Posted by
ICONIC FREEDOM on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:02:29 AM
Is this Bank really a bank representative of America?
This issue regarding the flag display isn’t just some emotional dust up that some may want to allocate and dismiss in order to move on.
Do you really need to tell your staff about respect for the American flag?
Perhaps that’s more revealing, your error in hiring individuals who need to be told this?
The reality to focus on: What has Bank of America revealed about itself as a corporation who enjoys the freedoms of America and the free market capitalistic system for over 100 years by which it has benefitted?
There is no “mistake” or “misunderstanding” – there is only choice.
One choice over the other – either you respect the flag and proudly display it and encourage the same, or you do not.
An error in choice speaks to you about the importance of paying attention to your choice to begin with and before making it.
In a free nation we uphold the freedom of speech, either in word or action. Both reveal the nature of an individual. We don’t need “apologies” to coddle our “feelings” – we observe, understand, and act.
Some in America have overreached, thinking that their personal emotional opinions about America are facts by which they choose action from within their position of power, reflecting an Anti-American stance. Where did the branch manager get this idea of corporate policy?
Freedom upholds an individual’s right to do so. Freedom also upholds Americans to act in a contrary manner by which to send a message of strong intolerance to that individual’s choice.
You’re free to have your speech and Americans are free to respond.