Dakota Meyers speaks out against stepping on the flag, and for embedding product placement in your supposedly patriotic messages.

RT to show those who disrespect the flag that 'we are louder, than they'll ever be' #NeverOutGunned @Dakota_Meyer https://t.co/bO1rkWQU5S

— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) May 5, 2015

“Hey everyone, my name's Dakota Meyer. You know with all of this negativity, and people stomping on the flag, and people going out and disgracing what this country stands for, you know what I decided to do? I want to start our own campaign. A campaign that shows people...that shows the..the..these levels of ignorance that...you know what? That we love our country. We love our country, and we love it more than anything in the world. And I want you to go out and show your patriotism, and take a picture of something that means something to you that represents this country, whether it’s the flag, whether it’s the Constitution, whatever it is. Whatever you think of when you think of...of..this great country that we live in. Uh...United States of America. (Whew! I wasn't sure he was going to remember.)You take that picture and hashtag it as #neveroutgunned. (And hey kids we have t-shirts too!) And let's send it out and show...show them that we're stronger than they'll ever be, we're louder than they'll ever be, And you know what, if they don't want to be here they can leave.”

Yes because if you don't think like we do then get the hell out. Merica!

Damn does this guy have the Palin-speak down or what?

Now if you are wondering just what in the hell has Meyer so twisted up that he is willing to go on social media and hawk some of his products in order to fight back.

Well that would be a campaign called the "Eric Sheppard Challenge" which encourages young people to record themselves stepping on the flag to protest what they see as an overreach by the police.

You see Eric Sheppard has gone into hiding after police found a gun that belongs to him while searching the Valdosta campus in response to this incident last month. 

And if you guessed that Eric Sheppard was black, well go ahead and give yourself a gold star.

Clearly Meyers, and a number of other conservatives, seem to believe that disrespecting the flag is the same thing as disrespecting the country. It's not, it's just a symbol typically manufactured in China.

And while I do not condone people acting in this manner, being an American means I must support their right to do it.

I also support Meyer's right to stage his own hackneyed attempt to make a buck while feigning indignation at their "disrespect."  After all what could we expect from a guy marrying into the Palin family?