I come to this site to browse and read up on actions/events as well. I, too, fully support the marchers and immigrants rights. And, like the poster above, I'm pretty disappointed by the snotty tone of this article and some of the comments.

This was a march BY immigrants, as a display of their sentiments and frustrations....where do you get off critiquing their decision to wave American flags? Or the guys with the Marine Corps flags....I imagine they were trying to make a point that they had served this country in the military (for better or worse), as do many young men and women who do NOT enjoy the benefits of citizenship, and they undoubtedly wanted to convey the message that they deserve the same rights as US citizens enjoy.

I am far from a flag-waver, I oppose the war in Iraq, I oppose all that "support the troops" yellow-ribbon crap, and I loathe the Bush administration. Personally all that gratuitous patriotic shit turns my stomach. But come on. Who are you to criticize these individuals for how they choose to express themselves? Do you support their right to express themselves, or do you only support their right to express themselves in as much as it meshes with YOUR personal worldview? I have a feeling that for many of them (whether you like it or not), the American flag represents something very different than what it represents to you or me. I can respect that. I will never hang an American flag in front of my house, but I can respect the psychology of an "illegal" Mexican immigrant who does so because s/he genuinely wants to be a citizen in this country and is out on the streets demanding his/her rights. If you can't at least give them that bit of understanding then perhaps you're not quite the ally you think you are.