Why Do Americans Value A Piece Of Cloth So Highly?

Why do these morons think a flag means anything? I respect my country, but I don't cry about the flag. It means nothing ultimately. If someone shits on the British flag then whatever, they needed a shit. Is America so empty of real meaning that a flag means that much?

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SW-User

Do you really not understand or are you just being obnoxious? If you are actually interested in the answer to the question you ask, you might start here:
Well, SW doesn't allow links, it seems, but you can find it The Hill under the title, "5 reasons we stand for the flag"

MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F

@SW-User I understand it is a piece if cloth, yes?

SW-User

so you really are clueless? I give you more credit. Saying the flag of a country is just a piece of cloth is like saying a book is just words on a page. I am sure you know the concept of "meaning." No one who insults a book or the flag of a nation thinks they have no meaning, but are just cloth or paper. And no-one who respects them thinks so either.

MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F

@SW-User Is a flag a piece of cloth?

SW-User

often but not necessarily. But your post is about meaning and you seem unable to discern any. I don't believe you really are that ignorant. Why would you think cloth cannot have meaning (but a piece of paper or of music can)? Would you say that a national anthem has no meaning or that only words and not music (e.g., Mozart's Requiem or Beethoven's 9th Symphony) or any other medium can have meaning? Out of charity, I'm trying to follow your logic here. The alternative, which I am loath to conclude, is that you are so blinded by prejudice that you cannot think straight, that you do not wish to convey any meaning yourself, but only to insult.

MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F

@SW-User I have no prejudice towards anyone or anything. Except the bad people who have affected my life in ways I dont like to go into in public. I just genuinely fail to see why there is such feeling generated by a flag, or how you can "disrespect" what is essentially a piece of cloth.

SW-User

@MaryJo1996 so if you have no prejudice, you might want to apologize for the prejudiced, crude, and insulting comments you have made throughout this thread. If you "just genuinely fail to see," you should perhaps try a tone of openness and respect, a bit more humility. You will never see if you keep your eyes closed.