Trump Says Flag Burners Should Lose Citizenship or Spend a Year in Jail (dictator, voted)
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The Supreme Court has twice affirmed the right to desecrate the American flag as a form of free speech -- a historically contentious issue -- in cases before the high court in 1989 and 1990.
In the 1989 case "Texas v. Johnson," the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that flag burning was a form of "symbolic speech" protected by the First Amendment. The ruling came after an appeal from Gregory Johnson, who had been convicted by a Texas court of violating a state law that prohibited the "desecration of a venerated object" such as the US flag.
The following year, in "United states v. Eichman," the top court again affirmed the right to burn the flag when it ruled 5-4 that the Flag Protection Act of 1989 -- passed by Congress in response to the Johnson decision -- was unconstitutional.
So I doubt Trump can or should do anything about flag burning.
After reading this entire thread I see some of what you're saying Lily, but my thoughts on the matter are as follows.
The flag is merely a symbol of what our nation is and what it stands for. It is not some sacred, blessed talisman.
When we fight, we fight for our country and it's ideals. We don't fight for symbols.
It is not the symbols of our nation that makes us what we are. It's not the eagle, the flag or the pyramid on the back of a bill.
It's the ideas and the concepts that founded the nation that are sacred and men are prepared to die for; that is what makes us great. The ideas that "All men are created equal, E Pluribus, Unum, Liberty and justice For All."
Not some symbolic piece of cloth.
That's my thoughts on the matter.
Believe whatever you want. It's not going to make me look bad.
I didn't say it would. But you stated that the most or all of the images were PhotoShopped and said you aren't ignorant or gullible when asked to substantiate your statement.
The fact that you think he would do something like launch a nuke without thinking of the consequences just because he speaks without thinking tells me you have horrible people skills.
Then you know next to nothing about me, as I have over a 30 year career in "Front of the House" high end customer service, management.
The fact that you think he would do something like launch a nuke without thinking of the consequences just because he speaks without thinking tells me you have horrible people skills.
What it tells me is this. People who don't think about what they say have a high iikelihood of DOING things without thinking things through. Reckless mind, reckless words, reckless actions.
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