To be fair, the question was asked in a somewhat convoluted way and Ms. Tennessee does not come across as the brightest apple in the barrel. I think she ignored the “constitutionality” aspect of the question and just gave her opinion that disrespecting religion and flags is a line that people shouldn’t cross. When she threw in that part about burning flags not being patriotic, I was half expecting her to start saying, “I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have flags, and I believe that our education like such as South Africa, and the Iraq,...”
I agree completely. I also stipulate that it was the only question asked of the young ladies that proscribed a "feelings" answer including the "legalize pot?" question.
Because her answer was from the heart, and motivated by patriotism and civility, it was fine by me.
I would have preferred her to turn the PC question on the judge as such:
Answering, "To ensure free POLITICAL speech, the Constitution allows Flag, Bible and Quran burning, all of which are provocative activities and shouldn't be engaged in, unless absolutely necessary to expose an oficially sanctioned bias of political tolerance in government or the media against, for example, Christians or,...(tiny pause) Seikhs, don't you think?"
Let the leftie PC judges worm out of that one, and it's a one sentence answer.