Showing that their true colors are not red, white and blue, a pack of wild liberals burned a U.S. soldier in effigy in Portland Oregon. The despicable act of “free speech” took place at an organized anti-war rally.
Anti-War Liberals Burn U.S. Soldier in Effigy
This isn’t any surprise, but a picture speaks 1000 words so I won’t go on and on about the anti-American liberal left. See the story at Little Green Footballs.
The flag got burned as well, upside down and all. An upside down flag is a sign of a nation in distress. You should not lose the irony that the distress flag is always near where liberals gather. They are certainly screwing the country.
And don’t miss this photo from the same anti-war rally that depicts liberals supporting our troops.
Anti-War Liberals Support the Troops
See also Malkin, The Light, Crush Liberalism
[tags]burn, soldier, effigy, anti-war, protest, troops, iraq[/tags]
March 21st, 2007 at 11:01 am
i was listening to my local public radio yesterday and one of the guests described the current administration as:
“right-wing quasi-theological fanatics” actually there were a couple more adjectives but i can’t remember them …
sooooo … the upcoming election is going to be fun …
and for the record … i’m a solid lib and am still bound by my oath “to defend and uphold the constitution of the united states, so help me God” …
(there is nothing in the constitution about coming to a complete and full stop at a stop sign is there? obviously the cops in illinois have never driven in massachusetts …)
March 21st, 2007 at 11:34 am
Portland - that sorta figures. Portland is chalk full of folks who would like to make it a Berkely-type place. Aren’t we nice and comfy here in the U.S. with our stuff and our freedoms [yes, we have our problems, but we're still the best thing goin' by far]. We take so much for granted here. It’s really ironic that the same society that’s represented by the symbol of the American flag is the same society that gives people the environment of freedom in which to assemble and destroy that symbol. Personally, I’m against making flag-burning illegal or some such as I think people should have the decency, good taste, and appreciation of what they have as represented by the U.S. Flag from within themselves not to destroy it in hate .
You may have seen this before, but the it’s worth thinking about -
IT IS THE SOLDIER
by Charles M. Province
IT IS THE SOLDIER, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.
IT IS THE SOLDIER, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.
IT IS THE SOLDIER, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us freedom to demonstrate.
IT IS THE SOLDIER, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
IT IS THE SOLDIER who salutes the flag,
Who serves under the flag and
Whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
Oh yeah - and nuh-uh
March 21st, 2007 at 11:36 am
C’mon. A peaceful march that included 10-15,000 protesting the 4th anniversary of the war and you paint ^this^ as the story? Although there is no suprise that the militant anarchists showed their colors in Portland, OR’s rally, it is not representative of the anti-war movement. The propoganda is this post, not a handful of angry kids.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
If this sort of thing was an isolated incident, then it could probably be said that this was not representative of the “anti-war” movement. Let’s look beyond this, however. Unfortunately, this general sort of behavior is all too common, and getting more so. In general, if folks act in similar ways to varying degrees, couldn’t it be said that that’s fairly representative of thier movement?
you say it don’t rep
we say Code Pink
p.s. - Sheehan is a hero! [Casey Sheehan, that is]
March 21st, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Are the “God Hates Fags” folks representative of the right? They seem to make themselves pretty visible.
Those who are the most radical tend to speak just as loudly.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Haven’t seen that on a sign lately, Erik.
IM1 has it right. Unfortunately the anti-American behavior of the radical left cannot simply be dismissed as a few bad apples within the Democrat party. That is why these photos above just aren’t shocking to anyone anymore.
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Come on you guys…tell it like it is, not what you perceive from your limited viewpoint.
I was there, a 69 yr old white haired lady who has never been a marcher, till now. How you can display photos of flag burning by a very small group (100) and ignore the other 14,900 people who marched is beyond me. I most certainly don’t support the anarchists actions, but I do support their freedom of speech. This was a peaceful march and I believe that PEACE is patriotic.
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
“Peace is Patriotic” is an Orwellian slogan. That takes the meaning completely out of patriotism since it means absolutely nothing to anyone who speaks the English language. And what does “I support their freedom of speech” mean in this situation? Nobody says they should go to jail. But they are pathetic pigs who deserve to get their asses kicked for their constitutionally protected anti-American, unpatriotic behavior.
What you actually mean to say is that the right to free speech gives them the right to make asinine anti-American unpatriotic menaces of themselves. What I suspect you also mean to say is that you agree with their message, which is “f*ck” the troops and burning effigies of troops. Since you claim that you were there, what did you actually do to stop them?
March 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
America is fighting a war against Conservatives in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is the wrong time to make disparaging attacks on liberals.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
No no you don’t. There are interesting parallels between the intolerance of modern liberals and Islamo-fascism in the Arab world. You call it political correctness here, and they call it the Will of Allah.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:36 am
However, it’s a great time to make disparaging attacks on the people fighting that war, then, right?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
These clowns burning our flag that represents freedom do NOT deserve to live in this great land and need to go to an Arab nation right where they belong where there is no freedom. Hope you win the election McCain.
September 27th, 2008 at 1:34 am
As a veteran I found this repulsive.
Just so I have this straight. It’s racist and a hate crime for someone in Oregon to hang up a cut-out of Obama by fishing line and put a sign on it stating that he was a reject of a scholarship only offered to African-Americans.
But it’s free speech when far-left liberal extremist protesters hang George Bush in effigy, then symbolically burn it, burn the flag which is a symbol of what all Americans hold dear. It’s free speech for them to riot in the street, commit vandalism on public and private property, and throw rocks and fight with our police who are merely trying to ensure they follow accepted guidlines for peaceful assembly. And now to burn our own troops in effigy as if we are guilty and the just cause for their hatred?
This is as dispicable as the unreasonable abuses committed upon our returning Vietnam troops during the late 60’s and early 70’s. Military members that were for the most part little different from the protesters except in the fact they were drafted out of high school to participate in an unpopular war, it was the wealthy college students and cowards fleeing the draft who had the freedom to go out, protest, and act shamelessly. Unfortunately, many of them grew up to run today’s Democratic party. They cannot accept that it was the past and present sacrifices of our military members that afford them the freedom to be insulting, disrespectful fools. Just because the media has enjoyed showcasing out-of-control, unlawful, and violent types of protests of blind followers in third world nation’s, it is no reason for our own civilians to do it the same way on Main Street. They do it that way here, they should be arrested.