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Victory Declared in Tehran, U.S. Flags Burned Amidst Ceasefire
Tehran celebrates a ceasefire with the US after 40 days of fighting. American and Israeli flags were burned amidst celebrations in Iran.
#TehranCeasefire, #USIranConflict, #FlagBurning, #MiddleEastNews, #Diplomacy
https://newsletter.tf/tehran-celebrates-us-ceasefire-burns-american-flags/
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Celebrations in Tehran are happening after a ceasefire was announced. This follows 40 days of fighting between Iran and the US.
#TehranCeasefire, #USIranConflict, #FlagBurning, #MiddleEastNews, #Diplomacy
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The emotional push to ban flag-burning
http://www.ConservaTibbs.com/p/the-emotional-push-to-ban-flag-burning
Conservatives need to stand for free speech, even speech we despise.
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‘Grandpa was Antifa’ may be the dumbest meme of the decade
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‘Grandpa was Antifa’ may be the dumbest meme of the decade
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#DonaldTrump bragged on Wednesday that his administration “took the freedom of speech away” with a one year penalty for “inciting riots” with #flagburning — never mind that the #SupremeCourt of the #UnitedStates CLEARLY ruled on this EXACT issue DECADES ago. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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#DonaldTrump bragged on Wednesday that his administration “took the freedom of speech away” with a one year penalty for “inciting riots” with #flagburning — never mind that the #SupremeCourt of the #UnitedStates CLEARLY ruled on this EXACT issue DECADES ago. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Trump Admits: “We Took The Freedom Of Speech Away”
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Trump Admits: “We Took The Freedom Of Speech Away”
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Trump Admits: “We Took The Freedom Of Speech Away”
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Trump Admits: “We Took The Freedom Of Speech Away”
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Trump Admits: “We Took The Freedom Of Speech Away”
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#ICYMI, in a rambling answer to reporters (does he do any other kind?) regarding an attempt to make "Flag Burning" illegal, #NaziDon said the quiet part out loud:
“We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts. And the courts said, ‘You have freedom of speech.’”
He's claiming #FlagBurning incites people to violence.
If someone is incited to commit violence in response to seeing a flag being burned, THAT'S ON THEM! #FirstAmendment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/8/2347621/-We-took-the-freedom-of-speech-away-Trump-lets-the-truth-slip?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_9&pm_medium=web -
#ICYMI, in a rambling answer to reporters (does he do any other kind?) regarding an attempt to make "Flag Burning" illegal, #NaziDon said the quiet part out loud:
“We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts. And the courts said, ‘You have freedom of speech.’”
He's claiming #FlagBurning incites people to violence.
If someone is incited to commit violence in response to seeing a flag being burned, THAT'S ON THEM! #FirstAmendment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/8/2347621/-We-took-the-freedom-of-speech-away-Trump-lets-the-truth-slip?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_9&pm_medium=web -
#ICYMI, in a rambling answer to reporters (does he do any other kind?) regarding an attempt to make "Flag Burning" illegal, #NaziDon said the quiet part out loud:
“We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts. And the courts said, ‘You have freedom of speech.’”
He's claiming #FlagBurning incites people to violence.
If someone is incited to commit violence in response to seeing a flag being burned, THAT'S ON THEM! #FirstAmendment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/8/2347621/-We-took-the-freedom-of-speech-away-Trump-lets-the-truth-slip?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_9&pm_medium=web -
#ICYMI, in a rambling answer to reporters (does he do any other kind?) regarding an attempt to make "Flag Burning" illegal, #NaziDon said the quiet part out loud:
“We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts. And the courts said, ‘You have freedom of speech.’”
He's claiming #FlagBurning incites people to violence.
If someone is incited to commit violence in response to seeing a flag being burned, THAT'S ON THEM! #FirstAmendment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/8/2347621/-We-took-the-freedom-of-speech-away-Trump-lets-the-truth-slip?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_9&pm_medium=web -
#ICYMI, in a rambling answer to reporters (does he do any other kind?) regarding an attempt to make "Flag Burning" illegal, #NaziDon said the quiet part out loud:
“We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts. And the courts said, ‘You have freedom of speech.’”
He's claiming #FlagBurning incites people to violence.
If someone is incited to commit violence in response to seeing a flag being burned, THAT'S ON THEM! #FirstAmendment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/8/2347621/-We-took-the-freedom-of-speech-away-Trump-lets-the-truth-slip?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_9&pm_medium=web -
What would happen to an American flag burner on Opposite Day?
They would dunk the flag in a tub of water and say," This nation is drowning."
