Things that most Americans encounter:
Things that very few Americans encounter
This guy is a fucking clown.
Because people burning flags is a common occurrence and is a big deal. /s
He's drowning in his own bs and grasping at anything, just anything, to try to stay relevant. /not s
The US flag code literally calls for the flag to be burned when it's no longer fit to display:
The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
people care too much about symbols
First ammendment? Never heard of it.
The argument I've heard is that The Founding Fathers could have never had any idea that people today would be so terrible.
The Founding Fathers saw statues of the King pulled down and British flags burned.
They knew all about destroying symbols and didn't put anything about it in the Constitution for a reason.
It's political speech. Trump wants to cancel the First Amendment.
As an American, if there is a law that says I am not allowed to burn a flag, I will go to the store, buy every flag available, and burn them all.
First amendment = best amendment
I'm an Amendment-to-Be,
Yes, an Amendment-to-Be,
And I'm hopin' that they'll ratify me.
There's a lot of flag burners
Who have got too much freedom,
I wanna make it legal
For policemen to beat 'em.
'Cos there's limits to our liberties,
Least I hope and pray that there are,
'Cos those liberal freaks go too far.
"Why can't we just make a law against flag burning?"
"Because that law would be unconstitutional. But if we change the Constitution—"
"Then we could make all sorts of crazy laws!"
"Now you're catchin' on!"
(Turns out you don't need to change the Constitution, you just have corrupt Supreme Court Justices pull "interpretations" out of their ass.)
If we respect the flag so much, then apply the same penalties to those stupid Blue Lives matter flags, the flags with Trump’s ugly face on them, or any of the other MAGA crap that desecrates the flag.
/no, this is not serious, and no, burning a flag should absolutely not be a punishable offense
This is a good opportunity for compromise. Let's all agree to burn confederate flags instead.
He has no clue what it takes to amend the Constitution.
Gonna get carpal tunnel pandering this hard, Donny
Who gives a shit about this issue other than weirdos?
As the planet is turning into a hostile desert, as the wealth divide is reaching new highs, as people are dying while trying to jump through hoops imposed by their health insurance to get the life saving treatment that they need, as people working 40+ hours a week can't afford rent for themselves, let alone raise a family, as conglomerates are abusing the crap of their dominant position on the markets, as autocraties are feeling emboldened to use violence to impose their will on the free world, finally, we can count on Trump to really be connected with the people and know what their concerns really are.
That’s against free speech
What is it the late 90s again? We're being inundated with this bullshit?
Yet I would gladly eat a flag myself, had I not used my intestine as a rope to hoist a flag made of my own skin, if it would protect the freedoms of the proud people who salute that flag.
Freedom such as polygamy.
So, as far as I can see, the only Bill of Right Trump hasn't flat out, explicitly decided he can over turn by presidential decree is the third? Has anyone asked him if it would be okay to quarter troops on the population yet?
It should be jailable offence to desecrate it by branding it with his shitty name in faux-gold and profiting from it when he's a treasonous fuck
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