Originally posted by: jlbenedict
Originally posted by: leftyman
After 9/11 everyone had one..on the front of the house, on a flag pole, in gardens, on the mailbox, on their car antenna..everywhere you looked you saw a flag.
Everyone was patriotic and loved America.
Especially when the Iraq war started everyone felt the need to show how patriotic they were and everyone bought new and bigger flags to fly.
I was, and still am against the war, but I still displayed my flag.
Then I really noticed the last couple of years that there arent nearly as many flags flying as there used to be.
Now with the nice weather and the Memorial Day weekend here I still dont see any flags.
I hope that changes this weekend.
Because at the time of 9/11 it was the cool thing to do at the time. Everyone was doing it.. including the Jones's, so everyone had to do it, to fit in.
I'm sure there was alot of pressure on some people also. You didn't want to be labeled as "un-patriotic".
What did Bush say, "you're either with us.. or against us"..
So, you flew the flag.. or you were a terrorist