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Possibly one of the worst analogies I've ever seen made. Rape isn't speech it's a violent act committed against somebody else. Burning a flag is a form of speech, while it might deeply offend it is still speech. As a person whose family hails from Mexico, I wouldn't care for someone telling me that I was subhuman because of my ancestry, but he/she would have a legal right to do it. We can't just allow the tolerable speech, we have to allow the intolerable speech as well. Fred Phelps is person that comes to mind in such an argument.

Rape and flag burning are both acts. One is an inanimate object and the other is not. For the purpose I wanted, despite this flag, I made my point.

It's all about RESPECT. Either you have it for the flag or you don't and disrespect others that gave their lives for that symbol that represents the U.S.. I know it's asking allot ... but on behalf of those who died for that flag that represents the U.S. and those serving who have pride in it - that SYMBOL needs to be left alone.