From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Proof That Democrats And Liberals Hate America
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:36:39 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-08-26 19:39, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:45:15 -0500, super70s says...
>
>> "Free speech? We don't need no stinkin' free speech!"
>
> Tell us EXACTLY how burning a flag is "speech", and WHY it needs to
> be protected? Just showing up at a protest is enough to show your
> hate for America, so why burn a flag? ONLY because you know it
> pisses people off.
It's an act of protest.
>
> Are you allowed to set things on fire in public?
>
> Nope.
Sure you are.
>
> So, why the flag. WHO wrote the law saying flag-burning is
> protected, anyway? There IS no law saying that. That people have
> decided to call it "political speech" shouldn't matter.
You mean your supreme court when you disagree with them, right?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._Johnson>
>
> If you hate a law or politician enough to protest, why isn't
> shooting someone at a political event allowed? That WOULD be
> political speech, after all. You hate a politician, just shoot him.
No. That would be murder.
There is no law against burning your own property.
>
> So, why is American flag-burning "legal", but not others' flags?
It isn't illegal to burn other flags.
>
> Why are people getting arrested and put in jail for burning other
> flags, but not the American Flag?
Show that that has happened.