#flags #america #usa #flagburning #politics #joke #oppositeday
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What would happen to an American flag burner on Opposite Day?
They would dunk the flag in a tub of water and say," This nation is drowning."
#flags #america #usa #flagburning #politics #joke #oppositeday
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What would happen to an American flag burner on Opposite Day?
They would dunk the flag in a tub of water and say," This nation is drowning."
#flags #america #usa #flagburning #politics #joke #oppositeday
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What would happen to an American flag burner on Opposite Day?
They would dunk the flag in a tub of water and say," This nation is drowning."
#flags #america #usa #flagburning #politics #joke #oppositeday
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDnOVypGx1w #flagburningday #flagburning #maga #conservative #duopoly #corporatetax I bet y'all didn't know it was flag burning day. Burn any flag you like, have fun, yes you heard me, any flag, any flag. #freedom #FreeSpeech #DonaldTrump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDnOVypGx1w #flagburningday #flagburning #maga #conservative #duopoly #corporatetax I bet y'all didn't know it was flag burning day. Burn any flag you like, have fun, yes you heard me, any flag, any flag. #freedom #FreeSpeech #DonaldTrump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDnOVypGx1w #flagburningday #flagburning #maga #conservative #duopoly #corporatetax I bet y'all didn't know it was flag burning day. Burn any flag you like, have fun, yes you heard me, any flag, any flag. #freedom #FreeSpeech #DonaldTrump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDnOVypGx1w #flagburningday #flagburning #maga #conservative #duopoly #corporatetax I bet y'all didn't know it was flag burning day. Burn any flag you like, have fun, yes you heard me, any flag, any flag. #freedom #FreeSpeech #DonaldTrump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDnOVypGx1w #flagburningday #flagburning #maga #conservative #duopoly #corporatetax I bet y'all didn't know it was flag burning day. Burn any flag you like, have fun, yes you heard me, any flag, any flag. #freedom #FreeSpeech #DonaldTrump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDnOVypGx1w #flagburningday #flagburning #maga #conservative #duopoly #corporatetax I bet y'all didn't know it was flag burning day. Burn any flag you like, have fun, yes you heard me, any flag, any flag. #freedom #FreeSpeech #DonaldTrump
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September is National #FlagBurning Month because fuck #trump and #executiveOrders are not #laws
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September is National #FlagBurning Month because fuck #trump and #executiveOrders are not #laws
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September is National #FlagBurning Month because fuck #trump and #executiveOrders are not #laws
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September is National #FlagBurning Month because fuck #trump and #executiveOrders are not #laws
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September is National #FlagBurning Month because fuck #trump and #executiveOrders are not #laws
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No, flag burning isn’t illegal and Donald Trump’s executive order doesn’t do anything to make it so. #FlagBurning youtube.com/shorts/4Qb8n...
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Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
Politics• 5 min read
Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Aug 25, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burn a US flag at Union Station in Washington, DC, during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US on July 24, 2024. The act drew bipartisan condemnation. Probal Rashid / LightRocket / Getty Images / FilePresident Donald Trump sees an epidemic of flag burning and says it needs attention.
“All over the country they’re burning flags,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, declaring it an important issue. He signed an executive order directing his Justice Department to investigate incidents of flag burning where laws are broken.
There are a few problems with his claim, the first of which is that it’s not at all clear they’re burning flags all over the country.
There are incidents of flag burning at protests, surely, such as when pro-Palestinian protesters burned an American flag alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress last year.
That burning drew bipartisan opposition. Then-Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the act and said the flag “should never be desecrated in that way.”
‘Sad’ Supreme Court protected flag burning as speech
But beyond the question of whether flags are indeed being burned all over the country is the fact that the Supreme Court, back in 1989, declared flag burning to be a protected form of speech under the First Amendment.
Trump acknowledged that decision by a “sad” Supreme Court, and his executive order is seemingly written to address the Supreme Court’s flag burning decisions.
The administration will try to prosecute other crimes, like violent crimes, hate crimes and crimes “against property and the peace,” as a way to deter flag burning, according to a White House fact sheet.
Trump spoke to that Supreme Court decision when he said the simple act of burning the flag is an incitement.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
#2025 #America #AmericanFlag #CNN #CNNPolitics #DonaldTrump #FlagBurning #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
Politics• 5 min read
Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Aug 25, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burn a US flag at Union Station in Washington, DC, during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US on July 24, 2024. The act drew bipartisan condemnation. Probal Rashid / LightRocket / Getty Images / FilePresident Donald Trump sees an epidemic of flag burning and says it needs attention.
“All over the country they’re burning flags,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, declaring it an important issue. He signed an executive order directing his Justice Department to investigate incidents of flag burning where laws are broken.
