"If I were king, I would not allow people to go around burning the American flag"

[berniesandersmittens]

"If I were king, I would not allow people to go around burning the American flag," he said. "However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged — and it is addressed in particular to speech critical of the government. That was the main kind of speech that tyrants would seek to suppress."

-Antonin Scalia, 2012


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-flag-burning-executive-order/

Bolding mine

Edit for grammar and to add: NO KINGS

[Frasier Balzov]

1. This issue is complete astro turfing.

Flag burning is not a thing.

[berniesandersmittens]

4. It's a power move from the wannabe king

He wants so badly to issue martial law. He's instigating unrest with every action he takes.

[Klarkashton]

2. Today's misdirection dumpster fire.

Fuck that old smelly bastard.

[Ilsa]

3. Flag burning is so rare, I bet it is

done mostly by Boy Scouts and veterans organizations when ragged, faded flags are turned in for ceremonial and respectful destruction.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Prominent Democratic politicians supported a ban at one time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Protection_Act_of_2005

The Flag Protection Act of 2005 was a proposed United States federal law introduced in the United States Senate at the 109th United States Congress on October 24, 2005, by Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and co-sponsored by Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). Later co-sponsors included Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Thomas Carper (D-Del.).[1]

[Ilsa]

7. I don't want to see the flag burn either.

But I agree with the SCOTUS decision that it is protected speech.

[rickyhall]

6. Do you know how hard it is to burn cotton without gasoline?

Of course, there's plastic flags but they hardly count.

[UTUSN]

8. If I were king I wouldn't let snake-oil-salesmen use it as a prop.