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Symbols of Freedom. Everything means Nothing. Nothing means Anything.

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Ahhh the information age. The answers to everything. What happens after death? Why am I here? What is my purpose?

Sooo - let's talk about our blessed nation. What symbols do we have? What objects or locations really ... speak ... the message of freedom? The Statue of Liberty. Totally. The Lincoln Memorial. Oh yes. Arlington Cemetery. Without question.

But the free-thinker would probably shrug, sipping their latte at Starbucks, checking out FB and CNN online. The Statue of Liberty? Meh. It's just a French art piece with a nice poem. Copper. Means nothing today. Arlington Cemetery? Yeah. Looks nice. Lots of graves. Some guys standing motionless next to a grave of ... I don't even know who. Whatever. And Lincoln Memorial? Concrete. Marble. Whatever. Everything can be replaced. We can stop traffic if our cause is just and valid. The Anthem has verses about slavery (YEAH - which NO ONE recognizes, or celebrates, or sings ... or has EVER in like 65 years).

SOOO - a biracial 49ers QB gets paid $119 million. To. Throw. a. freaking. ball. He decides - you know what - all these symbols ... my 1st Amendment rights are more important. If I want to lay an American flag down on the field and take a piss on it ... I'm within my rights to do so. And all you white people telling me that my methods are disrespectful ... YOU CHECK your white privilege !! You don't know what police brutality is like !!

(all this while wearing a Fidel Castro t shirt, and socks with pigs in cop uniforms). The same QB who was fined for using racial slurs.

SOOOO - the $1 million dollar question - is ANYTHING worth respecting anymore? Does ANYTHING deserve reverence? Or ... have we effectively de-evolved as a society into a shouting match?
 
Top 3 things to be respected
1. Gay marriage
2. Climate change
3. Illegal immigration

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Oh my God, I can't wait for this stupid issue to die for good....
 
GoNavy said:
Ahhh the information age. The answers to everything. What happens after death? Why am I here? What is my purpose?

Sooo - let's talk about our blessed nation. What symbols do we have? What objects or locations really ... speak ... the message of freedom? The Statue of Liberty. Totally. The Lincoln Memorial. Oh yes. Arlington Cemetery. Without question.

But the free-thinker would probably shrug, sipping their latte at Starbucks, checking out FB and CNN online. The Statue of Liberty? Meh. It's just a French art piece with a nice poem. Copper. Means nothing today. Arlington Cemetery? Yeah. Looks nice. Lots of graves. Some guys standing motionless next to a grave of ... I don't even know who. Whatever. And Lincoln Memorial? Concrete. Marble. Whatever. Everything can be replaced. We can stop traffic if our cause is just and valid. The Anthem has verses about slavery (YEAH - which NO ONE recognizes, or celebrates, or sings ... or has EVER in like 65 years).

SOOO - a biracial 49ers QB gets paid $119 million. To. Throw. a. freaking. ball. He decides - you know what - all these symbols ... my 1st Amendment rights are more important. If I want to lay an American flag down on the field and take a piss on it ... I'm within my rights to do so. And all you white people telling me that my methods are disrespectful ... YOU CHECK your white privilege !! You don't know what police brutality is like !!

(all this while wearing a Fidel Castro t shirt, and socks with pigs in cop uniforms). The same QB who was fined for using racial slurs.

SOOOO - the $1 million dollar question - is ANYTHING worth respecting anymore? Does ANYTHING deserve reverence? Or ... have we effectively de-evolved as a society into a shouting match?
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His 1st Amendment right is more important. Are you saying rights should be abrogated because of your subjective values?
 
GoNavy said:
Ahhh the information age. The answers to everything. What happens after death? Why am I here? What is my purpose?

Sooo - let's talk about our blessed nation. What symbols do we have? What objects or locations really ... speak ... the message of freedom? The Statue of Liberty. Totally. The Lincoln Memorial. Oh yes. Arlington Cemetery. Without question.

But the free-thinker would probably shrug, sipping their latte at Starbucks, checking out FB and CNN online. The Statue of Liberty? Meh. It's just a French art piece with a nice poem. Copper. Means nothing today. Arlington Cemetery? Yeah. Looks nice. Lots of graves. Some guys standing motionless next to a grave of ... I don't even know who. Whatever. And Lincoln Memorial? Concrete. Marble. Whatever. Everything can be replaced. We can stop traffic if our cause is just and valid. The Anthem has verses about slavery (YEAH - which NO ONE recognizes, or celebrates, or sings ... or has EVER in like 65 years).

SOOO - a biracial 49ers QB gets paid $119 million. To. Throw. a. freaking. ball. He decides - you know what - all these symbols ... my 1st Amendment rights are more important. If I want to lay an American flag down on the field and take a piss on it ... I'm within my rights to do so. And all you white people telling me that my methods are disrespectful ... YOU CHECK your white privilege !! You don't know what police brutality is like !!

(all this while wearing a Fidel Castro t shirt, and socks with pigs in cop uniforms). The same QB who was fined for using racial slurs.

SOOOO - the $1 million dollar question - is ANYTHING worth respecting anymore? Does ANYTHING deserve reverence? Or ... have we effectively de-evolved as a society into a shouting match?
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Disrespect for the human rights and dignity.

Disrespect for women.

Disrespect for ethnic and racial minorities.

Disrespect for the poor and the disabled.

Disrespect for other peoples rights and opinions.

Disrespect for other religions.

Disrespect for the law and justice.

Disrespect for Constitution and the president.

Disrespect for democracy and voting rights.

Disrespect for education, history and science

Disrespect for the environment and other species...the planet.



And the OP wonders why we can't have anything nice.
 
Petty strawman arguments shouldn’t be respected.

People in general should be respected. Talking about respecting symbols is flawed IMO. The respect should be for the principles the symbols are there to represent. If you forget (or misrepresent) what the symbols represent, continuing to blindly respect the symbols themselves is just meaningless idolatry.
 
GoNavy said:
Ahhh the information age. The answers to everything. What happens after death? Why am I here? What is my purpose?

Sooo - let's talk about our blessed nation. What symbols do we have? What objects or locations really ... speak ... the message of freedom? The Statue of Liberty. Totally. The Lincoln Memorial. Oh yes. Arlington Cemetery. Without question.

But the free-thinker would probably shrug, sipping their latte at Starbucks, checking out FB and CNN online. The Statue of Liberty? Meh. It's just a French art piece with a nice poem. Copper. Means nothing today. Arlington Cemetery? Yeah. Looks nice. Lots of graves. Some guys standing motionless next to a grave of ... I don't even know who. Whatever. And Lincoln Memorial? Concrete. Marble. Whatever. Everything can be replaced. We can stop traffic if our cause is just and valid. The Anthem has verses about slavery (YEAH - which NO ONE recognizes, or celebrates, or sings ... or has EVER in like 65 years).

SOOO - a biracial 49ers QB gets paid $119 million. To. Throw. a. freaking. ball. He decides - you know what - all these symbols ... my 1st Amendment rights are more important. If I want to lay an American flag down on the field and take a piss on it ... I'm within my rights to do so. And all you white people telling me that my methods are disrespectful ... YOU CHECK your white privilege !! You don't know what police brutality is like !!

(all this while wearing a Fidel Castro t shirt, and socks with pigs in cop uniforms). The same QB who was fined for using racial slurs.

SOOOO - the $1 million dollar question - is ANYTHING worth respecting anymore? Does ANYTHING deserve reverence? Or ... have we effectively de-evolved as a society into a shouting match?
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He disrespected the anthem. You think he's a ****. End of story. Get on with your life.
 
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