Brent Bozell
| The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war. |
Likewise the Nation's Katha Pollitt. She is not just a leftist; she is a committed America-hater, as is the Nation for publishing her vicious attack on her country. "My daughter ... thinks we should fly an American flag out our window," Pollitt wrote in her Oct. 8 column. "Definitely not, I say: The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war ...(The flag) has to bear a wide range of meanings, from simple, dignified sorrow to the violent anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry that has already resulted in murder, vandalism and arson around the country." |