Red White Blue and Black 35 Stars What is This?

lastexitlondon

8JimmyV said:

I've seen the Union Jack co-opted by punk rock acts for as long as I've know what punk rock was. Are there Brits running around trying to generate faux outrage about it?

Good point jimmy sex pistols have done this ages ago. Not bothered.

RYME

Merkin Baller said:

So disrespectful. I’m about done with this band. 

Just kidding. 

But not really. 

https://twitter.com/pearljam/status/750016793373085696

  It looks like he was borrowing one of Hugh Hefner's patriotic robes.

Thoughts_Arrive

dankind said:

A socialist act of treason by @dimitrispearljam

Why you don't treasoning! 

Thoughts_Arrive

I want an Aussie flag with all the stars replaced by hammer and sickles and the union jack replaced by the stickman logo.

RYME

RYME said:

Merkin Baller said:

So disrespectful. I’m about done with this band. 

Just kidding. 

But not really. 

https://twitter.com/pearljam/status/750016793373085696

  Very stylish cutting edge.

my2hands

RYME said:

Merkin Baller said:

So disrespectful. I’m about done with this band. 

Just kidding. 

But not really. 

https://twitter.com/pearljam/status/750016793373085696

  It looks like he was borrowing one of Hugh Hefner's patriotic robes.

Apollo Creed

You're a commie if you've never seen Rocky

tempo_n_groove

brianlux said:

I suppose some would call this disrespectful but Abbie Hoffman cared more about this country than a lot of our elected officials do today.

Abbey Hoffman used to get his ass handed to him on a daily basis when he wore that shirt.  Back then it was very offensive to do that @brianlux

Funny I was just mentioning him to my sister and his portrayal in Forrest Gump.

RYME

I'm just another one of you with a different point of view, on political, and social issues.  Not to popular, amongst liberals and progressives that's fine.
But I can say hey we agree on one thing.
Music & that's it!
https://youtu.be/QbFospzX91Q

brianlux

Thoughts_Arrive said:

dankind said:

A socialist act of treason by @dimitrispearljam

Why you don't treasoning! 

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I want an Aussie flag with all the stars replaced by hammer and sickles and the union jack replaced by the stickman logo.

:rofl:

Thoughts, you're on a roll! 

brianlux

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

I suppose some would call this disrespectful but Abbie Hoffman cared more about this country than a lot of our elected officials do today.

Abbey Hoffman used to get his ass handed to him on a daily basis when he wore that shirt.  Back then it was very offensive to do that @brianlux

Funny I was just mentioning him to my sister and his portrayal in Forrest Gump.

It's either been a long time since I've seen it or my memory isn't so good anymore (don't answer that, haha!) but I don't remember anything about Abbey Hoffman in "Forrest Gump". 

tempo_n_groove

brianlux said:

tempo_n_groove said:

brianlux said:

I suppose some would call this disrespectful but Abbie Hoffman cared more about this country than a lot of our elected officials do today.

Abbey Hoffman used to get his ass handed to him on a daily basis when he wore that shirt.  Back then it was very offensive to do that @brianlux

Funny I was just mentioning him to my sister and his portrayal in Forrest Gump.

It's either been a long time since I've seen it or my memory isn't so good anymore (don't answer that, haha!) but I don't remember anything about Abbey Hoffman in "Forrest Gump". 

Really?!?

https://youtu.be/lAoR9jGodqM

PP193448

Completely appropriate for casual day!!!

Go Beavers

Someone might be able to pull that off in the office on Halloween. 

tempo_n_groove

PP193448 said:

Completely appropriate for casual day!!!

It looks like he's wearing the Bunting from a stadium...

KC138045

I'm appalled 

HughFreakingDillon

RYME said:

hedonist said:

I get getting pissed off, randomly, for whatever reason.

Not saying you should, but to throw it out there...take a deep breath, think it through, try not to jump to conclusions (initial post didn't even get what the reasoning behind the art was, but ready to bail).

Do what you need to...just hope you can treat this band, along with others, with the same open-mindedness as you would wish for yourself.

Lol, you take me way to seriously.
I'm not outraged or pissed off not at all.  I'm still a PJ fan for life (got my Wrigley Field bootlegs on the way finally, waiting for them to announce some US tour dates Maybe in 2018) just thought this would be a fun topic for a Saturday evening.  I'm not nearly as wacky or outraged as I made myself out to be.  I have kind of a dry sense of humor I guess.  And if this topic caused the flags to sell out quicker than they would have, that's great.

nice backpeddle. 

"I'm about done with this band of 26 years". yeah, that's hilarious. surely meant in jest. 

surely. 

HughFreakingDillon

RYME said:

I'm not outraged.  I'm not going to boycott the band or anything. 
But this flag that they created is classless and disrespectful.
I don't care what cause this is for, subtracting 15 stars, using a lighter blue and adding black stripes to the American flag is totally disrespectful to the United States.
Would you do this to the Canadian flag?
Take it & Make the Maple Leaf light blue & add black vertical stripes next to the red vertical stripes and slap a banner across the bottom saying Pearl Jam Seattle Washington.
Would you do this to Japan's Rising Sun flag?  Put a light blue dot In the center of the red crimson disc so that it looks like a target, or would you add a yellow and light blue Ribbon around the red crimson disc and slap the banner across the bottom Pearl Jam Seattle Washington?
The answer to these two questions is no they would not do that because it would be disrespected to those countries, and those countries flags. 
Only to the United States flag is this looked upon as cool and artistic in some circles.  To me it is the same as the NFL players who stand for the Mexican national anthem and then a sit for ours.  Stand for the British national anthem, and then sit for ours.
Why is it the lefties and hippies love, adore, and respect every Nation on this planet except our own United States?

I have seen countless iterations of the canadian flag. substitute the maple leaf with a pot leaf, Gord Downie, the Headstones logo, etc etc. 

Guess what? no one cares. 

JimmyV

HughFreakingDillon said:

RYME said:

hedonist said:

I get getting pissed off, randomly, for whatever reason.

Not saying you should, but to throw it out there...take a deep breath, think it through, try not to jump to conclusions (initial post didn't even get what the reasoning behind the art was, but ready to bail).

Do what you need to...just hope you can treat this band, along with others, with the same open-mindedness as you would wish for yourself.

Lol, you take me way to seriously.
I'm not outraged or pissed off not at all.  I'm still a PJ fan for life (got my Wrigley Field bootlegs on the way finally, waiting for them to announce some US tour dates Maybe in 2018) just thought this would be a fun topic for a Saturday evening.  I'm not nearly as wacky or outraged as I made myself out to be.  I have kind of a dry sense of humor I guess.  And if this topic caused the flags to sell out quicker than they would have, that's great.

nice backpeddle. 

"I'm about done with this band of 26 years". yeah, that's hilarious. surely meant in jest. 

surely. 

American Conservative Credo in 2017:

Nothing I said yesterday matters today. Nothing I say today matters tomorrow.

HughFreakingDillon

RYME said:

I'm just another one of you with a different point of view, on political, and social issues.  Not to popular, amongst liberals and progressives that's fine.
But I can say hey we agree on one thing.
Music & that's it!
https://youtu.be/QbFospzX91Q

where's that eyeroll Jam-moji when you need it. 

tempo_n_groove

KC138045 said:

I'm appalled 

Me too, she should take that off immediately!!!