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

[MADem]

107. You're failing to make the argument postulated in the OP.

Look, stick to the subject--the OP is VERY specific in that it compares this flag burning to a lunch counter sit in and Rosa Parks' bus protest.

Rosa and the lunch counter guys ACHIEVED their goal--Rosa got her seat in the front of the bus, and those kids got their grilled cheese sandwiches at the "Whites Only" counter.

What did the flag burning achieve, beyond a black eye for the OWS movement?

I think if anyone has a need of broadening their "learning field," it's not me.

You remain unable to make the link that the OP is asserting, and the reason you can't is because the flag burners, like a lot of OWS "activists," have no focused goals. They're like tantruming toddlers, smashing things and crying and complaining, but offering no solutions save "Let's go camping." The flag burning, as the kids say, was a major FAIL that pushed people away, rather than excited or motivated them. OWS will be one of those major FAILS, too, if they don't get their shit together, and soon.

Perhaps the best thing for it is for the unions to co-opt the movement--at least they know how to run and manage a good protest,and even though their leadership suffers from a narrowness of vision, at least they have both leadership and vision--and OWS is short on vision, lately, if the best they can do is vandalize property, fight with the police, and pitch tents.