The arrested man identified himself as a combat veteran and said he was burning the American flag in protest of an executive order Trump signed Monday targeting flag burning.

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    That was fast, good on that guy. Will this be a watershed moment when his infernal majesty’s decrees are challenged?

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    That’s such a stupid executive order because the only difference between so called desecration and retiring a flag is the your intentions in how you are setting the flag on fire

    people should start holding solemn ceremonies to retire flags via fire in public and see how that goes as well

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      That…

      Is actually fucking brilliantly appropriate as well. It would symbolicly illustrate Trumps facsict regime us burning our country in peices, thereby destroying the states…

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    Many U.S. veterans I know support the right of freedom of expression, to include flag burning. They say they feel its disrespectful but its the right they bleed for, for people to express themselves

    I remember a case where this singer burnt an american flag in protest (I think korean war) and the president was grilled on his take on the matter and he daid that whats beautiful about our country, that we can do these things, and that im the countries we are fighting agianst thier citizens dont have the same freedoms as americans.

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      Hey, it’s cool that some of them understand the law, but… also, I don’t think veterans have any special privilege or insight into how our freedoms work.

      I don’t think any of us need their permission to exercise our rights. I don’t think that’s what you were going for, but I’m just saying this because so much of the discussion often seems to go to what “the troops” think about it. It just doesn’t matter.

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        I was bringing it up half out of people tending to use veterans and soldiers as justification for “cracking down” on things like flag burning, saying how it disrespects our troops or something. When 1) as you say, thier opinion doesn’t matter and 2) They also aren’t as offended as republicans say they are.

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          It’s my first amendment right to call the troops babykillers and to thank their Jodies for their service. And if someone wants the government to stop me then they’re anti American. The first amendment is especially for the right to criticize and mock the government and her agents.

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          Fair enough. Also, I should not have had that last sentence worded that way. I should have said that their opinion does not matter more than the opinions of non-veterans, IMHO. Being Americans, their opinion does matter as much as any other, but still the law is the law and unless the unhinged cons get an amendment, freedom should still be a thing…even on something like burning a flag.

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        I don’t understand how these commenters don’t realize that. We already know he’s in them, we already know he raped children, we already know they won’t release any evidence of that willingly… What are they hoping to accomplish?

        It’s time to go out in the streets and demand his head in a basket, but they’re insisting on simply asking him to release the evidence of his guilt instead of being angry at every new power consolidation move.

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          I only add it as a reminder to his supporters (they have short term memory issues). Doesn’t mean that we aren’t upset about EVERYTHING else. And it doesn’t mean I’m only doing this one thing. Some of us have been resisting most of our lives.

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            It’s not a reminder, it’s literally dismissing this as a distraction. Damn, that’s crazy, anyway let me focus on the files I know won’t be released…

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          To be fair, I got enough anger for the man that I can I be both wanting the list released and being pissed at all the bullshit he does.

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            Damn, that’s crazy! If only it didn’t literally dismiss it as less important.

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    Y’all know this is just so they can replay clips of their “opposition” burning flags on Fox News. To vilify more people is the only goal here.

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      Funny. I can’t wait to fight a civil war against Fox News viewers. So we can be done with their genes. Not like the Jazzy militia will have any capabilities.

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    Good for these people, make them charge you, make them have a grand jury charge you.

    A grand jury won’t bring charges on sandwich guy and they won’t on this either.

    The fucking boy scouts burn flags, American flags.