Comments on: If you wear a lapel pin are you more patriotic than those who don’t?

By: val_think

val_think — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:02:59 +0000

Are you less patriotic when you make the conscious effort NOT to wear the pin... ??
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By: grace hopper

grace hopper — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:15:59 +0000

Usually when I see someone wearing a symbol of the flag or flying a flag, I assume they are self-righteous and think they are patriotic, without having a clue what the principles are that this country was founded on. Lapel pins are jewelry-don't see what jewelry has to do with patriotism. Just another straw man argument, another useless "issue" that has nothing to do with a politician's plans or ideas, to keep a shallow public entertained.
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By: Butterkup

Butterkup — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:49:59 +0000

Huh?

Bush wears one everyday, yet 4000+ Americans have died in a war that he concocted.

A pin doesn’t make you patriotic.
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Iraq war, dead and wounded Americans, no purpose, no end in sight.

By: Jim D

Jim D — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:20:59 +0000

While I do consider this issue somewhat absurd, I have to play the devil’s advocate. If a person is running for the highest office of his or her country – and everyone running against you was wearing the flag of that country on their lapels – common sense would tell that person to put a flag pin on his or her lapel. Not doing so – even after he or she has been criticized – would only leave that candidate open to attacks from the public, and possibly a television network and several 24-hour news networks to boot. It would be a sign of poor judgment.

Yes, those silly things are made in other countries. No, I don’t personally care who wears what where. But there you have it.
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By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:09:59 +0000

I'm not wearing a lapel pin. So the minute I forget it someone can say I'm anti American. ?I carry America in my heart that way if I forget my pin, I'll still know where my heart is. A pin can be taken off. Am I unpatriotic for taking it off?
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By: Michael M

Michael M — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:23:59 +0000

Who is more patriotic?: Someone who crosses their heart for the National Anthem or someone who does not cross their heart for the National Anthem.
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By: J D

J D — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:42:59 +0000

Lapel pins are just another piece of metal which are more likely made in China and which does not measures any ones patriotism.
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By: katydid

katydid — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:53:59 +0000

You mean the pins that are made in CHINA? A lapel pin does not make a person patriotic. Actions speak louder than words (or lapel pins).
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By: Ghost of Tom Joad

Ghost of Tom Joad — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:13:59 +0000

I usually wear an American flag cape wherever I go just to be on the safe side. Politicians seem a little unpatriotic to me for not doing likewise.
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