tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post5942790450912235021..comments2024-03-28T13:37:26.314-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: A More Democratic and Considered Move on the FlagGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-48917037845117031032015-07-01T16:41:38.230-04:002015-07-01T16:41:38.230-04:00Not if you're on the left. They only get a sla...Not if you're on the left. They only get a slap on the wrist, or are simply released after being held overnight.<br /><br />The left never had to say they're sorry..douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-70953135317793719232015-06-30T17:41:06.558-04:002015-06-30T17:41:06.558-04:00Does Michael "Ball of Special Snowflakes"...Does Michael "Ball of Special Snowflakes" Moore understand that arrest and jail--and conviction and more jail--are necessary parts of civil disobedience?<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-52852323563781565192015-06-30T12:56:44.383-04:002015-06-30T12:56:44.383-04:00Is he? I hadn't heard.Is he? I hadn't heard. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-33013755861028841282015-06-30T12:54:50.945-04:002015-06-30T12:54:50.945-04:00Interesting that Michael Moore is adopting Charles...Interesting that Michael Moore is adopting Charles Murray's proposal for funding civil disobedience.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-30093271325729092032015-06-30T11:51:54.171-04:002015-06-30T11:51:54.171-04:00In fairness, the news story does sound like the an...In fairness, the news story does sound like the anti-flag protesters started the brawl by both stealing a flag and then assaulting the owner. That's not surprising if it's true, because there's been such a celebration of the woman who scaled the flagpole and took down the flag as an act of civil disobedience, for which she was arrested. Celebration of extra-legal protests creates a climate where this seems reasonable. <br /><br />On the other hand, it'd be interesting to sit down with this young man and talk through his claims:<br /><br /><i>“The blood on my face, the blood in my teeth, the blood on my hands is no comparison to the Southern blood that runs through my veins,” Joe Linder told CBS News.</i><br /><br />He goes on to say that it's not about <i>race</i>, but it is apparently about <i>blood</i>. That would be an interesting claim to unpack. I assume he means something like 'My great-great grandfather was a Confederate Army veteran," in which case the appeal to blood makes sense even if you discard the idea that there are races (or that 'race' is an issue). But it's an interesting juxtaposition. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-14765169774517100672015-06-30T11:16:14.041-04:002015-06-30T11:16:14.041-04:00My own take on it is that for those of us in SC th...My own take on it is that for those of us in SC that aren't particularly tied to the flag nor particularly worked up against it, that it seems like if our fellow community members <i>are</i> that animated against it that perhaps it's fine to move it off of the government grounds. Heritage is fine, and I don't feel that displaying the Confederate flag MUST be or even generally IS intended to be hateful. But the fact that the perception exists right now means that heritage has a time and place, and right now (because of the tragic events caused by this evil person) that it is the right and neighborly thing to do to respect the loss of our neighbors by honoring their feelings and moving the flag.<br /><br />Full disclosure, as I said, I've no particular love for nor attachment to the Confederate flag, so taking it down doesn't really inconvenience me at all. I'm sure there are folks who it does trouble. And I am sorry that they take it that way. But the friends and family of the murder victims have a little more sympathy from me right now, so I consider removing the flag to be the lesser of two evils. What I think is absolutely <i>absurd</i> is everyone else scrambling to prove that they're <b>more</b> sensitive than thou about the whole flag thing and outright banning it from their business. Mind you, they have every right to do so, I don't think a business should ever be mandated to sell a blessed thing, but it's the attitude behind it that annoys me.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.com