[Leaning Right]

Ah, I think I understand what you’re saying: when the American flag is modified, it is no longer the American flag. (If I’m reading that wrong, my apologizes.)

Regardless, when I see a modified American flag, I see a wedge. That person has added something to the flag that I might not agree with. Then there is no longer a common flag. He has his flag, I have mine.

You do make a good point about the burning of the flag. If an added stripe in a flag is morally wrong, then burning a flag is three times as wrong.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Then there is no longer a common flag. He has his flag, I have mine.
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Yes, you read my point correctly, and in my view it’s applicable to your statement above. You have an American flag but he does not. And just to look at it another way, it’s really a First Amendment issue, which presumably is why the Police chief made it clear that officers would not be prevented from personally displaying the Blue Line flag.

[gundog]

If an added stripe in a flag is morally wrong, then burning a flag is three times as wrong.

Except that the First Amendment, a bulwark of America’s greatness, permits such expression.(Granted, you phrased it as an if:then proposition)