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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Burning the American Flag~Freedom of Speech? Update



I think not...further more the SCOTUS got it so wrong on this one. A physical act is by no means speech by any stretch of the imagination . If one wants to verbally state, draw or paint a picture of the American flag burning and or a caption stating ones disgust for it that is freedom of speech.
To physically burn or by any other physical means urinate,defecate,stomp on or hang in effigy becomes a act of violence and violations of the health and safety codes,rioting etc on the flag or person or any other property for that matter!  When peacefully assembling and marching in protest turns to physical acts such as burning tires,flags,cars, buildings etc it becomes a violation of the law and is prosecuted as such.

Therefore Donald J Trump is correct when he stated burning of the flag should be prosecuted...it was a law before SCOTUS made the mistake in their opinion on it... being a freedom of speech issue.

People under the US Constitution / Bill of Rights are guaranteed freedom of speech and the right to assemble and protest peacefully. Not to violate laws of the land...rioting,disturbing the peace,destruction of property,physical harm to others etc.

There was a time when it was a violation of the law to desecrate the symbol of our freedom hard fought for... it was lead by the American flag. The SCOTUS overturned this law when they classified physical acts as being covered under freedom of speech...which is totally wrong and imo a oxymoron of the first degree!

Addendum:
Update:To make this perfectly clear our founders wrote the US Constitution/Bill of Rights in 18th Century old English...the term Freedom of Speech/Expression referred to written and verbal expression it did not cover physical acts...the reason SCOTUS got it wrong was because they did not use logic/reason to form their opinion on what our founders meant.:under  the SCOTUS opinion  this would mean a person could claim their First Amendment right (expression) to scream fire in a theater...or use as a defense in a sexual harassment case,pedophilia,beastality,or on the street a dude gets all hot and bothered by a pretty/sexy lady~so he whips it out and whacks away claiming freedom of expression of his desire for said lady 

Are you starting to see where I am going with this...the looney left cherry picks what they claim  is covered under the First Amendment not what it actually says...Freedom of Speech~expression verbal/written,drawn or painted...not physical acts...therefor when we have a new POTUS installed #Trump and we have a fair  balanced logic based  SCOTUS this issue must be revisited and fixed!

If you agree please RT my opinion...just because one does not have a LLB does not mean one does not have the ability to form a opinion based on logic!

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