• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    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.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    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.

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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

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      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.

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        Based on this logic I guess we should see Harris campaigning on ERA any day now…

        (Long wait)

        (Checks watch)

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      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.

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    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

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    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.

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      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.

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      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.

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    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