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John Geis's avatar

Burning the flag harms absolutely no one. Yes, it pisses off a lot of people, including me. But I didn’t serve 3Β½ yrs in the Army to empower someone else to tell me what I can & can’t say.

What’s of far greater importance is how our young people get recruited into thinking the U.S. is a problem rather than a solution. They see an aircraft carrier and think β€œwarmonger,” whereas I think 200K gal/day of fresh water to earthquake victims. When your ass is in a real jam, and you see a unit of soldiers come into view wearing the U.S. flag patch, NOBODY thinks β€œMy day’s REALLY gonna suck now…” (OK, if your first name is Ayatollah, yeah that might be your reaction…)

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GlobalDisconnect's avatar

Exactly, the issue is not the flag burning, it is the intentions behind those doing it. We are trying to find justifications for that, while they hide under "free speech."

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Greg lund's avatar

I reserve my free speech rights to crack skulls and break legs of flag burners

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Mr. Ala's avatar

Actually it is was they intended 36 years ago.

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