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@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago

Trump again calls for flag-burning punishment: 'We'll make it constitutional'

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Trump again calls for flag-burning punishment: 'We'll make it constitutional'

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@realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago
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"We gotta do it," the GOP presidential nominee said of imposing jail time for burning the American flag, which has been ruled unconstitutional.
  • @realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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    4•8 months ago

    Plenty of normal people care about this, but they’re authoritarians if they actually support this policy.

    • Flying Squid
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      What “normal people” care about burning a flag?

      • @realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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        -1•8 months ago

        A lot of them are veterans and older immigrants

        • Flying Squid
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          Where is your evidence for this?

          • @andrewta@lemmy.world
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            So since my uncle who is a vet and because he cares about the flag he is a weirdo?

            • Flying Squid
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              If he cares about it enough to want a law preventing people from burning it? Yes.

          • @realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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            Completely anecdotal, to be fair. I’ve seen some videos of veterans as well as first generation immigrants complaining about the desecration of the flag.

            • Flying Squid
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              Then I stand by my position that the people who give a shit about this are weirdos. Because, believe it or not, being a veteran or an immigrant doesn’t shield you from being a weirdo.

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