Should people have the right to burn the American flag?
Burning the flag may seem to many as an exercise in free speech but is it necessary? Why do people even burn the flag in the first place and what do they gain by doing so?
I don't think that burning the American flag is necessary. What is accomplished by this? If it is a statement against the government, why don't you burn a model of the capital building or hold a protest? You could even write a letter to a congressman or woman. If you just don't like America you are welcome to leave. No one will keep you here if you don't want to be here.
Do people feel that by burning the flag, they are powerful or have stood up to the government in some way? All they really have done, as far as I'm concerned, is angered loyal Americans and made a spectacle in such a way that their true message is lost.
I don't see why there is a need to burn the American flag or why people do it.
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