Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer
Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.
"… There's an endless disposition
And it doesn't mean a goddamn thing
There's space for a paper airplane race in the eye of a hurricane
And if pigs could fly then surely so could I
But this pedestrian knows better than to even try
And my divinity is caught between the colors of a butterfly"
All There Is - Bad Religion
i ain't reading all that, free palestine 
Did we finally stop giving into liberals about the israeli flag? Finally
Not only did we finally stop, the person who was cited as the original opposition to it renounced her old opinion, and came out in favor of adding the emote.
We shouldnt have carebeared them in the first place, that was ridiculous
I'm going to burn a just on principle now
Honestly I've been wanting to light one in the main downtown area here but haven't had enough motivation, this is great actually
On my way to burn the in front of the embassy on Leila Khaled Drive.
It's going to be increasingly funny watching libs continue to denounce China as "authoritarian" as the US and Europe slip further and further into naked fascism.
The libs will learn to adapt; once el Cheetumpf is no longer president and this becomes the new status quo, they'll adapt to the new normal; I recall a poster from (occupy wallstreet?) saying Biden deported immigrants as well but he didn't have troops on the ground to do it. They're not the chief targets of all this so they get to enjoy being tourists when it's convenient and then slinking back into the shadows when it isn't.
Unfortunately, they'll most likely just justify it by insisting that China is "worse" somehow without offering specifics. They are the Bad Guys so they will always be worse.
It's only an executive order so in this case it surely has zero legal power. But - of course - that won't stop the police and Trump's goons from arresting people burning the flag for other reasons.
"Fuck you, pigs. I'm burning the flag and you can't stop me! First Amendment."
"Yeah we can. You are being arrested for a visual threat towards law enforcement and—."
"What is that shit?"
"And polluting."
"Fuck off. And... Let go of me!"
Despite the plethora of witnesses and all the phones filming the event - the cop obviously pushes himself into her. "Add resisting arrest plus assaulting a federal officer. You're going to jail for years. Fuck you and your First Amendment. That doesn't matter anymore."
They may not be able to officially convict you of anything, but you will definitely be assaulted and arrested. And, assuming that by some miracle they haven’t killed you already, you’re going to languish in a cell for months as mysterious unexplainable paperwork delays keep piling up, until finally the DOJ indicts you on domestic terrorism charges and has your name and face plastered across every government website.
There’s a big media circus and then they drop the charges, but they leave up the flashy indictment announcements. It’s now impossible for you to get a job because every potential employer googled your name and the AI summary told them you’re a notorious domestic terrorist.
On your way to the soup kitchen, a rabid fascist who got your address from LibsofTikTok guns you down to avenge your brutal burning of the flag.
At trial, the jury accepts the defense’s argument that the defendant acted in self-defense. Video of their tears of joy after the not guilty verdict goes viral and chuds across the country celebrate.
~~It should be stressed forever that burning the Israeli flag was made illegal before burning America's was~~
My bad; turns out it's not true that it's illegal to burn the Israeli flag
Are you talking about the totally fake propaganda posted here 1 week ago by @Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net?
Ah, thanks; I actually never read the comments so I never saw the fact checking on it
Noo my magic sky cloth blessed by Jesus! 
Maybe libs will start burning flags now
no they will start a non profit to give out american flags to be worn by people perceived as immigrants because pigs will not dare to harm the flag.
We'll need to teach them how
It's fire season so I guess I gotta piss on it
Praxis would be to burn as many flags as possible during fire season, fuck the empire, let them feel pain
wokely throwing a lit cigarette into dry underbrush, for anti-imperialist reasons (?)
No, starting wildfires is not a good protest tactic
free country btw
amerikkka delenda est
At least we can still fuck it
buddy, they wont even let me fuck it
Making videos where you burn a flag but no faces are visible to waste FBI time and resources
Come get some
Come and take it, but bring oven mitts because this thing is toasty hot!
Time to buy a crate of Chinese made flags and some gasoline I guess
the chuds are going to hate my new art installation where a hydraulically-assisted flagpole repeatedly dunks an american flag in a huge tub of liquid feces
trump can't deliver on a single economic promise to his base so just leans into all this bullshit spectacle and sadism
Doesn't say anything about shitting and pissing on it?
he wants to make it illegal cause libs are getting black pilled and once his base of dummies finally realize 3 yrs from now he's been lying this whole time when they notice they're still poor and now all the mexicans are gone so it can't be their fault, they're all gonna be burning the flag
Prohibiting burning the flag this close to my favorite holiday ( 
) is like a ban on ornamenting trees a week before Christmas
The Attorney General shall prioritize the enforcement to the fullest extent possible of our Nation’s criminal and civil laws against acts of American Flag desecration that violate applicable, content-neutral laws, while causing harm unrelated to expression, consistent with the First Amendment. This may include, but is not limited to, violent crimes; hate crimes, illegal discrimination against American citizens, or other violations of Americans’ civil rights; and crimes against property and the peace, as well as conspiracies and attempts to violate, and aiding and abetting others to violate, such laws.
"In cases where burning the American flag is illegal for other reasons, we want those crimes prosecuted." This is even dumber than if they actually did the thing they said they were going to do.
Citizens, I bring to you new innovations in unintelligible writing: writing via committee with several committee members being AI chatbots.
Quoting myself
https://hexbear.net/comment/6423974
1903 - Nebraska creates a misdemeanor display any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or advertisement of any nature on any flag. You also couldn't sell any object featuring the US or Nebraska flags. It was also a crime to publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample, or cast contempt by words or act upon either flag. In 1907, the SC upheld the law as being constitutional and saying that it promotes peace, order, and well-being of the people. After that, several states did something similar.
1918 - Congress prohibits uttering, printing, writing, or publishing any disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language about the US flag that would bring it into contempt, scorn, or disrepute. This is the Sedition Act and it also prohibited displaying the flag of any foreign enemy. They did this, in part, due to protests about WWI where people were arrested over the state-level flag desecration laws. In 1919 the SC upheld the Sedition Act as constitutional.
1931 - The Supreme Court strikes down a state law in California that banned red (communist or anarchist) flags. Yippy!
1940 - SC upholds Pennsylvania state law that requires public school students to salute the flag while reciting the pledge but this was reversed in 1943. Justice Jackson wrote "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”
1967 - Protestors were photographed burning the US flag at Vietnam draft protests. In 1968 congress passes the Flag Protection Act and makes it so feds can imprison or fine anyone who casts contempt upon any flag of the US by public mutilation, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling. In 1969 this was partially overturned because someone was charged only with verbally disrespecting the flag. The SC said states can't arrest people for verbal disparaging remarks at the flag. They ignored the burning part for other defendants.
1984 - Greg Lee Johnson of the Communist Youth Brigade burned an American Flag during the Republican National Convention in Dallas Texas that year. This would lead to a big Supreme Court ruling in 1989. Extant Gen Xers among us may remember some of this. It was one of those proto culture war issues that boomers simply would not shut the fuck up about and Aaron Sorkin was seething about it in The West Wing decades later. The SC said that government isn't allowed to prohibit free speech just because society finds it offensive or disagreeable and the American flag isn't especially protected.
Since then they tried to pass a constitutional amendment during every single Congress between 1995 and 2005. It failed in 2006. Trump, of course, brought it up in 2024. If it comes up again, it'll probably pass.
States and modern Republicans have been wanting to do this for a while. It's always been the Supreme Court that holds them back.
Alright I guess we can just throw these mass-produced rags into the fucking garbage if they prefer.
Where is the RATM of today
Its better practice to clog up drains with israeli and american flags
