In goodwill gesture crowds color-coded words stand on tiptoe to shout, necks crane sore to watch people not like them beaten, attacked and crushed beneath: flag-waving arms that learn to hit flag-burning infidels glistening with spit; flag waving arms stretched upwards in support of white-minded individuals working to curb freedoms once fought for by people in picket lines, by people on bus rides, by people behind bedroom doors, and by people in abortion clinics.