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Land of the free - how long anymore?

Donald Trump: Burn the flag, go to jail - CNNPolitics.com

by now I get really concerned

First I thaught he is only a foolish person, there are a lot of them in politics all over the world. But now it comes to my mind he gets alike "Erdogan light" more and more, only with much more might.
Trump speculates, a lot, but would not be able to get a law like that passed.
The real concerns would be more subtle, like using the IRS as a political tool, oh Wait someones already done that!
 
The decision was a 5-4 split, and will be overturned soon.

It SHOULD be illegal to profane the flag of the USA. A $100 fine sounds reasonable. Losing federal educational & loan assistance for a second offense, but only for a limited period of time.

However, please rest easy. The fate of Western civilization is not at risk. Don't give that buffoon Trump any more power than he actually has.
 
The one and only thing I like about Trump is that he doesn't mince his words but speaks from the heart. He too is entitle to the 1st Amendment. I find that very refreshing, and I happen to agree with him that flag burners should be reminded that the piece of fabric represents the very freedom they enjoy. It is they who trample on freedom.
 
You find it refreshing that an educated, 70-year old billionaire speaks before he thinks? I don't. The president's words mean a lot. I'd prefer he put some effort into his messages.

Chris
 
It's an enforcement nightmare. It is not going anywhere. People will burn the flag and be jailed in Houston and made a hero in California.

It's all baloney. Trump is a businessman, not a politician. That is one idea that will never even get a house vote.

He's got much bigger fish to fry. Now burning Chinese flags? I'm all over that!
 
The one and only thing I like about Trump is that he doesn't mince his words but speaks from the heart. He too is entitle to the 1st Amendment. I find that very refreshing, and I happen to agree with him that flag burners should be reminded that the piece of fabric represents the very freedom they enjoy. It is they who trample on freedom.

Fully agree!

He's placating to the right-wing when he says stuff like that.

But, he is right in most of what he says. The Left are hypocrites and wussies!

You find it refreshing that an educated, 70-year old billionaire speaks before he thinks? I don't. The president's words mean a lot. I'd prefer he put some effort into his messages.

Chris

Well......................................since he hasn't been sworn in yet, I think people ought to reserve judgement.

It's an enforcement nightmare. It is not going anywhere. People will burn the flag and be jailed in Houston and made a hero in California.

It's all baloney. Trump is a businessman, not a politician. That is one idea that will never even get a house vote.

He's got much bigger fish to fry. Now burning Chinese flags? I'm all over that!

Yep!
 
Nixon was an amateur next to what happened under Obama!

Except, of course, that nothing really happened under Obama.

Oh, except in Happy Upside Down Fantasy Land, perhaps.

But not in what adults collective recognize as 'reality'.
 
Except, of course, that nothing really happened under Obama.

Oh, except in Happy Upside Down Fantasy Land, perhaps.

But not in what adults collective recognize as 'reality'.

I see that you are in Total Denial! Not at all surprising. The only Fantasyland is in liberal La La Land.
 
I see that you are in Total Denial! Not at all surprising. The only Fantasyland is in liberal La La Land.

Sorry you can't face reality and desperately need to cling to your fantasies.

Even sorrier that you need to prove that with every post you make to me.

Marxists like you are so predictable.
 
America has never been truly free.
America was founded upon the backs of slaughtered Native Americans and enslaved Africans.
Slavery was a big part of America for about half of its history.
Eugenics originated in America. Adolf Hitler drew inspiration from American Eugenicists such as Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller, and Wall Street played a hand in elevating him.
McCarthyism is another one. If you were overly critical of the War, you were publicly crucified as a Communist Agent, or worse.
And now look at today, you have the PATRIOT Act, Mass-Surveillance, Islamophobia, xenophobia, Neo-McCarthyism (Clintonism) and Trump the buffoon-in-chief is the 45th President.
The more I learn about my home country the more I realize how backwards it is in comparison to the rest of the world.
 
Sorry you can't face reality and desperately need to cling to your fantasies.

Even sorrier that you need to prove that with every post you make to me.

Marxists like you are so predictable.

I'm no Marxist, not by any stretch of the imagination. That makes you, well....wrong as always.

America has never been truly free.
America was founded upon the backs of slaughtered Native Americans and enslaved Africans.
Slavery was a big part of America for about half of its history.
Eugenics originated in America. Adolf Hitler drew inspiration from American Eugenicists such as Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller, and Wall Street played a hand in elevating him.
McCarthyism is another one. If you were overly critical of the War, you were publicly crucified as a Communist Agent, or worse.
And now look at today, you have the PATRIOT Act, Mass-Surveillance, Islamophobia, xenophobia, Neo-McCarthyism (Clintonism) and Trump the buffoon-in-chief is the 45th President.
The more I learn about my home country the more I realize how backwards it is in comparison to the rest of the world.

Ya right. We are backward to Europe, Africa, Asia? :lamo:2rofll::2rofll:
 
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