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This poll should first try to find out what side of the political spectrum a person is on and then see their reaction to the American flag.


(NOTE: As soon as I posted it -- I was tired -- I knew I should have referred to it as a single poll with multiple questions. Duh! Have I never done this before? Forgive me.)

Brad, I specifically avoided asking anything about political leanings before asking the poll questions. I mean, we *know* that the BBS is under the sway of a bunch of Maoist conspiracy theorists, right? (left!) I'll stipuleft to that!

The idea for this was triggered about a week ago on a rally in southwest Washington. Sure this is a blue state, but when you drive by the rural haciendas of Kelso, Hoquiam and Westport, you'll see a *lot* of Bush/Cheney signs and a *lot* of American flags flying.

It made me think. Forty years ago, my family put out the Stars and Stripes on a summer cottage every day. Eastern Democrats. I am not sure anyone thought we were making any sort of statement vis-a-vis left/right..

The results of the *very* unscientific poll seem to confirm my sense of what I thought all of the leftists on the BBS might think (and our minority right-wing maniacs, too!) Flying the S-n-S on your porch might not be interpreted as *too* much of a political statement, but putting the S-n-S on you car *is*.

OK, I knew this. Looking at cars with S-n-S on the bumpers (and evaluating that in the context of the frequently co-resident "Defend Quemoy!", "POW/MIA", "Clinton Will work for Sex". "This Car Protected by Smith and Wesson"), I pretty much decided some time ago that I wouldn't be slapping the Stars and Bars on the Subaru. It would seem that flying the flag on the car would be sending the signal to other flag flyers that I am in accord. Fair? I wouldn't want to send that message. I fly the flag on my US-registered vessel because doing otherwise would seem ....unthinkable. My old man would kill me!

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On my lawn, I have an American flag that is the same size, shape and materials as the political lawn signs out there. It's clearly a political sign, but all it has is the flag. Because of this, I'd gather that 90% of my neighbors, who I've never talked to about politics, know who I'm voting for.


Ach, they're just a bunch of unemployed, welfare-sucking psychics. (edit: I really just meant a joke about unemployed psychics knowing who Brad would vote for. I don't know why I had to throw in that they are "welfare-sucking psychics". That was uncalled for. Just a joke, but uncalled for. Thankfully, I can have 100% confidence that any psychics out there know what is truly in my heart.)

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EDIT: Wow, it didn't even take one page for a thread about the American flag for someone to bring up the concept of burning it...


Well, at least nobody has mentioned Nazis yet .

Oops.


Edited by jimhogan (30/09/2004 12:56)
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