{"id":15356,"date":"2016-06-18T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=15356"},"modified":"2016-06-18T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T15:15:23","slug":"lower-the-flags-fella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=15356","title":{"rendered":"Lower the flags, fella!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tucker Dorsey needs to have his head examined.<\/p>\n

He might be certifiably … well, let’s just say he’s as wrong as he can be.<\/p>\n

Dorsey chairs the Baldwin County, Ala., commission. He has refused to order flags on county buildings lowered to half-staff in honor of the 49 people slaughtered this past weekend in Orlando, Fla., per orders from President Obama and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley.<\/p>\n

What passes for Dorsey’s “reasoning” defies logic, common sense and several basic tenets of human decency.<\/p>\n

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According to CBSNews.com: “Once again I have to copy this post regarding lowering the flags because another follower of Islam decided to shoot up a bunch of innocents in a place where they didn’t have the chance to defend themselves or flee,” Dorsey began a Facebook post explaining the decision. “When are we going to acknowledge the truth? When will we stop the PC and identify the enemy?”<\/p>\n

I’m a bit slow on the uptake at times, but someone’s got to explain what political correctness and “identifying the enemy” has to do with honoring the memories of those who died at the hands of a madman.<\/p>\n

There’s more. Again, from CBSNews.com:<\/p>\n

“When the flag is at half-staff, our country’s head is figuratively held low, and quite frankly, I am not willing to hang my head down because of a terrorist attack against our people and our allies,” Dorsey said. “I am not willing to hang my head down because evil shoots up a church, school, or movie theater. We need more than a gesture as a response. I want us, as Americans, to stand tall, courageously, and fight back against the forces of evil, and let’s fight like we intend to win.”<\/p>\n

Good grief, dude. You\u00a0grieve for the lives lost. Then you resolve to do what you must to eradicate the evil that resulted in this tragedy.<\/p>\n

What is so difficult about doing that?<\/p>\n

And despite what this guy says, lowering the flags to half-staff to mourn these national tragedies is quite consistent with long-standing tradition.<\/p>\n\n

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