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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I think you embody the negativity that too many people in this country express and causes so many problems. this is a matter of free speech regardless how repugnant it is.
Flag Burning is legal in this country and it makes me crazy that the flag can be disrespected so. but it is our RIGHT as citizens of this country to have these freedoms to make these statements. I wore the uniform for many years to allow idiots like this out of control pastor to perform a truly stupid action. 2 of my exes, my son, my niece, my brother in law and my son in law also either are actively wearing the uniform or have worn the uniform to give idiots like this pastor and self righteous scardey cats like you the right to do it and be safe in your actions.
go ahead and delte your Koran. walk around and feel smug about it. have you even read it?
I think this is a foolish, stupid, ill-informed, dangerous act. when any form of book burnings begin and are tolerated, society quickly begins to break down.
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Well said. As a veteran, one of the only things I find more offensive than someone burning the flag is for someone else to say, "There out to be a law." Freedom means nothing if it doesn't include freedom to dissent from the status quo. I'm reminded what Thomas Jefferson said in his first inaugural address : "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."