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baby_mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:04 AM
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So, once more with the flag post.

Flags, yeah?

Bulls. Red rags.

Anybody waving a flag in their audience's face, ANYBODY, and that includes Mexicans AND Americans, is treating their audience like a bunch of cows. EXACTLY like a bunch of cows. And anyone reacting to it is doing what THEY want them to do.

FLAGS. COWS. MOOOOOO.

Are we all very clear on this, yet? Or shall we spend another few days in the Twilight Zone where everyone's opinions on immigration become magically more extreme along whichever axis they already lie, due NOT to anyone's decisions or legislation passed or actual facts but due to which cow-controlling device has been more or less "disrespected"?

:eyes:

F. F. S.......
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:09 AM
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1. PAPER BALLOTS NOW! HAND COUNTS NOW! IMPEACHMENT NOW!!!!
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:15 AM
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3. NOUNS NOW!! VERBS NOW!! ADJECTIVES NOW!!!!!!
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:21 AM
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4. DOWN WITH FUTURE TENSE, EVERYTHING NOW!!!!!!
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:15 AM
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2. But you're reacting, too. You are judging them provocative.
I mean, it's not an extreme emotional reaction, but I too think that I get to judge the intent and message of someone who is waving a flag at a political rally. They are trying to make a point. I'm trying to figure out what it is.

A flag is no different than a placard, but nobody gets called cows for reading it.

In fact, why exactly go to the point of calling people cows, anyway? Looks like waving flags isn't the only way to provoke a reaction, is it?
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SledDriver Donating Member (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:30 AM
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5. Symbols for the symbol-minded... n/t
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