[Ambrianna]

Yet when those hippie punks burn a flag, aren't they begging for our freedoms to be outlawed?

Suppose they are. It's no more permissible to restrict their right their right to do so than if they said it or wrote it. Such stupidity is best countered in the marketplace of ideas.

[grellis]

Supposition does not really enter the debate. Among other things, the flag is a symbol of our freedom of speech. When some damn fool burns the flag, he is asserting that his rights, his freedoms, should go up in smoke. Not me; him. It is one of the all time classic liberal gestures of pure stupidity, indeed. I say, let him burn it (then fine the hell out of him for violating every local fire ordinance possible). I just wish more people would see flag burning for what it is: an attack against our freedoms.

The funny thing is, the fascist libs who partake in stupid activities such as flag burning are the very same ones who push for hate-crimes legislation. They don't want it both ways; they want things their way, always.