Same here. Hate to see the flag burned as much as anyone but it's what it stands for that counts and that's free speech and the 1st Amendment.
"Same here. Hate to see the flag burned as much as anyone but it's what it stands for that counts and that's free speech and the 1st Amendment."
OK, I read the First Amendment again. Where does it say you can burn anything? It talks about speech (which you do with your mouth) and the press (which is the printing press). It says nothing, I repeat, nothing about burning anything. Why do we insist on pretending the Constitution says things it does not say?
Bull. If burning a cross as a symbol is "hate speech" then burning the flag of my country, a sacred symbol to me is not, explain that. Who gets prosecuted for burning a cross? And yet the American flag, the flag that so many fought for and died for is not a symbol worthy of protection?
You people that talk about freedom of speech in relation to burning the flag of my country never would go to a "gay pride" rally and get away with burning the "rainbow" flag now would you? What freedom of speech would you have if you attended an illegal immigrant rally and burned the flag of Mexico?
If you want "free speech" in relation to allowing the burning of the American flag, I suggest you try to burn some protected PC symbol and see how quick your freedomn of speech is corked.