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Originally Posted by ExNavyAmerican
HistoricalDavid;
Am I right in thinking that you believe the vet was in the wrong for restoring the American flag to its rightful place? The Mexican flag flying over the American flag was illegal too.
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As far as I'm aware, it's a contravention of the federal flag code; however, since it was not on public but private property, I'm not sure it was actually illegal in anything but a strictly technical sense. In any case calling it illegal would almost certainly be a contravention of the First Amendment.
PS cleared up by Gun Grape, a cold shower of reality personified.
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This may sound stupid and elementary, but symbols matter because they stand for something.
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Yes, they are not necessarily the things themselves. Your or my freedom is hardly abridged by the desecration or improper use of symbols. An attack on a symbol of freedom is not the same as an actual attack on freedom, for example, or certainly not one which justifies brandishing a knife.
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Things that are abstract, but they matter. Two things that are abstract include patriotism, and your concept of right and wrong. Those things are exactly what this heroic vet did. Stand up for what he believed was right, and his country. If only more people did it.
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This is what it boils down to: the consistency of symbolism, or law and private property?
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