If burning a flag is free speech, isn’t flying a flag also free speech?
good point
and to use the oft-quoted bit (I’ll use a slightly amended version from talk host Pat Whitley (added words in
parentheses):
It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag who allows the protester (the freedom he abuses) to burn the flag.
Eh? I just enjoyed the idea of someone being so upset they have to lie down. Not even my grandma’s like that and she’s Irish.
Umm, not quite.
You see, burning the flag is a symbol that you are against "the man" and that you hate the USA. This is considered "good" speech and is encouraged by our betters.
On the other hand flying the flag is a symbol of your support for neo-colonial imperialism by a white race that wishes to exterminate all others in a quest for profit. It is also a symbol revered by "baby killers" in our so-called "Department of Defense". This is considered double plus un-good and must be crushed at all opportunity.