The fetishism is strong in this one.
You are correct Pogo, I do have a excessive amount of respect for our Flag... Some folks need to consider the number of people who have died for the Freedom and Flag of the United States... I have shed tears (no blood) showing respect for the Flag and not embarrassed to say so...
Nobody has ever died for a flag. Many have died for a Constitution, for a nation, for a people under threat --- but not for a fetish.
Judging by some of the disgusting comments though, some have indeed visited violence on others for a fetish. Which kind of proves the point of why fetishism is not a positive thing.
Even the Bible knew that.