I've never really looked into it, but I think it would be fascinating to hear the reasoning for stipping people of less-than an arbitrary age of their rights as humans.
Since the "Stars and Bars" did not originate as a symbol of hate, it must be the case that if it has become a symbolic of hate for some, it has done so through free speech making that association. If someone is not making that association in their use of the symbol (and this girl claims she isn't), then even if you agree "hate speech" can be supressed, her speech is not hate speech, and should be protected.
If a buddhist wanted to exhibit a wheel of life pendant, that should certainly be protected... even if a bunch of folks incorrectly assumed it was a swastika.
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