kdogg36 said: "Jay Lerner-Z said: "Kdogg, I guess context matters? If you want to burn them as an act of disposal out your backyward, fine. If you want to burn them as an act of provocation in a public park, well, maybe not so fine."
Would that apply to the US flag as well? That would put you in some rather surprising company regardingthat particular issue.
We'll have to disagree on this. I think you should be able to burn any flag, draft card, holy book, or whatever else you want to burn, as long as it's yours and you have a right to burn things there. Obviously I have no problem with content-neutral banson burning anything in places where it would endanger others.
interestingly enough, there was a Supreme Court case in, I wanna say ‘89 on this very issue. The result was that the court said that while the flag has symbolic meaning, the act of burning the flag in protest is protected under the first amendment as it’s a form of self expression. They did point out that the act of burning the flag doesn’t change the fact that it has symbolic meaning. And, of course, for public safety, you’re not able to burn it just anywhere.
However, recently Trump signed an executive order banning flag burning and making it illegal sadly