Man tears down Mexican flag

[Onkel Neal]

Video interview here
http://www.koat.com/video/13734667/i...=alb&psp=video

Why is a Mexican flag flying on a US campus, I don't get that.

[SUBMAN1]

SOmeone with a brain. Terrible that that flag was flying in our country.

To anyone looking for the vid, you must click news and then click on the flag video.

-S

[Kapitan_Phillips]

We had three flagpoles outside our school. In my 4-5 years of being there, I never saw the Union Jack. We had Uganda, France and Germany, but never Britain.

[HunterICX]

I guess
when a foreign flag is wavering on your own country soil, its a sign of weakness....

[fatty]

At a hotel I once stayed at in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, they were flying the Japanese flag, apparently because the Anne of Green Gables legend is so huge over there that Japanese tourists are a big source of revenue for PEI.

[DeepIron]

it's a sign of weakness....

Or apathy...

[Letum]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

Or apathy...

Apathy to.......flags?!

Whats with this whole cult of the flag thing?

[elite_hunter_sh3]

due to the fact the neocon government started a pro immigration act... well guess what those immigrants are destroying america, illegals are even worse, they bring crime and diseases that were only found in south america, those same diseases are now in southern United states..
there shudnt be mexican flags in the united states... there shudnt be mexican curriculums in american schools....

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by Letum

Apathy to.......flags?!

Whats with this whole cult of the flag thing?

I have allways wondered the same thing.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

I guess
when a foreign flag is wavering on your own country soil, its a sign of weakness....

Might have something to do with Mexicans protesting/rallying for immigration and they were carrying Mexican flags. If you want to be part of a country don't fly foreign flags. If there is only one flag pole the stars and stripes should be flying. Want to fly another, get another pole.
It's a crazy American thing. It's not Mexico. You want to fly a Mexican flag go live in Mexico, or you can fly it at your home, it's your property or dangle it from your car rear view mirror but not public buildings.
Thats my view on it anyway.

[DeepIron]

Whats with this whole cult of the flag thing?

I'm surprised. You don't feel anything when the flag of your nation is displayed? I mean if you don't, you don't.... :hmm:

But it's not a "cult" thing... It's national pride in what the standard of our nation stands for (despite an on-going level of incompetent bureaucratic stupidity). All the things that Americans hold dear and close to their hearts are in the Flag.

When I was growing up in the '60s we placed our hands over our hearts and recited our National Anthem, re-affirming daily our committment to our ideals and our country. Everytime I see our Flag, I'm reminded of those committments...

Apathy? I believe that most younger Americans basically care less whether it's Old Glory waving in the breeze or some other flag. We have a REAL problem with illegal aliens from Mexico in this country and having the flag of Mexico flying either above the Stars and Stripes, or in it's place, is not acceptable.

I'm perfectly pleased to see someone tear down a standard that shouldn't be "up the flagpole" in the first place...

[Letum]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

I'm surprised. You don't feel anything when the flag of your nation is displayed? I mean if you don't, you don't.... :hmm:

But it's not a "cult" thing... It's national pride in what the standard of our nation stands for (despite an on-going level of incompetent bureaucratic stupidity). All the things that Americans hold dear and close to their hearts are in the Flag.

When I was growing up in the '60s we placed our hands over our hearts and recited our National Anthem, re-affirming daily our committment to our ideals and our country. Everytime I see our Flag, I'm reminded of those committments...

Jingoism?
Chovanistic patriotism?

Not my cup of tea.

[DeepIron]

Interesting... You sited Jingoism and Chauvinism, two similar terms that denote hatred and violence towards others to make your point...

Patriotism covers such attitudes as: pride in its achievements and culture, the desire to preserve its character and the basis of the culture, and identification with other members of the nation.

That's the defintion of patriotism that I believe in..

not my cup of tea

To each his own...

[Letum]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

Patriotism covers such attitudes as: pride in its achievements and culture, the desire to preserve its character and the basis of the culture, and identification with other members of the nation.

Patriotism is fine and good, but it so easily turns in to bias for your own country and people
and the belief that your country and/or people are superior to others.
Some particularly nasty historical figures have relied heavily on this kind of zealous nationalism and flag waving.

Pride in ones national achievements is great, but when it spills over to trying to stop
other people showing their pride other nations by tearing down their flags or into
open hostility to other nations; some thing is wrong.

There seams to be a very fine line between patriotism and jingoism in America.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by Letum

Patriotism is fine and good, but it so easily turns in to bias for your own country and people
and the belief that your country and/or people are superior to others.
Some particularly nasty historical figures have relied heavily on this kind of zealous nationalism and flag waving.

Pride in ones national achievements is great, but when it spills over to trying to stop
other people showing their pride other nations by tearing down their flags or into
open hostility to other nations; some thing is wrong.

Especially when it arrives at the degree that questioning your country's direction or leadership may inspire others to deem you "unpatriotic," or even in alliance with your country's enemies. Fill in the blanks with examples from issues in the contemporary West.