Re: Inconvenient lefties

On 3/28/2024 10:17 AM, FPP wrote:

On 3/27/24 6:58 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 3/27/2024 6:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <uu22s3$32lii$2@dont-email.me>,
  "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

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Last Friday, a Chicago alderman (there are cockroaches with higher social
standing) gave a speech at a rally outside city hall condemning Biden
and support for Israel in the war against Hamas. A veteran had burned a
special American flag

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Why is it that burning the American flag is protected speech, but if you
burn an Alphabet Mafia rainbow flag, you can get arrested for a hate
crime?

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You mean a flag that does not belong to you, not your own flag.

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No, I mean any rainbow flag. If you go buy one yourself, then take it to
an anti-troon protest and burn it, it's a hate crime.
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But if you buy an American flag and take it to an Antifa riot and burn
it, protected speech.
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The former action is one of hate, the latter is one of protest.
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 Pig, if you OWN the flag, any flag, you can burn it all you like.

I'd imagine a "hate crime" might include more the mere fact of burning.