Subject: Re: It's time to ban flag burning
Equating the American Flag to that of a Pride Flag?


Burning either is Constitutionally protected free speech.

Which is more important to you?

The cloth symbol of those protections?

Or the reality of those protections?

Meanwhile, just how big of a problem is burning American flags? How many burned American flags are we talking about?

And how many burned Pride flags?

Anyone dishonoring the American Flag in any which way or form is dirt under my feet. Period.

I think they are idiots as well, LM. But I will protect the Constitution that gives them the right to do so, even if they are idiots.

Members of my family have fought and died for what the American Flag stands for.
Members of my family are serving now, two being West Point graduates.

I could write something very similar about my family members, LM- all of whom took an oath to protect the Constitution, and a big part of that Constitution is the right of free speech.

In fact, free speech is a HUGE protected right of ANY country that dares to call itself GREAT, or for that matter-FREE.

So consider yourself FREE to continue viewing anyone who burns an American flag to be dirt under your feet. That’s your opinion and you are free to hold it, just as those who burn a flag in protest are free to the expression of their opinion as well.

But when someone crosses over the line into advocating the imprisonment of those who are exercising their right to free speech, that’s when their advocacy becomes unAmerican.