Why Flag-Burning Bodes Ill for OWS

[TheWraith]

5. Very, very well said.

Particularly the last paragraph, I thought. It really is basically just acting out, trying to offend in return for being offended.

You've got DU, which is by and large FAR off on the left, and even DU is badly divided on the subject--what's more, you don't see a lot of people here saying "Oh, it's a GREAT idea to burn the flag," mostly what you get is people accusing anyone with objections of "flag fetishism" or trying to "undermine the movement" (as if OWS hadn't done that most effectively themselves). What does that say about how most of the public feels, people who by and large (even the Democrats) are not as far left as we are? Polls may show that 45% of people don't want an anti-flag-burning constitutional amendment, but I doubt even a third of that number actually supports flag burning.