Quote Originally Posted by steelish View Post
It symbolizes all that to you, yet you still think of it as just a piece of cloth. A piece of cloth no different from your socks...or the dishcloth.
Of course. As I said, it's not as if there's only one in the world. If someone trashes my flag I can buy another one this afternoon. No big deal.

But it's not the fault of religion. It's not the fault of politics. It's not the fault of race. It's the fault of the people themselves who use those things as weapons.
But don't you see? It's the religious groups, the political parties, who separate people and make them see opponents with fear. Christians against Muslims. Muslims against Jews. Democrats against Republicans. ALL such groups, through their leaders, spout hatred and fear, setting one group against another, instead of sitting down and working through our differences. Listen to the lies and hatred vomited up by political commentors, from both sides. Listen to the hatred form the religious groups regarding gays. Yes, it's the people who put out the hate, but so many of them are prompted to do so by their leaders, who use religion and/or politics to justify their comments.

Only by reaching out to one another with decent human kindness in our souls can we overcome this insanity.
I can get behind this sentiment. Sadly, decent human kindness seems to be out of style in America today.