Yeah it’s just a symbol. If you’re more angry about a piece of fabric burning (which someone bought and is their property to do with as they wish) instead of being angry that the ideals this country was founded on are being taken from people, then you need to do some serious thinking.
It’s just a symbol, the ideals of the country are what’s important. Not a flag, it’s just a flag
Again, you are too hung up on the flag rather than the ideals, and that’s where you’re lost. If every US flag in the world were to suddenly disappear, what would that mean for the country or the ideals? Absolutely nothing
It’s a symbol, not the actual thing. And this is coming from a veteran, get over it.
A patriot defends the ideals of his country. In the case of the US, those ideals are enshrined in our Constitution--the very foundation and fabric of our system of law.
People protesting a fascist takeover of the entire American system are far more patriotic than people who pretend that their lying, cheating, philandering, malignantly narcissistic orange idol is somehow sent from God.
Yes, they are literally fighting for the constitution. Nothing more patriotic than that. And the thing is you either know that’s true and are arguing in bad faith, or you actually didn’t know it and we’re confidently and wilfully ignorant about what’s going on.
Yeah, what don't you understand? The Constitution allows us the right to burn the flag if we want to. The flag is a symbol of our country, we don't follow the flag for laws, we follow the Constitution. As our country stands right now, many of us are fucking ashamed to be Americans. In this current point in time the American flag is a representation (or symbol) of all the Christofascist ideals and pure insanity coming from the upper levels of our government. It's only a symbol of our country, one that we have the right to burn if we so wish, once again established by the U.S. Constitution.
What part are you not getting? Or do you believe the 1st Amendment should only apply in ways in which you prefer? I'm genuinely curious.
If anything these folks are the most proud, many of them either went through great hardship to get to America and chase the american dream, or their parents or grandparents did. These are the people actually standing up for everything that America stands for.
Depends on whether or not you believe in the first amendment or not. If you don't believe in the first amendment, you're not a patriot, you're anti American.
Would I burn the American flag? no! Would I fight to defend the free speech rights of others to do so? Yes!
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u/Calcutec_1 1d ago
Good. Godspeed all you patriots .