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First of all, they don't need to leave--the people against the placing a flag at the facility in this community are in the majority. Like Pennington stated--why not vote? Ah, the lady suggested that, but the flag placing supporter complained that his "side" would lose because his views were in the minority.
So fucking what the facility is funded by tax dollars. It isn't funded by your tax dollars--it's funded by their local tax dollars and--guess what--they don't want a fucking flag there on a building funded by their tax dollars. Seems pretty clear cut to me--but then again, I don't contradict my own damn principles like the majority of posters in this thread have.
The flag doesn't merely represent all the good things in this country to everyone. Some people love this country yet don't want the flag waved in their faces currently and don't want it misused. The lady claimed she felt it was a symbol of corporate coruption.
This isn't a school--quit regurgitating the title and read the article. The government doesn't have an issue with this--if it did, the facility would have a flag because that's the law (if it were considered a school) in Oregon.
Guess what--this is one guy who wants to place a flag on the facility grounds. Yet, somehow you posters want to support that position, despite it going against the will of the majority in a local community who pay for the building and are required by law to utilize it, because you agree with the one boy.
It's pretty simple, really. Using the same argument that you so often employ--the whole community shouldn't move, the boy should move 40 minutes north and attend a school in Grants Pass where there are flags on every corner.
Some people equate this attitude with jingoism rather than an espousal of US values. Judging by the response on this thread--"Get the fuck out of the country"--it appears their fears and reticence to support such attitudes are well founded.
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