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To: itsahoot
He also said burning a flag was speech when he should have said it was inciting to riot, but he didn't.

Think about it. Though we dislike or even hate the sentiment behind the flag burning and the individuals who do so, we have sufficient self-control to not riot in response. It is only incitement to those looking for an excuse to riot anyway.

I do wonder, though, if I were to express my "speech" by burning a homosexual rainbow flag, a Planned Parenthood banner or an ISIS flag if it would be treated the same as leftist morons burning Old Glory.

78 posted on 04/11/2018 6:44:31 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed
Though we dislike or even hate the sentiment behind the flag burning and the individuals who do so, we have sufficient self-control to not riot in response. It is only incitement to those looking for an excuse to riot anyway.

Maybe he should have used the same standard for the 2A then. I personally find burning or desecrating the flag very offensive and don't respect people that don't think it is. Why are conservatives the only ones that are required to practice restraint?

80 posted on 04/11/2018 6:59:36 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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