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Trump Tweet: Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag...
Twitter | November 29, 2016

Posted on 11/29/2016 5:43:34 AM PST by SamAdams76

President Elect Donald Trump put out an interesting tweet this morning: "Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!"

Maybe some 4-D chess going on? I also found this, Trump's Tweet coupled with a "Flag Protection Act" bill that none other than Crooked Hillary Clinton introduced to the senate floor in 2005.

Anyway, this should provoke some interesting discussion as well as another meltdown from the Left.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: flagburning; oldglory; trumptransition
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To: lancium

I’m with the late Mr. Justice Antonin Scalia on this.

But don’t do it in front of me ... I’ll risk a misdemeanor assault charge to stop you.


61 posted on 11/29/2016 6:19:10 AM PST by NorthMountain (Northmountain)
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To: dragonblustar
Twitter is worth it even if you use it only to see Trump tweets. He does maybe 25-50 of them a week!

I have his Tweets alert my phone. The only person that I allow to do that. I sometimes get an alert at 4 in the morning!

62 posted on 11/29/2016 6:19:31 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Proper disposal of a flag can involve burning. So I guess it’s the thought behind the burning that would be illegal. Thought Crime. Yay.


63 posted on 11/29/2016 6:19:32 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: Morpheus2009

That and their inner totalitarian wants to stamp out freedom with a boot heel.


64 posted on 11/29/2016 6:20:00 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: DBrow

Burning the flag is a protected form of political speech trump should take a break and read the constitution. Perhaps with you


65 posted on 11/29/2016 6:20:43 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: Lazamataz

Yeah, that was back in the day when MTV had music.


66 posted on 11/29/2016 6:21:10 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: SamAdams76

I totally disagree.
Don’t suppress it.
We need to see and know who would burn the flag and take action by boycotting and publically shaming them. Free speech counters free speech.

But the government? No, the government should not take action. This would be totalitarian. We don’t need to go there.


67 posted on 11/29/2016 6:21:33 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: NorthMountain

That’s the difference between us.

Oh wait - SCOTUS also legalized profanity around women and children.

We’re forgotten speech carries with it not just rights but corresponding obligations as well.

Its not one-sided. Scalia of all people, forgot that dictum.


68 posted on 11/29/2016 6:24:22 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: SamAdams76

Obviously I disagree but I think Trump suspects that natural leftist reaction to this will be to yell on TV or have a flag burning event. Long term he’ll look good and sound reasonable in contrast


69 posted on 11/29/2016 6:25:32 AM PST by wiseprince
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To: morphing libertarian

It doesn’t say anywhere in the constitution its a suicide pact.

Look it up.


70 posted on 11/29/2016 6:26:11 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: SamAdams76

Flag Desecration by country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration


71 posted on 11/29/2016 6:26:57 AM PST by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: SamAdams76

Wow. For those of you who apparently agree with Trump on this, what other forms of protest would you also punish people for? What other expressions of speech or thought should the Federal Government be able to imprison you over?


72 posted on 11/29/2016 6:26:59 AM PST by mtrott
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To: SamAdams76

I need to set that alert on my phone!


73 posted on 11/29/2016 6:28:22 AM PST by dragonblustar
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To: goldstategop

Political speech is the basis for the first amendment. You are either ignorant of the forms of political protest in the us or just picking a fight. Do some research. I’m out


74 posted on 11/29/2016 6:30:24 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: wiseprince

He is trolling Hillary.
She co-sponsored a bill in 2005 to make flag burning illegal.


75 posted on 11/29/2016 6:30:27 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mtrott

How does one equate freedom of speech with burning the American flag?


76 posted on 11/29/2016 6:31:02 AM PST by Blue Turtle
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To: mtrott

This isn’t a new idea. We are just being bi partisan with Hillary

I was for it back then too

https://www.c-span.org/video/?12884-1/flag-burning-debate


77 posted on 11/29/2016 6:32:52 AM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: morphing libertarian

I realize that the Supremes think that burning the US flag is OK and it’s illegal to burn a Pakistani flag.

As for the constitution, the word “flag” does not appear in in it afaik.


78 posted on 11/29/2016 6:35:01 AM PST by DBrow
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To: morphing libertarian

The folks who burn flags want to also censor speech that costs more than a certain sum of money in political campaigns.

I’m not kidding! Do some research.


79 posted on 11/29/2016 6:35:08 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Lazamataz

He’s trolling hard and I love it, too. How long will it take for people to catch on to how he operates?


80 posted on 11/29/2016 6:35:32 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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