November 29, 2016

Stupid Trump tricks: Make burning flag a crime

Image result for albert small museum american flag
This raises the interesting question:
Should Lincoln and several other presidential figures
have lost their citizenship for defacing the American flag?

The Hill - A spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump says burning the American flag should be illegal. “I think most Americans would agree with me that flag burning should be illegal. It’s completely despicable,” Jason Miller told CNN’s “New Day” early Tuesday.

Miller's interview was shortly after Trump suggested that people who burn the flag should face consequences. “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” he wrote on Twitter.

Miller said he and CNN host Chris Cuomo “completely disagree” that burning the flag is protected by the First Amendment.

“Chris, flag burning is completely ridiculous and I think you know that and that the vast majority of Americans would agree,” he said.

"But it is constitutional. You do know that. … More importantly, the president-elect knows that, right?" Cuomo responded.

"It should be illegal, Chris," Miller replied.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Its called "iconoclasm", and burning the bible also fits the category (iconoclasm). Smash the images, no symbol is too "holy". If this becomes an issue (burning the flag) watch what happens as a rash of hundreds of flag burning incidents sprout up everywhere.