There are a few problems with his claim, the first of which is that it’s not at all clear they’re burning flags all over the country.
There are incidents of flag burning at protests, surely, such as when pro-Palestinian protesters burned an American flag alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress last year.
That burning drew bipartisan opposition. Then-Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the act and said the flag “should never be desecrated in that way.”
‘Sad’ Supreme Court protected flag burning as speech
But beyond the question of whether flags are indeed being burned all over the country is the fact that the Supreme Court, back in 1989, declared flag burning to be a protected form of speech under the First Amendment.
Trump acknowledged that decision by a “sad” Supreme Court, and his executive order is seemingly written to address the Supreme Court’s flag burning decisions.
The administration will try to prosecute other crimes, like violent crimes, hate crimes and crimes “against property and the peace,” as a way to deter flag burning, according to a White House fact sheet.
Trump spoke to that Supreme Court decision when he said the simple act of burning the flag is an incitement.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
#2025 #America #AmericanFlag #CNN #CNNPolitics #DonaldTrump #FlagBurning #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
Politics• 5 min read
Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Aug 25, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burn a US flag at Union Station in Washington, DC, during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US on July 24, 2024. The act drew bipartisan condemnation. Probal Rashid / LightRocket / Getty Images / FilePresident Donald Trump sees an epidemic of flag burning and says it needs attention.
“All over the country they’re burning flags,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, declaring it an important issue. He signed an executive order directing his Justice Department to investigate incidents of flag burning where laws are broken.
There are a few problems with his claim, the first of which is that it’s not at all clear they’re burning flags all over the country.
There are incidents of flag burning at protests, surely, such as when pro-Palestinian protesters burned an American flag alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress last year.
That burning drew bipartisan opposition. Then-Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the act and said the flag “should never be desecrated in that way.”
‘Sad’ Supreme Court protected flag burning as speech
But beyond the question of whether flags are indeed being burned all over the country is the fact that the Supreme Court, back in 1989, declared flag burning to be a protected form of speech under the First Amendment.
Trump acknowledged that decision by a “sad” Supreme Court, and his executive order is seemingly written to address the Supreme Court’s flag burning decisions.
The administration will try to prosecute other crimes, like violent crimes, hate crimes and crimes “against property and the peace,” as a way to deter flag burning, according to a White House fact sheet.
Trump spoke to that Supreme Court decision when he said the simple act of burning the flag is an incitement.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
#2025 #America #AmericanFlag #CNN #CNNPolitics #DonaldTrump #FlagBurning #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
Politics• 5 min read
Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Aug 25, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burn a US flag at Union Station in Washington, DC, during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US on July 24, 2024. The act drew bipartisan condemnation. Probal Rashid / LightRocket / Getty Images / FilePresident Donald Trump sees an epidemic of flag burning and says it needs attention.
“All over the country they’re burning flags,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, declaring it an important issue. He signed an executive order directing his Justice Department to investigate incidents of flag burning where laws are broken.
There are a few problems with his claim, the first of which is that it’s not at all clear they’re burning flags all over the country.
There are incidents of flag burning at protests, surely, such as when pro-Palestinian protesters burned an American flag alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress last year.
That burning drew bipartisan opposition. Then-Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the act and said the flag “should never be desecrated in that way.”
‘Sad’ Supreme Court protected flag burning as speech
But beyond the question of whether flags are indeed being burned all over the country is the fact that the Supreme Court, back in 1989, declared flag burning to be a protected form of speech under the First Amendment.
Trump acknowledged that decision by a “sad” Supreme Court, and his executive order is seemingly written to address the Supreme Court’s flag burning decisions.
The administration will try to prosecute other crimes, like violent crimes, hate crimes and crimes “against property and the peace,” as a way to deter flag burning, according to a White House fact sheet.
Trump spoke to that Supreme Court decision when he said the simple act of burning the flag is an incitement.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
#2025 #America #AmericanFlag #CNN #CNNPolitics #DonaldTrump #FlagBurning #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
Politics• 5 min read
Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Aug 25, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burn a US flag at Union Station in Washington, DC, during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US on July 24, 2024. The act drew bipartisan condemnation. Probal Rashid / LightRocket / Getty Images / FilePresident Donald Trump sees an epidemic of flag burning and says it needs attention.
“All over the country they’re burning flags,” Trump said Monday in the Oval Office, declaring it an important issue. He signed an executive order directing his Justice Department to investigate incidents of flag burning where laws are broken.
There are a few problems with his claim, the first of which is that it’s not at all clear they’re burning flags all over the country.
There are incidents of flag burning at protests, surely, such as when pro-Palestinian protesters burned an American flag alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress last year.
