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Daniel, not everyone in America feels that way.
I'm... walking on a blade here, but as best as I can explain, a lot of Americans believe in, rest assured by, fought and died for, and flat-out love the idea of American Freedom. The flag of the US is indeed a symbol that represents that idea. But some people equate the burning of the flag with shitting on the idea, and thus shit a brick when they see it done; this, despite the fact that the freedom that the flag represents includes free speech, including burning of the flag.
As for the kid, he's an underage highschool dropout who went on a bender and burnt someone else's flag: He got off light.
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