent.

[thoughtanarchist]

14. I usually respond thusly:

:puke:

[DJ13]

17. Why should Obama be the only candidate that should wear one?

Hillary never does, and she gets no questions about it.

McCain never does, and being a Republican he of all people should be questioned the most about that.

Why does the MSM hold Obama to a higher standard?

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. I tell them I want all future presidents to wear the constitution

on their lapels, since the current dipshit in chief doesn't seem to understand it.

[Harry Monroe]

20. My flag is tattooed on my ass

Kiss my ass if you want to honor it!!

[Omaha Steve]

23. I want your sig photo

I couldn't find it in a quick search at photobucket. Link to a larger size please.

[OmahaBlueDog]

29. Try these

http://www.world-wide-art.com/Andy_Thomas/True_Blues/vaid23735.html

http://www.mainepuzzles.com/Puzzles/True-Blues-Jigsaw-Puzzle__7739.aspx

http://www.eleganthorsepictures.com/thomas-true-blues1.html

[Omaha Steve]

38. Thanks

Do you happen to drive a station wagon with a DU bumper sticker?

[OmahaBlueDog]

53. No, sorry!

Good guess, though!

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

25. Point out that none of the other candidates wear one either

It is a non-issue

[Beregond2]

26. No one has ever

raised it. They know all I would have to say is: "Where's McCain's pin?" Only the morons of the media could care about something so idiotic.

[kskiska]

27. Have you ever seen a leader of a foreign country wear his/her national flag

on their lapel? Did Tony Blair wear a Union Jack, or does Sarkozy wear a Tricolor?

Then again, do any foreign leaders wear their name stitched on their clothing, or insignias designating their rank on their socks?

[Harry Monroe]

33. North Koreans wear a lapel pin bearing the likenesses of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on their lapels

[KamaAina]

28. This is a golf thread, right?

:-)

[OmahaBlueDog]

30. Well, sure, we could talk about that too.

[sinkingfeeling]

31. I tell anybody that thinks a 'flag pin' proves they're a patriot shouldn't be allowed to vote. The

country has huge problems, and if they think a flag pin should determine who they vote for, none of the problems will ever be fixed.

[DinahMoeHum]

34. I tell them it's a non-issue with me and I ask them if they recall

seeing pictures of greats from the past like JFK or Eisenhower or FDR or Teddy Roosevelt wearing flag pins.

And, if that doesn't work out, I'll touch and finger their lapel pin and remark: "You know, I recall when these things and American flags were made in a factory in Ohio. Today, they're being made in Communist China"

That usually shuts them up.

:evilgrin:

[dysfunctional press]

35. it's a stupid non-issue. btw- why doesn't anyone care about hillary not wearing one?

:shrug:

[OmahaBlueDog]

54. If the MSM were going after Hillary on this, the question would be the same.

I agree it's a stupid non-issue, but these are the issues we seem to rally around.

[Warpy]

36. "How does wearing a cheap trinket from China

show respect for OUR country?"

Honestly, tie the crap to China and demonstrate which country they're really supporting when they wear that piece of junk.

[annabanana]

37. I ask them where THEIR pin is.. And how can I be sure they love Ameirca.

Then I tell them the issue is a load of horseshit.

[Bill McBlueState]

39. Odds are, this'll work:

"Why aren't you wearing a flag pin?"

[SoCalDem]

40. Cheap enamel pin made in China by a 9 yr old slave, worn by people who send other's kids to war

hmm no brainer to me :)

[HereSince1628]

42. Many of myt co-workers tend to wear crosses...no flags

I can't understand why Nuns are not Americanists

[H2O Man]

43. It never has. n/t

[Snarkturian Clone]

44. We should all wear upside down ones... or serapis flags. NT

[BuyingThyme]

45. Rudely.

[JerseygirlCT]

47. To me, it's akin to slapping a sticker on the back of your

car and calling yourself a patriot. It's meaningless.

Watch the candidate's actions, not his lapel pin!

[Gman]

48. I usually tell people Obama doesn't know WTF he stands for

he's nebulous and has no form.

[madinmaryland]

49. This is my response...

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[Oeditpus Rex]

51. Quote Justice Robert Jackson on 'em:

A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man's comfort and inspiration is another's jest and scorn.

—W. Va. Board of Education vs. Barnette (1943)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_vs._Barnette



(That's the same Robert Jackson who was the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.)

[Irishonly]

52. Why do you have to define patriotism by a piece of jewelry?

Sometimes I throw in the made in china. Then the conversation always seems to turn to the hand over the heart. I usually then ask them if they knew you were supposed to have your hand over your heart during the national anthem. Most people don't. I sure didn't.

[ThomWV]

56. I ask them "What the fuck is wrong with you? You know as well as anyone how meaningless that is."

Now, let's talke about some issues and get away from this petty horseshit.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

57. "What are you, fucking stupid?"

"Are you fucking kidding me with this bullshit? How old are you? Twelve?"

There. That's how I respond.

[Iggo]

58. It hasn't come up. Not even once.

The muslim thing did. I was in the office, surrounded by 50 computers, so it was easy to refute.

But, curiously perhaps, the flag-pin thing has never once come up.

[LanternWaste]

59. Although I'm a Clinton supporter, I both respect and defend Obama

For some years now, since the flag lapel thing has become almost standard uniform for any and all public servants, whenever I do enter these discussions, I attempt to shut them down as quickly as they being by citing U.S. Flag Code...

(Section 8d): "The flag should NEVER be used as wearing apparel." (This also applies to T-shirts, hats, etc.)


If one of our proud, patriotic republican friends actually took the time to read the U.S. Flag Code, he'd be incensed at his own un-Americanism-- it may not be displayed horizontally as done at football games, it may not be printed on napkins, paper plates, etc., it may nott be used for advertising in any fashion, one may not autograph the flag, and a whole host of protocols that would blow their little minds...

[AlCzervik]

61. maybe i live in a different universe but this has never come up.

[spanone]

62. no one has ever mentioned this tripe...it's a media concoction

[JDPriestly]

63. I point out that I don't wear one either, and that most Americans don't wear one.

Why should we? We are Americans. We love our country. We don't need to wear pins to prove it. We especially don't need to wear junky pins made in China to prove it.

[Iggo]

67. Exactly.

More to the point, I don't think I've ever seen anyone wear one.

Maybe it's because there's not a lot of lapels in SoCal.

[Mountainman]

64. It isn't as important as health care, what do you think should be done about that?

[tsuki]

66. First, I tell them it is idolatry. Then, I claim it is the mark of the beast,

because everytime I see it, I know there is a Republican behind it. 'Nuff said. They harruph, and walk off.

[haymakeragain]

68. "This is America, jackoff, I'll wear a flagpin when I damn well please, now

if you would kindly go fuck yourself you fascist, automoton shitstick."

[cayuga]

71. Just tell them that the left encourages the right to wear them.

How better to tell who the idiots are. It should be mandatory that all RWs wear them so we know who not to trust.

[iamthebandfanman]

72. wheres hillarys and mccains? n/t

[Jed Dilligan]

73. With this

[angstlessk]

74. if God wanted me to wear a flag lapel pin, he would have tatooed the american

flag on my ass when I was born!!