Trump proposes year in prison for blasphemy

[tytlyf]

Welcome to the Fascist state. It'll only get worse. "He's only been in office 100 days, let's give him time!"

 

[Valjean]

Is The Donald the President or a dictator?

Maybe an Ayatollah.

 

[Polymath257]

Let's see. What are *legally* seen as dishonoring and honoring the flag?

Dishonoring the flag:
1. Wearing it as part of a piece of clothing
2. Flying it lower than any other flag
3. Allowing it to touch the ground
4. Using it as a cover for a statue

Honoring the flag:
1. Burning the old flag in a ceremony

 

[stvdv]

Don't trust everything you read on Google

Btw. I once had a boss who told me a chimp could do my job. So I did an analysis of how much it would cost to bring a chimpanzee into the office for a day.

I got a raise.

Still not making even close to what they would pay for a chimp. But you get what you pay for.

Great story

 

[Altfish]

Let's see. What are *legally* seen as dishonoring and honoring the flag?

Dishonoring the flag:
...
2. Flying it lower than any other flag
....

Better not win any silver or bronze medals at the Olympics then

 

[Left Coast]

‘President Donald Trump suggested passing a law to make the burning of illegal flags during his speech at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, lamenting the demonstrations he saw throughout the country...

...Trump told his supporters gathering in a half-filled arena.

“And you know, we have to do something, Mr. Senator, we have two big senators, we have to make a law that if you burn the American flag, you go to prison for one year,” added the president, turning to Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. “Jim and James, you know we have to do it. You know, they talk about free speech, and I believe in free speech. But that is blasphemy.”

Read more here: Trump proposes making illegal flag burning, calling it “blasphemy”

I anxiously await the outrage from all the conservative free speech advocates about this.

 

[tytlyf]

I anxiously await the outrage from all the conservative free speech advocates about this.

I don't think Hannity has given them an answer yet, they'll report back when they get the talking points.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I wonder how many other countries there are where the citizens burn their own flags?

 

[Twilight Hue]

I anxiously await the outrage from all the conservative free speech advocates about this.

Well we could always burn a rainbow flag or something to see what the reaction would be like. I'm sure there would be no outrage whatsoever on the other side of the aisle when it comes to iconic representation.

 

[tytlyf]

Lot's of blasphemy in this video. Flags everywhere. This is a BlueLivesMatter rally and these people are extremely angry and volatile
Start at 1 minute. The guy filming even admits he was paid $50 to be there by George Soros.

 

[fantome profane]

Well we could always burn a rainbow flag or something to see what the reaction would be like. I'm sure there would be no outrage whatsoever on the other side of the aisle when it comes to iconic representation.

The “other side” would not lock you in a cell for burning a rainbow flag. They might exercise their freedom of speech.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Well we could always burn a rainbow flag or something to see what the reaction would be like. I'm sure there would be no outrage whatsoever on the other side of the aisle when it comes to iconic representation.

Oh wait a minute.

Burning a rainbow gay pride flag is a version of hate speech. An arrestable offense. Well golly gee.

My my my...

Well it's just a simple matter now of making it a hate crime against Americans.

Trump is just helping the left prevent hate crimes from occurring. I mean after all he was a Democrat once. You should love the guy for helping you out so much.

It is just a stupid flag that means nothing after all. Right?

 

[Twilight Hue]

The “other side” would not lock you in a cell for burning a rainbow flag. They might exercise their freedom of speech.

Oh I wish I could have seen that earlier but I digress...

Apparently it can get you locked up in a cell.

And the perp was a black man. Try to figure that one out! Lol.

 

[Left Coast]

Well we could always burn a rainbow flag or something to see what the reaction would be like. I'm sure there would be no outrage whatsoever on the other side of the aisle when it comes to iconic representation.

Conservatives who claim to be deeply philosophically committed to the ideal of absolute free speech would doubtless spring to the defense of anyone burning a rainbow flag. Yet they'll remain silent and vote for a guy who wants it to literally be a crime punishable with prison time to burn an American flag. The glaring cognitive dissonance must drive them all to drink.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Conservatives who claim to be deeply philosophically committed to the ideal of absolute free speech would doubtless spring to the defense of anyone burning a rainbow flag. Yet they'll remain silent and vote for a guy who wants it to literally be a crime punishable with prison time to burn an American flag. The glaring cognitive dissonance must drive them all to drink.

Well I suppose one could always go the tried-and-true arson charge route, even portray such people as being dangerous and a risk to society in view of their assault on an iconic objects and imagery, and save some face to look like one's accusers are pure little angels themselves with only the best interest in mind. Nobody would ever never see through that alternate approach.

Maybe a couple beers at the round table.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I wonder how many other countries there are where the citizens burn their own flags?

Many.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Apparently it can get you locked up in a cell.

The police can lock ylu up for many things, illegal or not. Thats for the judge to decide. However, the US Supreme Court has rule flag desecration as protected free speech.

 

[Left Coast]

Well I suppose one could always go the tried-and-true arson charge route, even portray such people as being dangerous and a risk to society in view of their assault on an iconic objects and imagery, and save some face to look like one's accusers are pure little angels themselves with only the best interest in mind. Nobody would ever never see through that alternate approach.

Maybe a couple beers at the round table.

I'm not clear what rubber-glue point you're trying to make, but it isn't working.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I'm not clear what rubber-glue point you're trying to make, but it isn't working.

Oh, but it is working.

Spectacularly too I might add when you see the obvious hypocrisy of it all play out in real life for all the world to see.

You see I, as well as others I'm sure, don't particularly like when people accuse others of some manner of indiscretion and then do the same things themselves, while denying they are like those that they accuse.

 

[Twilight Hue]

The police can lock ylu up for many things, illegal or not. Thats for the judge to decide. However, the US Supreme Court has rule flag desecration as protected free speech.

It doesn't seem to help anybody.

I suppose that's the beauty of redundancy in lawmaking.

You can put out something, just about any type of legality for that matter, but yet develop a way around it to get a particular desired result at any given time.