That burning drew bipartisan opposition. Then-Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the act and said the flag “should never be desecrated in that way.”
‘Sad’ Supreme Court protected flag burning as speech
But beyond the question of whether flags are indeed being burned all over the country is the fact that the Supreme Court, back in 1989, declared flag burning to be a protected form of speech under the First Amendment.
Trump acknowledged that decision by a “sad” Supreme Court, and his executive order is seemingly written to address the Supreme Court’s flag burning decisions.
The administration will try to prosecute other crimes, like violent crimes, hate crimes and crimes “against property and the peace,” as a way to deter flag burning, according to a White House fact sheet.
Trump spoke to that Supreme Court decision when he said the simple act of burning the flag is an incitement.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Donald Trump vs. Antonin Scalia on burning the American flag | CNN Politics
#2025 #America #AmericanFlag #CNN #CNNPolitics #DonaldTrump #FlagBurning #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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#TrumpRegime #FlagBurning #veterans #FreeSpeech
"You may recall that Donald Trump and his supporters have insisted that he’s the free speech' President. His first day in office this term, he issued an executive order 'restoring free speech saying that 'no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.'
Well, I’d like to report a federal government officer violating that executive order… in the form of the President of the United States issuing another executive order which tries (weakly) to figure out a way to criminalize the burning of the American flag, which is not something the President can actually do.
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He then claims as soon as he signs it, flag burning will stop immediately.
Except, of course, the opposite happened. Later in the day after signing it, an American veteran went in front of the White House in a clear sign of expressive protest, announced he was burning a flag to protest Donald Trump and his signing of the executive order:
(. . .)
And no riot occurred. No violence. No death. But the guy was still arrested for exercising his free speech:
(. . .)
This arrest proves the executive order’s real purpose in real time. There was no 'imminent lawless action.' No 'fighting words.' No riots or violence—just peaceful symbolic speech criticizing the government. Yet the speaker was criminalized anyway, demonstrating that this isn’t about preventing violence or maintaining order. It’s about using state power to silence dissent and punish symbolic speech that criticizes the government.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in practice: using the power of the state to criminalize symbolic criticism of the government while wrapping it in patriotic rhetoric. Trump’s executive order isn’t about protecting the flag—it’s about weaponizing law enforcement against dissent. And the fact that he’s doing this while simultaneously claiming to be the champion of 'free speech' only makes the constitutional violation more brazen.
The Supreme Court got it right in Texas v. Johnson: 'The way to preserve the flag’s special role is not to punish those who feel differently about these matters. It is to persuade them that they are wrong.' Trump’s approach does the opposite—it reveals a government so insecure that it must silence its critics rather than answer them."
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#TrumpRegime #FlagBurning #veterans #FreeSpeech
"You may recall that Donald Trump and his supporters have insisted that he’s the free speech' President. His first day in office this term, he issued an executive order 'restoring free speech saying that 'no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.'
Well, I’d like to report a federal government officer violating that executive order… in the form of the President of the United States issuing another executive order which tries (weakly) to figure out a way to criminalize the burning of the American flag, which is not something the President can actually do.
(. . .)
He then claims as soon as he signs it, flag burning will stop immediately.
Except, of course, the opposite happened. Later in the day after signing it, an American veteran went in front of the White House in a clear sign of expressive protest, announced he was burning a flag to protest Donald Trump and his signing of the executive order:
(. . .)
And no riot occurred. No violence. No death. But the guy was still arrested for exercising his free speech:
(. . .)
This arrest proves the executive order’s real purpose in real time. There was no 'imminent lawless action.' No 'fighting words.' No riots or violence—just peaceful symbolic speech criticizing the government. Yet the speaker was criminalized anyway, demonstrating that this isn’t about preventing violence or maintaining order. It’s about using state power to silence dissent and punish symbolic speech that criticizes the government.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in practice: using the power of the state to criminalize symbolic criticism of the government while wrapping it in patriotic rhetoric. Trump’s executive order isn’t about protecting the flag—it’s about weaponizing law enforcement against dissent. And the fact that he’s doing this while simultaneously claiming to be the champion of 'free speech' only makes the constitutional violation more brazen.
The Supreme Court got it right in Texas v. Johnson: 'The way to preserve the flag’s special role is not to punish those who feel differently about these matters. It is to persuade them that they are wrong.' Trump’s approach does the opposite—it reveals a government so insecure that it must silence its critics rather than answer them."
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#TrumpRegime #FlagBurning #veterans #FreeSpeech
"You may recall that Donald Trump and his supporters have insisted that he’s the free speech' President. His first day in office this term, he issued an executive order 'restoring free speech saying that 'no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.'
