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Originally posted by debaser
[]jingoism
n 1: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: flag waving] 2: fanatical patriotism [syn: chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism]
I fail to see how flying a flag above a government building qualifies as either of those definitions. No appeal is being made, and I would not describe flag display as fanatical...
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My "high horse rant" ?:
"The Ashland School District decided it would erect the flag and flagpole this fall after 13-year-old Jesse Stanton asked that Old Glory fly outside the learning center, the Ashland paper said.
According to the report, the teen first contacted the facility's director, Debi Pew, about putting up the flag.
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Stanton says
he is "one of the only ones who speaks out on my views that support patriotism and pro-Americanism," said the report.