2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe huge criticism of the DNC from the right.
Apparently the stage wasn't some big huge flagasm, and our red white and blue was just to subtle for their tastes.
I'm totally serious. They're faulting us because we didn't have 10,000 American flags on the convention stage.
I bet they're the type of people whose idea of dessert is downing an entire bowl's worth of sugar.
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)That's the main criticsm I hear not much else.
duncang
(1,907 posts)I guess is totally different.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)thinking about how many people speaking have secret service protection. I'm sure that wall was their idea.
CrispyQ
(36,518 posts)Why not just one & the flag of the state you're in. To me, it detracts from the symbolism to have 10 of them on stage.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Apparently there is protocol about how those flags are folded when displayed and they didn't know, didn't bother, whatever.
So, you know, they can bite me twice.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)...the way they did at Obama in 2008.
Of course, they can't make a fuss this time, since Trump doesn't wear one. But that's OK.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)I work with a woman like that. She says she's a Christian, has her office all decorated with Jesus stuff, inspirational bible quotes and flowers. It's all so ridiculously over the top; yet she does it so people think she's a wonderful person. Who she is though is the opposite of her superficial display. She's ugly on the inside.
Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)gonna have.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)... when minorities spoke.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)I couldn't watch very much of the RNC convention...was that true or are you being funny?
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Looks like the big example was David Clarke:
David Clarke, Jr.:
Here's Darrell Scott. Note the stage lighting is red but the backdrop lighting is orange.
Mark Burns, Darryl Glenn, and Ben Carson got a blue stage.
Honestly, I cannot remember any other African-Americans speaking at the RNC, and my interest waned after a couple of days of hate. I got the impression that after the first day, they went to a generic flag backdrop.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)but maybe equates with hell?
sofa king
(10,857 posts)http://www.creativelatitude.com/articles/articles_lamacusa_color.html
While it supposedly represents power, other studies suggest that red and yellow primarily convey lust and jealousy. And, of course, it's nature's way of saying, "danger!"
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)Interesting information.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)and they can't go against our positions...so the flag porn argument is all they have left.
LoverOfLiberty
(1,438 posts)They are just throwing shit to see what sticks. Republicans accusing Democrats of being unpatriotic is nothing new.