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dixiegrrrrl

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18. When my generation was protesting the Viet Nam war
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 01:15 PM
Nov 2016

it was seriously illegal to burn flags, and to wear any part of the flag.
Says so right in the rules about the flag

Today wearing a flag pattern is considered normal.

The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America.
It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq).
This is a U.S. federal law, but the penalty described in Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. § 700) for failure to comply with it is not enforced.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Eichman that prohibiting burning of the U.S. flag conflicts with
the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and is therefore unconstitutional

Full list of flag rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

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When my generation was protesting the Viet Nam war dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #18
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I hear ya. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #24
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He has pretty much told us he does not give a shit about cross burning when he hired Bannon. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #30
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