Right Advice

[kelley]

At 01:10 PM 10/15/01 -0400, Dennis wrote:
>  And what is so
>controversial about the flag, anyhow? Many anti-Vietnam war marchers waved
>or carried flags, as did many in the civil rights movement. The flag is part
>of the landscape we presume to reform if not radically change. To ignore
>this, or worse, say it should be destroyed without consulting those who have
>strong ties to it is to essentially say that "the left" is a private club,
>and that average Americans are not welcome unless they leave their flags at
>the door. Dumb. Stupid. Pointless.
>
>DP

i'd like to reiterate this: please explain what's wrong with 
reappropriating the flag to symbolize another aspect of "american-ness"