The next things I will say can be seen by some as biased as I was raised by my very own hero, offensive to some, and to others very American. Please if at any point you feel offended do feel free to click away from my blog. If at any point you see it fit to voice your own opinion feel free to comment below keeping in mind that all comments are moderated by myself and while I do respect the opinions of all here at NBN we do not tolerate a.) inappropriate language and b.) Disrespect towards others opinions. I love being a forum for opinion, but I love loving on people more than that so let’s all keep it respectful and remember that while I am voicing my opinion I do understand that mine may differ from other persons opinions.
It has come to my attention that this past Friday demonstrators were walking on the American flag outside of Odum Library at Valdosta State University. The Valdosta Daily Times has a complete article about it here.
So why the “protest”?
It is mentioned in the above article that one of the protesters said walking on the flag was, “a symbol of our protest. When a slave understands his situation and understands he doesn’t want to be in slavery, he does not respect or revere anything his slavemaster has put in front of him.”
Fine. Let that be the cause. However so many men and women for years and years have served our country (including minorities okay?) to make sure that very flag remains the symbol of our freedom. The only reason that these people have the right to essentially destroy this symbol of our freedom is because the nation allows it. HE IS EXERCISING A RIGHT GIVEN TO HIM BY THIS COUNTRY.
The answer is simple to me. Leave. Anyone can leave at any time and move anywhere. Get a visa and just go. Why stay in a place with so much “oppression” that you feel the need to act out against the land that supports you?
Do not to act as a radical against the country that has given you the right to act as a radical! You are feeding into the very thing that you are against anyways, and it all just comes down to circular reasoning.
IT GETS WORSE:
Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart was detained for trying to take the flag away from the protestors to dispose of it properly. (She even sort of lost it a little bit. I get it though. Americans tend to take the things that happen to our flag personally and very understandably so.) Any American reading this that isn’t moved by this sentiment, in my opinion does not belong here. You know what? I am a little biased towards my home country. I cannot understand why someone wouldn’t be. Maybe my bias runs deeper as I was raised by a War of Desert Storm Veteran and I tend to surround myself with other veterans and people that feel strongly about our service men and women.
Now (fair) counterpoint:
Due to the fact that supreme court ruled that constitutionally you can burn/destroy a flag because congress has yet to make an amendment against that act Manhart was not acting within her rights. So yes technically Manhart was “in the wrong”. Unfortunately she cannot constitutionally take that flag. Does that make the symbolic act of walking on our stars and stripes okay? I’ll give you a big U.S. of A hell no.
Here is a short little segment on it:
So:
Tell me everyone, why bite the hand that feeds you?
Better yet, do you think it’s okay to bite the hand that feeds you?
XOXO,
NBNealie
Nothing But Nealie 