That botherd many people but not me... It made me think... He is a proud American... Its not like he burned it...
Call me silly, but I happen to think that defacing Old Glory as an expression of political protest is far more honorable than defacing Old Glory to use her as a prop in a sucky rock show.
And the American flag is not supposed to be used for a clothing item. Many hippies wearing it for patches on their jeans, especially in the butt, met with grief when a wandering Jarhead spotted it. My father, a WW2 vet, PERSONALLY threatened a few hippies in my presence when I was a youngster.
You can love the flag without wearing it.