tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3944601587107220553..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Lev Butts Takes His StandKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-46232576573478578672015-07-28T15:14:03.300+01:002015-07-28T15:14:03.300+01:00Interesting post, Lev, and a point that needs maki...Interesting post, Lev, and a point that needs making. In this fast-wired world so many things are a knee-jerk reaction with no attempt to think through the underlying meaning of things.AliBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611113709872287863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35288338043441126202015-07-23T18:02:28.070+01:002015-07-23T18:02:28.070+01:00no lydia, agreed. i don't think it's in an...no lydia, agreed. i don't think it's in any way important that the st george flag being flown makes me think negative thoughts about the fliers. anyone can do anything they like with their flags is my view. although old glory hardly helps america's racial sufferings at the moment, maybe. but it probably aint going to go away.Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-59684892033332011642015-07-23T15:13:21.919+01:002015-07-23T15:13:21.919+01:00Lydia, I think what the whole world needs more of ...Lydia, I think what the whole world needs more of is humanithms.Leverett Buttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822160835689818255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-48176833141323485662015-07-23T14:36:53.831+01:002015-07-23T14:36:53.831+01:00Jan, some people are also reacting your way to the...Jan, some people are also reacting your way to the Union Jack, but I don't see why we should just allow one unpleasant bunch to hijack national symbols - and I don't see why English football and rugby fans shouldn't use the English flag. I gather the US takes flags a lot more seriously than we do in general, we were wearing union jack patterned clothes while I believe it is, or was, an offence in the US to muck about with the stars and stripes. The confederate flag is now pretty much tainted with white supremacist associations and perhaps it would help if it gently faded from the stage. The banning by Amazon etc is a different issue - as basically 'shops' they can sell what they want, and as they'll be using algorithms rather than humanithms to find the flags on book covers, they won't be able to discriminate between valid historical instances or nasty racist gits. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23182273787740634502015-07-23T13:48:04.982+01:002015-07-23T13:48:04.982+01:00You know, I lived in the South for close to 15 yea...You know, I lived in the South for close to 15 years--and not once did I think of that flag as anything but a symbol of a lost way of life. I thought of the qualities embodied by the Old South at its best. And it will be a damned shame if the flag ends up completely banished from men's minds. Read Shelby Foote's epic on the Civil War to be reminded of the courage, honor and largesse of soul also represented by a flag that's been revoltingly Roofed.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25322558131679010552015-07-23T13:45:52.536+01:002015-07-23T13:45:52.536+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-87556157023646891612015-07-23T13:25:34.279+01:002015-07-23T13:25:34.279+01:00similar 'problem' in england with the st g...similar 'problem' in england with the st george flag. it's just a white rectangle with a red cross on it, but every time i see it outside a house or pub i assume the person flying it does so for racist reasons. always feel like pointing out to them that st george was a turk, and if he'd come to england he'd've been turned away as an illegal immigrant! he certainly wouldn't have been allowed to bring his dragon in...Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.com