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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
It’s dumber than that.
Flag burning was a big deal in the 60s. I remember calls for a Constitutional amendment gaining traction back in the 90s (maybe 80s?). The controversy was all over the news for some time and the right considered your take on it to be the litmus test of “true American.”
Trump’s reaching decades into the past, for what it currently a non-issue. It’s not desperation, it’s senility.
Based on this logic I guess we should see Harris campaigning on ERA any day now…
(Long wait)
(Checks watch)
It actually is a common occurrence, since the U.S. Flag Code specifies that burning is the preferred method of disposing of flags that are no longer fit to display.
people care too much about symbols
Symbols are an effective way to manipulate people emotionally. It provides people with an identity making it feel like they are fighting for their own ideals and not someone else’s.
What is it the late 90s again? We’re being inundated with this bullshit?
Things that most Americans encounter:
- friends and family who’ve had abortions
- friends and family who’ve undergone fertility treatments
- housing that is too expensive
Things that very few Americans encounter
- people burning flags in the street
- fully packed Trump 2024 rallies
This guy is a fucking clown.
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.
Yes, but ceremoniously is the intent. I’ve done many flag retirements. These flag burnings he’s referring to are as a message, which is totally fine and protected by the constitution, but it isn’t dignified. It’s not supposed to be. It wouldn’t send the same message if it were.
Gonna get carpal tunnel pandering this hard, Donny
naw. the people he’s dictating to are gonna get carpel tunnel.
which is a shame because they’ve got to be pretty good at taking dictations to keep up with his shit.
After long enough, stroking anything is gonna give you carpal tunnel. Ego and conservative ideals included.
MAGA is more about mental gymnastics than dictations, to be fair.
But y’all are probably right on both points. Have you seen how much Trump posts on Truth Social? He’s probably had Carpel Tunnel for YEARS!
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
He has no clue what it takes to amend the Constitution.
This is a good opportunity for compromise. Let’s all agree to burn confederate flags instead.
First ammendment? Never heard of it.
*ammmendment
ammmmendmmenmemt
Who gives a shit about this issue other than weirdos?
Plenty of normal people care about this, but they’re authoritarians if they actually support this policy.
What “normal people” care about burning a flag?
A lot of them are veterans and older immigrants
Where is your evidence for this?
So since my uncle who is a vet and because he cares about the flag he is a weirdo?
If he cares about it enough to want a law preventing people from burning it? Yes.
Completely anecdotal, to be fair. I’ve seen some videos of veterans as well as first generation immigrants complaining about the desecration of the flag.
Then I stand by my position that the people who give a shit about this are weirdos. Because, believe it or not, being a veteran or an immigrant doesn’t shield you from being a weirdo.
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.
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
