tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1234241886676768776..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Investigating the Meaning of the Gadsden Flag Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-40771508194064042592019-02-16T11:57:33.176-05:002019-02-16T11:57:33.176-05:00interesting..interesting..allwavingflagshttps://allwavingflags.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-35753104052188552282016-08-27T19:17:40.043-05:002016-08-27T19:17:40.043-05:00There are some other postings about rattlesnake sy...There are some other postings about rattlesnake symbolism in the 1770s.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74425514594339479012016-08-27T14:54:31.447-05:002016-08-27T14:54:31.447-05:00I thought this was going to be a historical blog a...I thought this was going to be a historical blog about the flags beginnings. J Ritternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-20426126324405959142016-08-13T16:53:20.195-05:002016-08-13T16:53:20.195-05:00That's part of the question, isn't it? How...That's part of the question, isn't it? How much usage can redetermine the meaning of a historic flag? Does that meaning vary from one context to another?<br /><br />Let's go back to the couple who murdered two police officers in 2014 and then draped their bodies with the Gadsden Flag. If shortly after that other people showed up outside a police station waving the same flag, would the police officers be justified in feeling threatened? Would reminding those officers that the flag is a symbol of the American Revolution calm such concerns? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54938373520906188842016-08-13T16:42:48.817-05:002016-08-13T16:42:48.817-05:00If one person's intent was deemed racist when ...If one person's intent was deemed racist when using the flag, would that taint its use for the rest of us?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916674532816970098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74249465607235976982016-08-13T10:20:06.873-05:002016-08-13T10:20:06.873-05:00Again, that matches what the E.E.O.C. ruled: that ...Again, that matches what the E.E.O.C. ruled: that the historic origin of the flag is not objectionable, but the context in which it has been recently deployed might imbue it with a threatening meaning. With "might" being a significant word.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-30066510826837952462016-08-13T09:56:15.862-05:002016-08-13T09:56:15.862-05:00It's ironic how the very same flag was flown a...It's ironic how the very same flag was flown at antiwar protests on college campuses in the late 1960s and 1970s, and was even flown by the progressive advocacy group People's Bicentennial Commission at the Old North Bridge in 1975 when President Ford spoke there.I'm sure the people flying it knew the origins of the flag then, but nobody decried it as a racist symbol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-77469778712129232192016-08-10T16:16:45.497-05:002016-08-10T16:16:45.497-05:00True, but erasing isn’t the issue. Nor, as the E.E...True, but erasing isn’t the issue. Nor, as the E.E.O.C. has ruled on this case, is the fact that the flag was designed by a slaveholder and slave trader the issue.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-12627719729223983772016-08-10T08:14:24.927-05:002016-08-10T08:14:24.927-05:00Really, quite a lot of important American document...Really, quite a lot of important American documents were drafted/discussed/written by men who owned slaves, such as George Washington. Are we to erase all of them?Chauceriannoreply@blogger.com