While you are under no obligation to reveal your age, a comment like this suggests that you're a young whippersnapper.
There was
substantially more youth rebellion in the late 1960s and early 70s than anything we see today. Young people routinely attacked a variety of authority figures, from military to police to university administrations to politicians. And not just verbal attacks or protests -- I'm talking
literal attacks, ranging from riots (Chicago '68) to terrorist attacks (Weather Underground) to gun battles with the police (Black Panthers etc)
"Justice for all" used to mean "justice for white people, and lynchings for blacks." Women were routinely marginalized, ignored, and thwarted from most professional careers, and were expected to be barefoot and in the kitchen.
lol
Racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination are no longer tolerated. Figuring out what not to say isn't really
that difficult, unless you categorically refuse to watch Key & Peele and/or Broad City. The difference is that in the past, those groups were basically thwarted from speaking at all, let alone expressing political views.
And again: Conservatives spent decades trying to shut down all sorts of speech (and of course, behaviors) merely because it offended their sensibilities. The difference is that now, their tactics aren't very effective. And if you can't use a tactic anymore, why should you allow your political rivals to use it?
Courts have overturned unconstitutional laws for decades; nothing new there.
And no, legislators are not empowered to take away the rights of citizens, even if a majority of citizens demand it. That's a basic concept of American jurisprudence.
Not sure how to break this to you, but desecrating the flag is a form of protected speech. In a thread where you're complaining about people shutting down speech, that seems like an odd thing to object to.
Oh, and people have desecrated the flag as a form of protest for decades. Pretty routine in the 60s and even the 90s. Nothin' new there too.
Uh, no. No, they haven't. There were a few very small riots in Ferguson, which is
NOTHING compared to the riots throughout the 1960s, or even the LA riots in 1992.
I'd say that sports riots are far more common in the US today than political riots....
White People Rioting for No Reason -- NYMag
Or, you have absolutely no awareness or perspective on American civil society, and believe a bunch of declinist nonsense because some of your political views got sidelined.