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Yes, and it should be illegal to burn any nation’s flag

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 @9FVVJJM from New York  agreed…3yrs3Y

Soldiers fight everyday and night to keep our country safe and I believe thats what represented in our flag, burning our flag is disrespecting the United States.

 @9FWD2QWIndependent from California  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Soldiers fight for freedom. Unfortunately, freedom is uniform. Freedom means the right to do things without fear of persecution. These soldiers are on the battlefield to fight for our right to fly the flag and burn the flag, salute during the anthem and kneel during the anthem, say under god or not, swear into public office on a Bible or Quran or anything else at all, and exercise self expression. That is what it means to be a freedom fighter of these United States.

 @9FWKGFXfrom Maine  disagreed…3yrs3Y

flag burning is a fundamental form of free speech and banning it is the first step on a path that leads to an inability to criticise the government

 @9FWBVHM from Michigan  disagreed…3yrs3Y

The true symbol of peace and protection in this country is the fact it's still running. Our flag is just a symbol to delineate us from other countries.

 @9FWCY2F from Washington  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Criticism of our country should be defended and allowed to ensure a freedom of expression. Disrespecting the military is a perfectly fine position that does not need punishment. Fostering a blindly nationalistic culture is idiotic.

 @9FR2CJDdisagreed…3yrs3Y

Freedom of speech is an important tenet of Liberal Democracy, and thus an important part of modern, first-world society. If we begin to police what opinions are allowed, to disallow the expression of individual morality, we lose the ability to debate ideas to change the general consensus around our societal morality. Additionally, whatever is banned is subject to the authority of the party and the time period in charge of the legislation. This can lead to outdated social views being enforced at later times, and thus unnecessarily restricting freedoms. Freedom, where it doesn't harm anyone else or violate anyone else's freedom, is a good thing, and freedom of speech is an important freedom. Burning flags is a form of freedom of speech and thus should be allowed.

 @9G3CYS9Republican from Missouri  agreed…3yrs3Y

Freedom is still being fought for to this day. The stars on the flag represent each state that the USA has managed to acquire through hard negotiations and fights. This flag represents America proudly each and every day.

 @9FNKH37 from Virginia  agreed…3yrs3Y

other countries went through hundreds of years of suffering to get where they are now, and burning their flag just shows a sign as disrespect

 @BCPY7M4 from Georgia  agreed…3mos3MO

we have freedom of religion and its a crime to burn a church's cross so why can we have freedom of nationalism

 @BCNKSPD from Wisconsin  agreed…3mos3MO

It should be illegal to burn a flag because its representing a state and the place you grew up in and flag deserves a purpose of the nation.

 @B82XMP3 from California  agreed…8mos8MO

The flag is a form of protected symbolic speech under the First Amendment. A claim that it incites violence is not supported by legal history.

 @B2ZY6JSRepublican from Kansas  agreed…1yr1Y

flag burning is a fundamental form of free speech and banning it is the first step on a path that leads to an inability to criticise the government

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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