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And you won't be prosecuted for it. In fact, it's not the speech you are prosecuted for when you falsely yell fire in a theater. It's the ensuing damage your speech caused that will get you prosecuted.
For instance, Christopher Hitchens once started a speech by yelling fire to prove this very point
Lost in all this flag debate, cardkilla is a loser and a moron. Just fyi.
You don't "own" the dollar. The government gives it to you for use in making transactions. The value it represents is yours, but not the physical piece of paper/cotton mixture.
So if someone burns a flag and I lash out beyond my control can I blame the guy who burned the flag?
-I want Patreaus as SOS.
Do we make sure all flag burners are US citizens? If not, could be hate speech - no? Interpreted as an attack on national origin?
Fwiw, I've seen reports that now claim the trump tweet is fake. It's possible it's been deleted, but does appear likely a fake from what I've read. Who knows.
Hypothetical:
Liberal walks into a seafood restaurant:
"I hate seafood. It's so cruel to the aquatic creatures. I demand you stop serving seafood this instant!"
Owner: "but you walked into a seafood restaurant. There are 100s of other non seafood options. Can't you just go to one of those?"
That's basically what's going on with liberals view of america. They want this country to be entirely totally different; rather than just go somewhere that matches what they're looking for.
The other funny thing - who wants to bet this exact restaurant scenario actually occurred more than a few times across the country?
Liberal walks into a seafood restaurant:
"I hate seafood. It's so cruel to the aquatic creatures. I demand you stop serving seafood this instant!"
Owner: "but you walked into a seafood restaurant. There are 100s of other non seafood options. Can't you just go to one of those?"
That's basically what's going on with liberals view of america. They want this country to be entirely totally different; rather than just go somewhere that matches what they're looking for.
The other funny thing - who wants to bet this exact restaurant scenario actually occurred more than a few times across the country?
hmm . . . no . . . a more correct statement is that the purpose of currency is to serve as legal tender for the settling of debts, public and private. For example, as soon as you put a head of lettuce in your grocery basket you have a debt to settle, and so on.
But you are correct about "ownership", from a theoretical and virtuous standpoint. The only thing that individuals "own" is the value of their own existence, and what they can produce from that existence in exchange . . . for example: in exchange for that any sovereign issuer of a "currency" . . . to be used for the settling of debts. As an individual "holds" more of what belongs to that issuer, he retains sole possession, increased value, his individual existence. At least that's how it's supposed to be . . . again, from a theoretical and virtuous standpoint.
America isn't just land, it's an idea. At least those trailer trash believe in that idea.
And contributing to global warming, you bastard.
Regarding the student on Tucker's show that burned his school's American flag, he is not within his first amendment right. He did not own the flag that he burned, the University did. He stole it, then burned it. That's petty theft & destruction of private property.
Glad to see the GOP is able to get their wars on peoples going across many fronts. #hideyogranny
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I pushed the like button repeatedly on this one but to no avail, I think I will just go somewhere and burn some other countries flags starting with Mexico's.The problem is Bernie that they aren't aborting enough, and they need your taxes to pay for it.
Transy is a slick little bastard with his baby steps for that gotcha moment. Nice work.
Now understand this, I don't give two shits about the act or the dangers. I'm stereotyping that they are losers and plain and simple I'd prefer they go somewhere they don't feel the need to burn the nations flag.
The issue is other countries have actual immigration laws that are abided by but not us. And yes I know I'm stereotyping again but I feel like if your illegal, taking advantage of our system and burning our flag because we elected Donald Trump then F you!
That's my freedom to do so. Their flag burning breeds hate just like they say Trumps words do......F them!
I know that doesn't sound like an opened minded way to be but it's beyond stupid at this point.
As far as are rights go, again we can disagree. You earn your right to keep your rights every day. The more out of line you get and cross the law the more rights and freedoms you lose.
I'm very calculated and I do not see to it that it's our country's best interest to allow such stupid asinine nonsense just because you need to throw a temper tantrum.
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Trailer trash AKA welfare recipients, you should want them to breed like rabbits. After all 95% of them votes democrat. Take away the trailer trash vote & your democrat party would go out of business.
How far do you think a bunch of white kids would get, protesting Mexico in a Mexican city, waving the US flag?
I hate liberals!!
Just be careful about what you say about the Prophet Mohammed or Islam or Progtards will have a meltdown over your "hate speech".
I think it's considered "symbolic speech" by the Supreme Court.
Regardless of what it is considered, it speaks volumes that there's never an American flag in a protest by Democrats. It's always Mexican flags and if there is an American flag, they're burning it.
The left is anti-American in every way. They are a very dangerous group.
This is what I always get a kick out of when minorities claim to be so "scared." Gimme a break. Who's in a more dangerous situation? A white guy walking alone in a black neighborhood or a black guy walking in a white neighborhood?
Same scenario with Mexicans.
But who gets to play victim all the time? The left. Never fails.
I can only speak for myself, but if I ever find myself in this situation, then some serious shit must be going down & I'm on some kind of "Falling Down" postal warpath.
So my answer would have to be the neighborhood is in a more dangerous situation.
Not only that, but for all of those on the left defending flag burning as free speech, what do you think would happen if a mob of white people took to the streets, burning prophet Muhammad effigies or Mexican flags & chanting F Islam or F Mexico? Would the left still hide behind free speech or call it hate speech?
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K. Go take a flag down from someone's house, you can't be cited for petty larceny, right? If you can't own it, it can't be stolen.
And before you respond, it is different from cash because of the value the cash represents that can't be replaced without the physical bills.
You can't own a flag
You can't own a flag
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Missed all this witty banter today. Put me in the group that thinks it's shitty to burn an American flag but understands the reason why it is legal.
Missed all this witty banter today. Put me in the group that thinks it's shitty to burn an American flag but understands the reason why it is legal.
Also, didn't see it mentioned but the preferred method of destroying a flag that is retired or damaged is burning. Therefore, the act of burning a flag is not always a bad thing. What some of you are advocating is a censorship on the thoughts or motivations for burning a flag. I worry about a time when we will not be allowed to burn a flag. That will mean that the left has prevailed and now that the country is perfect for them, a burning flag would be a hate crime against utopia.
Retiring a flag is a moment of respect, burning and spitting and stomping on a flag in the streets of USA as a signal of disgust are totally different.
That's like me comparing getting on a knee to ask my wife to marry me to telling some skank to hit her knees and take a mouthful.......actually it's nothing like that but Willy will perk up after reading it.
Burn a US flag....hero.
Burn a rainbow flag, you're an anti American bigot that stands against everything that's right with Merica.
Burn a rainbow flag, you're an anti American bigot that stands against everything that's right with Merica.
What is hard for you is the fact that your fearless leader Killary voted for a similar measure as to what Donald discussed minus taking away citizenship, which I would agree is ridiculous. If you commit treason then that is cause for citizenship revolk, but pretty sure that would be the least of their worries.
Maybe the SC with revisit their ruling in the next year or two when the court is 6-3. A lot of shat is about to get righted in this country.
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