# Sarah Huckabee Sanders: rituals, flags and idols **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 13, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692 "2023-02-13T02:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/1 "2023-02-13T02:41:03Z")
In her SOTU response, she said, “Every day, we are told that we must partake in their rituals, salute their flags, and worship their false idols.” What the heck is she talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/2 "2023-02-13T02:43:24Z")
Probably [Pride flags](https://www.google.com/search?q=LBGTQ+flags&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&sxsrf=AJOqlzV_5IlvWZG3VngR3FvxBypVDdgVyw%3A1676256125277&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=639&ei=faPpY8PyDq2A0PEPvrWZuAc&iflsig=AK50M_UAAAAAY-mxjcbazQY2dpXRJooWhWEvm8GGn2tg&ved=0ahUKEwiDpZfXvJH9AhUtADQIHb5aBncQ4dUDCAY&uact=5&oq=LBGTQ+flags&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAUQHjIGCAAQBRAeMgkIABCABBAKEBgyCQgAEIAEEAoQGDIJCAAQgAQQChAYUABYAGDTJGgAcAB4AIABVogBVpIBATGYAQCgAQKgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZw&sclient=img#imgrc=cO44VntwiV-7lM), which are 10,000 times more insidious than Confederate flags. ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/3 "2023-02-13T03:02:20Z")
Ok, I see that. What about the rituals and idols? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/4 "2023-02-13T03:04:41Z")
You know, rituals! And idols! The scary ones! Be very scared! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/5 "2023-02-13T03:07:11Z")
The first rule of our rituals is that we don’t talk about our rituals. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/6 "2023-02-13T03:30:30Z")
> [@StraightTalk](#): > > Ok, I see that. I don’t. I mean I see the flags, but when was the last time ‘they’ told us we must salute pride flags? I tried googling, but all I get is news stories about one teacher in OC California from the end of August 2021 making a TikTok suggesting it. Who was fired. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/7 "2023-02-13T03:42:17Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > I see the flags, but when was the last time ‘they’ told us we must salute pride flags? One should not bother looking for logic in the mind of SHS or her compatriots. See also: > [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945/6436): > > Why not? They did the same to Cracker Barrel. Offering a non-meat version is (in the minds of the base) the same as forcing people to eat it. No, it doesn’t make any damned sense, but that’s nothing new for this crowd. Wait a few weeks, and they’ll just turn to the next item in the RW outrage machine > [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945/6444): > > Goes along with “If we allow gay marriage, then it means the same as forcing me to gay marry someone.” Makes not a lick of sense, but they still think it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/8 "2023-02-13T03:43:43Z")
As always, it’s projection with these folks. They want to force the heathen left to salute only the Stars and Stripes, to worship their version of God, and to partake of their performative patriotism displays. Only their intolerance may be tolerated! ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/9 "2023-02-13T03:57:03Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > > [@StraightTalk](#): > > > > Ok, I see that. > > I don’t. I mean I see the flags, but when was the last time ‘they’ told us we must salute pride flags? I tried googling, but all I get is news stories about one teacher in OC California from the end of August 2021 making a TikTok suggesting it. Who was fired. I see that the pride flag is probably the one they are referring to. Not that we actually salute it. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/10 "2023-02-13T04:06:00Z")
I’m gonna salute every pride flag I see from now on. Arkansas is near the ranked near the bottom in education, healthcare and most of the other quality of life indexes. Maybe all that should be your priority, Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/11 "2023-02-13T08:07:42Z")
FWIW, she might be interested to know that, over here last night, the latest episode of a documentary series following the deployment of the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier _Queen Elizabeth_ to Asia and the Pacific last summer had a section where they hoisted a large Pride flag and had a party to mark Pride Day. I’m waiting for our usual suspects to fulminate (cue reference to Churchill’s remark on the traditions of the Navy). PS: this was in addition to some serious stuff facing down the attentions of the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea: > ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/12 "2023-02-13T08:09:40Z")
You would think. She’s ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/13 "2023-02-13T08:44:16Z")
When someone is entirely lacking in empathy, every accusation is a confession. Repeat as necessary and all will be clear. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/14 "2023-02-13T09:13:17Z")
[![](https://preview.redd.it/xyepstvon0p61.jpg?auto=webp&s=83e7ce362621e770d7e8f1c6d0228d1d2b9ac438) ](https://preview.redd.it/xyepstvon0p61.jpg?auto=webp&s=83e7ce362621e770d7e8f1c6d0228d1d2b9ac438) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/15 "2023-02-13T13:49:29Z")
That’s some frightening rhetoric. Like, the sort of speech you give before you storm Jerusalem, fight some war elephants with your bare hands, and then light oil for 8 days using 1 day’s supply. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/16 "2023-02-13T14:00:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I’m gonna salute every pride flag I see from now on. “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Gaynited States of America, and to the sexual positions for which it stands, sits, kneels, lies down, or hangs from a complicated system of ropes and pulls, So Help Me RuPaul.” ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/17 "2023-02-13T14:04:15Z")
When we elected Sarahsaurus, I was hoping she’d serve as governor rather quietly and avoid embarrassing Arkansas. I guess that was too much to ask for. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/18 "2023-02-13T14:17:38Z")
If SHS is so worried about false idols, I wonder what she thinks about that Golden Trump idol at CPAC from a couple years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/19 "2023-02-13T14:17:52Z")
Looks like the right may be eating it up? > **[Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacks 'woke fantasies,' signals GOP is ready to move...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/02/08/sarah-huckabee-sanders-state-union-rebuttal-among-best/11210690002/)** > > Sanders, the youngest sitting governor, called for a generational change in leadership while also pushing back against Biden's liberal agenda. This is absolutely frightening. > [@](#): > > “dividing line in America is no longer between right or left.” > > “The choice is between normal or crazy.” What. The. Fuck. If you honestly believe this crap, then yeah, radical things like storming the capitol are entirely understandable. ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692/20 "2023-02-13T18:25:15Z")
Well, she was correct in that we have a choice between normal or crazy. What she is wrong about is who is normal and who is crazy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders-rituals-flags-and-idols/979692.md?page=2)