Well, I’d like to report a federal government officer violating that executive order… in the form of the President of the United States issuing another executive order which tries (weakly) to figure out a way to criminalize the burning of the American flag, which is not something the President can actually do.
(. . .)
He then claims as soon as he signs it, flag burning will stop immediately.
Except, of course, the opposite happened. Later in the day after signing it, an American veteran went in front of the White House in a clear sign of expressive protest, announced he was burning a flag to protest Donald Trump and his signing of the executive order:
(. . .)
And no riot occurred. No violence. No death. But the guy was still arrested for exercising his free speech:
(. . .)
This arrest proves the executive order’s real purpose in real time. There was no 'imminent lawless action.' No 'fighting words.' No riots or violence—just peaceful symbolic speech criticizing the government. Yet the speaker was criminalized anyway, demonstrating that this isn’t about preventing violence or maintaining order. It’s about using state power to silence dissent and punish symbolic speech that criticizes the government.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in practice: using the power of the state to criminalize symbolic criticism of the government while wrapping it in patriotic rhetoric. Trump’s executive order isn’t about protecting the flag—it’s about weaponizing law enforcement against dissent. And the fact that he’s doing this while simultaneously claiming to be the champion of 'free speech' only makes the constitutional violation more brazen.
The Supreme Court got it right in Texas v. Johnson: 'The way to preserve the flag’s special role is not to punish those who feel differently about these matters. It is to persuade them that they are wrong.' Trump’s approach does the opposite—it reveals a government so insecure that it must silence its critics rather than answer them."
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#TrumpRegime #FlagBurning #veterans #FreeSpeech
"You may recall that Donald Trump and his supporters have insisted that he’s the free speech' President. His first day in office this term, he issued an executive order 'restoring free speech saying that 'no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.'
Well, I’d like to report a federal government officer violating that executive order… in the form of the President of the United States issuing another executive order which tries (weakly) to figure out a way to criminalize the burning of the American flag, which is not something the President can actually do.
(. . .)
He then claims as soon as he signs it, flag burning will stop immediately.
Except, of course, the opposite happened. Later in the day after signing it, an American veteran went in front of the White House in a clear sign of expressive protest, announced he was burning a flag to protest Donald Trump and his signing of the executive order:
(. . .)
And no riot occurred. No violence. No death. But the guy was still arrested for exercising his free speech:
(. . .)
This arrest proves the executive order’s real purpose in real time. There was no 'imminent lawless action.' No 'fighting words.' No riots or violence—just peaceful symbolic speech criticizing the government. Yet the speaker was criminalized anyway, demonstrating that this isn’t about preventing violence or maintaining order. It’s about using state power to silence dissent and punish symbolic speech that criticizes the government.
This is what authoritarianism looks like in practice: using the power of the state to criminalize symbolic criticism of the government while wrapping it in patriotic rhetoric. Trump’s executive order isn’t about protecting the flag—it’s about weaponizing law enforcement against dissent. And the fact that he’s doing this while simultaneously claiming to be the champion of 'free speech' only makes the constitutional violation more brazen.
The Supreme Court got it right in Texas v. Johnson: 'The way to preserve the flag’s special role is not to punish those who feel differently about these matters. It is to persuade them that they are wrong.' Trump’s approach does the opposite—it reveals a government so insecure that it must silence its critics rather than answer them."
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So, the #FlagBurning stuff is BULLSHIT! #MAGA-types desecrate the #AmericanFlag ALL THE TIME! For instance, you're not supposed to wear the flag on your ass or let it fly in tatters! These idiots don't even follow proper flag protocol!!! How many of them "retire" their flags properly? I learned this stuff in scouts! This is just another excuse to arrest people who #protest!!! Like COMBAT VETERANS!!!
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So, the #FlagBurning stuff is BULLSHIT! #MAGA-types desecrate the #AmericanFlag ALL THE TIME! For instance, you're not supposed to wear the flag on your ass or let it fly in tatters! These idiots don't even follow proper flag protocol!!! How many of them "retire" their flags properly? I learned this stuff in scouts! This is just another excuse to arrest people who #protest!!! Like COMBAT VETERANS!!!
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So, the #FlagBurning stuff is BULLSHIT! #MAGA-types desecrate the #AmericanFlag ALL THE TIME! For instance, you're not supposed to wear the flag on your ass or let it fly in tatters! These idiots don't even follow proper flag protocol!!! How many of them "retire" their flags properly? I learned this stuff in scouts! This is just another excuse to arrest people who #protest!!! Like COMBAT VETERANS!!!
