• Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    They claim you have freedom of speech, and yet if you burn an american flag you get put on a terrorist watch list.

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    Republicans already do this with their swimwear.

    Guess they were ahead of the curve for once.

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      2 years ago

      For the traditional law and order crowd (not so sure now) wearing anything the US flag is unlawful until 1989 but now is still considered poor Etiquette and rarely acknowledged as such.

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        Also, the flag code is merely suggested standards for how to care for the Flag, and not a law that citizens must abide by. To go further, there is distinction between the flag, and flag motifs. Flag print toilet paper, totally okay, flag print jockstrap, totally okay. Taking your purpose made American flag, and wearing it as a cape, not okay. Wearing an American flag print towel as a cape, totally okay.

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      Counterpoint: why shouldn’t you?

      A flag is a piece of fabric. People who swear their allegiance to it only tell the people more powerful than them that they will do any horrific things they are told as long as it uses that exact pattern of colours. They lose their individualism.

      Know what else is a fabric? Toilet paper.