{"id":7495,"date":"2012-07-03T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T17:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2013-06-12T20:11:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T03:11:53","slug":"fox-news-promotes-desecration-of-the-american-flag-for-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7495","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Promotes Desecration Of The American Flag For 4th Of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Typical of the pseudo-patriots who robotically chant “We’re number one,”<\/em> shout the loudest about heartland values, and canonize the founding fathers, they don’t know anything about the country and it’s traditions. That ignorance is what produces some of the most repugnant, jingoistic expressions of supremacy and it leads to exploitation by manipulative media whores like Fox News.<\/p>\n

\"FoxSo it is not surprising that Fox Nation would post this titillating glamor shot of a teenage singer with the suggestion that you “take a tip”<\/em> from her on how to show your patriotism. The only problem is that this method of showing patriotism violates the standards of respect for the flag as stated in U.S. Code Title 4 \u203a Chapter 1 \u203a \u00a7 8<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ironically, in the past Fox News has exploited this issue<\/a> to criticize others<\/a> for disrespecting the flag<\/a>. But even in those incidents they exhibited selective outrage that only reflected on people they intended to malign. They conveniently ignore flag descrators like these:<\/p>\n

\"Flag<\/center><\/p>\n

And then there’s also this:<\/p>\n

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Typical of the pseudo-patriots who robotically chant “We’re number one,” shout the loudest about heartland values, and canonize the founding fathers, they don’t know anything about the country and it’s traditions. That ignorance is what produces some of the most repugnant, jingoistic expressions of supremacy and it leads to exploitation by manipulative media whores like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[527],"class_list":["post-7495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-fox-nation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1WT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27540,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=27540","url_meta":{"origin":7495,"position":0},"title":"Nekid ‘Patriot’ Hailed By Fox News For Stealing Flag And Suppressing Free Speech","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/20\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In yet another twisted example of patriotism as defined by Fox News, the All-American channel is singing the praises of a disgraced Air Force veteran who sought to deny protesters their constitutional rights. 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