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Trump Wants Jail Time for Flag Burners

Quetzal

Quetzal

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/803567993036754944

President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday a penalty -- including possible jail time or loss of citizenship -- for burning the American flag, in spite of two US Supreme Court rulings that protect the act under the First Amendment as a form of free speech.

"Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -- if they do, there must be consequences -- perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!," Trump tweeted.
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Thoughts? Ideas? Justifications? Let's hear them!
 
Kemosloby

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Can't make everything illegal in the land of the free. Perhaps burning Trump effigy's painted red white and blue would blur the lines.
 
Kirran

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If this happens, I'll cordially invite all my American friends to come over to the UK for your flag-burning needs. You can bring flags from home to burn, or you can burn some of our flags, it's really up to you.
 
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Quetzal

Quetzal

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Kirran said:
If this happens, I'll cordially invite all my American friends to come over to the UK for your flag-burning needs. You can bring flags from home to burn, or you can burn some of ours flags, it's really up to you.
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Fair warning, if I come visit, I may offer to pay rent on a couch in your living room. :D
 
Father Heathen

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I think impeding upon the freedoms (in this case free speech) that the flag represents is a much greater desecration to it than burning it. Being patriotic and valuing what the flag represents shouldn't require some sort of cult-like idolatry.
 
4consideration

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Quetzal said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/803567993036754944


Source.

Thoughts? Ideas? Justifications? Let's hear them!
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I don't think it should be illegal, even though I think it's a crappy thing to do.

BTW, Hillary Clinton cosponsored a bill in 2005 that provided for both fines and jail time for various offenses involving damage/destruction/burning of the flag. The Flag Protection Act of 2005. It did not become law.

If anything, I'm horrified to see Trump thinking like Clinton on the issue.

Bill text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1911/text
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(Page down to see Clinton listed as one of the co-sponsors of the bill.) https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1911/all-info
 
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Quetzal

Quetzal

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4consideration said:
I don't think it should be illegal, even though I think it's a crappy thing to do.

BTW, Hillary Clinton cosponsored a bill in 2005 that provided for both fines and jail time for various offenses involving damage/destruction/burning of the flag. The Flag Protection Act of 2005. It did not become law.
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:eek: Are you suggesting politicians on both sides of the aisle are crappy individuals? Surely, you are mistaken! :D
 
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