Posted on 11/29/2016 11:06:20 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Sure, then the “public safety committees” in liberal areas will deal with conservatives the same way. That’s a really great plan. /sarc
BURNING or otherwise defaming the American Flag is NOT an act of “free speech”. There is NOTHING about “free expression” in the Constitution. The Flag does NOT represent the government of America, it represents the PEOPLE of America. In the 1989 Court Decision, Justice Rehnquist DISSENTED from the majority opinion. He was an OUTSTANDING conservative jurist. ANOTHER justice, I think it was Stevens, a LIBERAL, ALSO dissented.
And I would most certainly strongly dissent anyone stupid enough to try and disgrace our flag in my presence.
This has got to stop. Respect starts at home and this idiocy has gone quite far enough.
NO freedom is absolute - as the libs are so often eager to point out.
Trump is RIGHT.
Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag
Should be an automatic 2 year sentence to prison. No parole, no time off for good behavior. Make little rocks out of big rocks.
REad this. Very insightful.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/442545/are-anti-trump-protesters-dumb-enough-take-bait
That's real brainwashing.
The reason you can't shout fire in a crowded theater is to safe guard the very lives that would be in danger from such an act.
I guess it's a bridge too far for some people to safeguard the country and the lives of an entire nation when it's ultimately subverted and turned into a totalitarian dictatorship.
I don’t think so. There are all kinds of things we don’t allow for good reason (Westboro freaks yelling on bullhorns at funerals, running around naked in public, for example). And I don’t give a darn how much nudists or feminazis scream that it is their “speech” to flash the world.
Sure, and if Republicans start acting like fascists, they can lose a lot of liberty-loving conservative votes too.
“If he was concerned about the flag he could go after the NFL, NBA, MLB or any other sports team who wears the flag on their uniforms, which is a no no.”
A “no no” is not illegal, just bad form.
“I had no idea “speech” included burning US flags. What does the fire say?”
What did they tea say when it was dumped in Boston harbor?
Overreaction
The two judges were in the minority no matter what you think of them.
Free expression os freedom of speech. Speech is expression. It includes writing, demonstrating, wearing slogans, and burning flags because it includes POLITICAL PROTEST> Critiquing the government is the foundational point of free speech in the first amendment.
There is and should not be a law rating RESPECT> Yes we should;d all respect the flag, but people have the right to be disrespectful if they have the right to protest politics.
There is no reason except for some idea in your head why this “has got to stop.”
No one is arguing that the freedom is absolute. If you burn down a building using a burning flag that would be actionable by the criminal justice system. You are exaggerating.
Trump needs to show some understanding of the constitution on this matter and not just throw raw meat to the masses..
Against the flag code, if that is the law we are trying to abide by.
I think he’s goading the protesters into burning the American flag.
Will have the same effect as when the illegals protested his rallies with Mexican flags.
The media will be in a tough spot. They will want to show the “huge” protests, but will also have to show the burning flags.
no ‘liberal’ areas
I agree.
Good grief.
“It’s not free speech, it’s an attempt to incite a riot.”
You realize this is exactly the logic that liberal schools use to ban conservative speakers, or ban kids from wearing conservative or pro-American symbols on their clothing, right? All some libs have to do is claim they are being provoked by someone’s speech, and the lib administrators use this same excuse that you are promoting to try and ban them.
“There is NOTHING about “free expression” in the Constitution.”
Gee whiz, there is nothing about the internet in the Constitution either, I guess the government can shut down any website they don’t like. Right?
I cannot agree.
If the government can tell you that you cannot burn a flag (or desecrate it in other ways), then they can tell you cannot read a book or you cannot say something “hateful”, or that you have to bake a cake with a motif that goes against your religion, etc.
Be careful what you ask for.
You cannot piecemeal 1A. That is how we have gotten the infringements to our 1A rights we have gotten so far and it is how there will be more in the future.
.... or books or movies or songs, etc.
You make an excellent point.
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