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US Judge Rules Burning Israeli Flag as ‘Racial Hate,’ Making It the Only National Flag Americans Cannot Burn - Quds News Network (qudsnen.co)
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A federal court has issued a ruling that redefines the boundaries of free speech in the United States. Judge Trevor N. McFadden ruled that ‘desecrating’ the Israeli flag is not political expression but racial discrimination.

The decision means burning, tearing, or grabbing the Israeli flag can be prosecuted as hate conduct. By contrast, the US Supreme Court has long protected the burning of the American flag under the First Amendment.

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In backwards nazi america: Burning a quran is free speech. Burning Gaza and its inhabitants to the ground is self defense. But burning the symbol of a genocidal fascist death cult is a "hate crime".

Death to america Death to israel