“It’s symbolic of what? Burning the flag is an insult to every soldier who died defending this country. People stream across the border illegally, potentially wasting their life savings for this, to just see that flag flying.”
Flag burning, like any form of protest, is symbolic of dissatisfaction or disagreement. In this case, it's typically with the government, not the nation as a whole or its soldiers. Separate the symbol, the flag, from the values it represents, which are the people, freedom, and democracy.
Take the example of the Vietnam War protests. Thousands of Americans, including veterans, burned flags to express their opposition to the war. They weren't against the soldiers or the country; they were against the government's decision to continue a war they saw as unjust.
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The thing is I value the Flag a whole lot more than you do. If if America is a person the flag is it’s face. I refuse to separate it from the values it represents because I will always see the flag as america and America the flag. In the end who wins: the person who values or the person who doesn’t care?
