Redhots
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GunnyL said:Disagree. The US flag represents this Nation and its ideals. Burning the US flag is nothing more than symbolically attacking the ideals themselves.
I'll agree with that.
I'd also like to state while it may be a representation of American Ideals it is also a symbol of current American policy. It is not a static thing.
Compare the reactions of people outside America to the American flag today with their feelings about the American flag 10 years ago. The flag does not represent the same "ideals" today as it used to to them.
The same goes for some Americans who might decide to burn the flag. So what they burn in their eyes is what the flag has become, not what it was (again from their perspective). I imagine most of them are very patriotic too. They just have a different view than you.
This last part is a bit over the top though IMO.
GunnyL said:It is an act of violence committed against this Nation, its ideals and the people who live within the bounds of those ideals.
It isn't anymore "violent" than a group of citizens holding book burnings and CD smashings.
Its just angery people attacking an abstact idea. It doesn't harm anyone.
For me its something I don't see myself ever doing, but have no major problems with other people doing.
I remember people used to think it was "disrespectful" to wear the American flag on clothing. My how times have changed.