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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Question...
If...the American flag is just a piece of cloth, as some have pointed out...
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If...I should set aside any symbology behind that piece of cloth...
and
If...the burning of said piece of cloth is simply a matter of free speech...
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If...I should not take offense at the burning of this piece of cloth...
then...
Why is it so wrong to fly the battle flag of the Confederate States of America? Why all of the hullaballu over symbols of the former CSA embeded in state flags? It's just a piece of cloth, with no real meaning attached...right?
What am I missing?
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I disagree with the Confederate flag, but I'd die before I'd take someone's right to display it. Likewise, some people may disagree with the burning of the US flag, but getting someone fired over it isn't just lunacy, it's dangerous. Eroding freedoms are nothing to shake a stick at, and if precedents like the one in this case keep popping up, you can expect fear to win more and more over reason and freedom.