I started the Flag-O-Rama site back in late 2002, and didn't get much feedback about it...until April 2003. I don't know what happened, but the URL must have showed up somewhere with some exposure because suddenly I was swamped with emails. All through April and May, I got a ton of mail as the link got passed around, eventually showing up on such admirable giants as This Modern World and Democracy Means You. But the mail was 95% positive, which kind of stunned me. I fully expected to get a lot of hate mail, but I really didn't. And it wasn't all simply "I love your site!" stuff...there were some very insightful emails from people who wanted to share their ideas and experiences regarding patriotism and what it means. Some were even military folks who hated seeing the flag used this way. It was interesting to see who came out of the woodwork to comment.
Since all these mails were posted on the original site, I wanted to bring them over here...not to toot my own horn, but because I appreciate people taking the time to express their opinion. It's nice to know that other people out there are sick of the flag being used and abused for profit and are able to laugh at such crapola. Anyway, the biggest surge of emails came between April and May of 2003, so if you'd like to read 'em, click one of those links!
I'm willing to post new emails here if they have something interesting to say, but people are always welcome to comment directly on the posts as well.
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