Posted on 01/27/2017 7:12:20 PM PST by markomalley
A man wielding a fire extinguisher has rescued a burning U.S. flag from protesters in Iowa City.
Organizers told the Iowa City Press-Enterprise (http://icp-c.com/2jwzPSC ) that Thursday's demonstration across from the Old Capitol Mall was aimed at racial and social injustice and U.S. imperialism. "When I see the flag, I see racial injustice," said Paul Osgerby of Iowa City. "I see social injustice from Native American genocide to African-American slavery to failing to recognize women as citizens until the 20th century."
The protesters' actions drew angry comments from some bystanders.
Bob Guyer, a witness, said the act was disrespectful to military veterans.
"Probably every one of them has a relative at one point or another that died for that," Guyer said, referring to the flag. "That's not free speech. Too many people have died for it."
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How queer, when the Tax Enough Already protesters held protests, any violence was pinned on the organizers.
Black shirted “anarchist” Communists in support of Hillary Rotten Clinton denounce this country and riot and they are not branded Left Wing Extremists by the media.
God bless him
Seems to be a trend developing.
for those who might not know, Iowa City is the home of the University of Iowa, thus a higher concentration of pussyhat wearers and their wives.
For sure, they even lost to a FCS div football team last fall, in their own house. wore them down by running all over them on a 5-1 ratio. In Heaven there is no beer....
Shades of Rick Monday. Both patriots. Bless them.
If it were up to me, burning the American Flag would be a felony. Ten years in federal prison and a $50,000 fine.
If it were up to me, burning the American Flag would be a felony. Ten years in federal prison and a $50,000 fine.
Public flag burning isn’t free speech; it is incitement to violence and should be a felony.
It has been this way since I was there in ‘69.
Trump should give this guy the medal of freedom. Obama would never have chosen him over Meryl Streep and Ellen Degenerate.
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