Too bad you're kidding, since you care deeply about the rule of law
I would be in favor of Trump's suggested law forbidding burning or otherwise profoundly insulting (not "desecrating" which is only for religious or sacred symbols) the flag.
We have ALL SORTS of exceptions to "free speech" in public now. The famous yelling FIRE in a crowded theater is just one; moreover, I reject the notion that flag burning is equivalent to protected speech. It is reasonably seen as incitement to violence, since so many American military heroes died in horrible agony for that flag. Their compatriots can be understandably incited by flagrant flag insult, as the flag represents far more than strips of colored cloth sewn together.
Kek
Too bad you're kidding, since you care deeply about the rule of law
I would be in favor of Trump's suggested law forbidding burning or otherwise profoundly insulting (not "desecrating" which is only for religious or sacred symbols) the flag.
We have ALL SORTS of exceptions to "free speech" in public now. The famous yelling FIRE in a crowded theater is just one; moreover, I reject the notion that flag burning is equivalent to protected speech. It is reasonably seen as incitement to violence, since so many American military heroes died in horrible agony for that flag. Their compatriots can be understandably incited by flagrant flag insult, as the flag represents far more than strips of colored cloth sewn together.