The arrested man identified himself as a combat veteran and said he was burning the American flag in protest of an executive order Trump signed Monday targeting flag burning.

  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    That’s such a stupid executive order because the only difference between so called desecration and retiring a flag is the your intentions in how you are setting the flag on fire

    people should start holding solemn ceremonies to retire flags via fire in public and see how that goes as well

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      23 hours ago

      I mean, intent is very often a major defining factor whether something is illegal or not.

      The difference between murder and manslaughter often hinges on whether there was intent.

      And for something as stupid as loitering intent is the sole deciding factor for guilt.

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      23 hours ago

      That…

      Is actually fucking brilliantly appropriate as well. It would symbolicly illustrate Trumps facsict regime us burning our country in peices, thereby destroying the states…