I guess it is a stupid way to get your idea across... and it does tend to alienate people.

[MADem]

14. Are they burning flags at that lunch counter or on that bus?

Silly comparison.

What under-represented and oppressed minority coalesces around a burning flag?
Self-important blowhards? People who don't think before they act?

How does said burning flag advance their cause and gain them access to the modern-day equivalent of a stool at a lunch counter or forward seat on a bus?

It doesn't. It just makes them look like disrespectful, immature children.

It's a stupid thing to do--you've every right to do that stupid thing, but it doesn't impress much of the 99 percent.

Those civil rights protests DID impress plenty of people--the only ones who weren't moved were racist scum. Most people I knew thought they were terribly brave.

There's nothing brave about lighting a piece of cloth on fire. It's just DUMB. Go ahead and knock yourself out, though--I won't be cheering you on.