There is absolutely, positively no First Amendment protection for “expressive conduct”, which is what flag burning is, and the recent developments of the law which allow it while protecting the traitors from a good horsewhipping are to be deplored.
The first amendment is rooted in political dissent. This includes action and speech. Demonstrations, slogans on clothes, sitting in, marching have all been defined as political expression and protected by the first, as has flag burning .
I have been reading unbelievable interpretations like yours all day. What is it about this issue that makes conservatives abandon basic american freedoms?
Sorry I don’t see it that way. Marching in the street and protesting is also free expression. We have the right to protest. If we don’t want to lose the right to protest we better take this very seriously.
Don’t get all caught up in the specifics of flag burning (there are many other ways to desecrate the flag) and think of the bigger picture. If the government can punish us for something like this it can punish us for much more besides.