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But it might arrive a little earlier if liberal dogmatists, doctrinaire flag-wavers for Progress, and Islamophobic intellectuals got out of its way.
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But supporters call it "patriotism," or use some other mass-friendly label to disguise the frankly totalitarian objectives of the professional flag-wavers and anthem-singers.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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This must all be good news for Womad, who have been the most visible flag-wavers for music from around the world for over 30 years.
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And I think those flag-wavers should be singled out for their angry rhetoric and vile signage.
Behold, the terrifying true nature of the Tea Party! | RedState 2010
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Journalist Evan Davis, who chaired the judging panel, said Demick's book was a gripping and moving account of a country "all too easily comically typecast by massive parades of coordinated flag-wavers."
Samuel Johnson Prize Goes To 'Nothing To Envy' By Barbara Demick: Top UK Nonfiction Prize Awarded 2010
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Yet what was one to do as the young flag-wavers passed by, Wagner music blaring from the DJ speakers?
The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010
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Politicians are petrified to oppose this nine-year war lest they be accused of being anti-patriotic, the kiss of death in hyperpatriotic America where flag-wavers root for foreign wars so long as their kids don't have to serve and they don't have to pay taxes to finance them.
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But in the end, the party of flag-wavers just couldn't stand the pressure of being on the wrong side of an emotional national issue like Sept 11.
Dan Collins: Happy Holidays for Ground Zero Heroes Dan Collins 2010
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With their stetson hats and glittery satin outfits, the Gap Band were becoming flamboyant flag-wavers for the funk-R&B boom.
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Politicians are petrified to oppose this nine-year war lest they be accused of being anti-patriotic, the kiss of death in hyperpatriotic America where flag-wavers root for foreign wars so long as their kids don't have to serve and they don't have to pay taxes to finance them.
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