There's something that really infuriates me more than almost anything in the world.... More than people talking during movies and slow walkers! More than people trying to talk to me while I have my headphones in and even more than people leaving the milk carton out on the counter... I can't think of anything that makes me more angry or upsets me more than people not putting their hands over their hearts whenever the flag is being presented. Continuing on your way like nothing is happening and not even giving our flag a passing glance is one of the most disrespectful things I can think of.
The American flag stands for bravery. It stands for freedom. It stands for courage. It represents the incredibly hard times we've been through as a country as well as all of the joy and opportunity that is experienced here as well. It represents all of the men and women who have shed blood and given up their lives for a cause; something that they believe in. It breaks my heart to see someone not paying respect to those men and women through the flag. You may not be an advocate for war, but those people died for you to be able to have that opinion. Whether you approve or not, those people are still fighting and dying for you.
Maybe it's my own personal bias due to what I've experienced first hand with soldiers but I can't think of anything more disrespectful to the veterans, those currently serving in the armed forces or to the families of those soldiers who have been killed in battle. Former president Ronald Reagan said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." Are we fighting for it...? Are we protecting it? Maybe this is me going off on a tangent but this topic is so near and dear to my heart and it honestly hurts me to see such disrespect happening! I hope whoever reads this can take a second and think about what the flag means to them and everything that it stands for in this country and maybe, just maybe, show it just a little bit more respect! :)
Until Next Time, "The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American!" -- Thomas Jefferson
The American flag stands for bravery. It stands for freedom. It stands for courage. It represents the incredibly hard times we've been through as a country as well as all of the joy and opportunity that is experienced here as well. It represents all of the men and women who have shed blood and given up their lives for a cause; something that they believe in. It breaks my heart to see someone not paying respect to those men and women through the flag. You may not be an advocate for war, but those people died for you to be able to have that opinion. Whether you approve or not, those people are still fighting and dying for you.
Maybe it's my own personal bias due to what I've experienced first hand with soldiers but I can't think of anything more disrespectful to the veterans, those currently serving in the armed forces or to the families of those soldiers who have been killed in battle. Former president Ronald Reagan said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." Are we fighting for it...? Are we protecting it? Maybe this is me going off on a tangent but this topic is so near and dear to my heart and it honestly hurts me to see such disrespect happening! I hope whoever reads this can take a second and think about what the flag means to them and everything that it stands for in this country and maybe, just maybe, show it just a little bit more respect! :)
Until Next Time, "The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American!" -- Thomas Jefferson
