Diluted Dante wrote:I don't get the whole insane fixation Americans have with the flag. It's a bit of cloth with a pattern on it.
Diluted Dante wrote:Take a knee?
I_R wrote:Lots of them pledge allegiance to the flag in school every day and the anthem is about the flag. Both parties and most of the media like to wrap themselves in the flag, so that sort of overt patriotism has never faded away the way it has here.
Brooks wrote:Never forget, the polity was started by fundies too zealous for Europe. Baffling acts of faith run very deep and weird.
Liveinadive wrote:Does anyone else think of Game of Thrones every time this phrase is used?Diluted Dante wrote:Take a knee?
That all seems a bit “Hitler Youth” to me. Ho hum.I_R wrote:Lots of them pledge allegiance to the flag in school every day and the anthem is about the flag. Both parties and most of the media like to wrap themselves in the flag, so that sort of overt patriotism has never faded away the way it has here.
The beeb used to end for the night with God Save The Queen and deference to the Royals was the default media stance. Focusing their patriotism on the flag rather than fallible people seems to have stopped Americans thinking about the subject too much. Likewise, they seem to have a real dislike of politicians, but revere the constitution to an extreme degree.djchump wrote:That all seems a bit “Hitler Youth” to me. Ho hum.I_R wrote:Lots of them pledge allegiance to the flag in school every day and the anthem is about the flag. Both parties and most of the media like to wrap themselves in the flag, so that sort of overt patriotism has never faded away the way it has here.
I_R wrote:The beeb used to end for the night with God Save The Queen
Diluted Dante wrote:Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?I_R wrote:The beeb used to end for the night with God Save The Queen
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