🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoAnon caused 9/11sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1771arrow-down115
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minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·8 months agoI’m pretty sure there are plenty countries where burning is a huge offense.
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months agoBurning the US flag except to dispose of it is considered offensive in the US as well.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoI mean, the “burn the flag” people do want to dispose of it
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoI thought flags were made of non-flammable materials to prevent people from burning them.
minus-squareFal@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoNo that’s stupid. There aren’t specific materials it’s made of lol. It’s that the colors were specifically designed by Lincoln to prevent people from desecrating it
minus-squareJJROKCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoYou only burn to dispose of a tattered flag, burning an intact flag is offensive just like everywhere else
I’m pretty sure there are plenty countries where burning is a huge offense.
Burning the US flag except to dispose of it is considered offensive in the US as well.
I mean, the “burn the flag” people do want to dispose of it
I thought flags were made of non-flammable materials to prevent people from burning them.
No that’s stupid. There aren’t specific materials it’s made of lol. It’s that the colors were specifically designed by Lincoln to prevent people from desecrating it
But it’s not illegal.
You only burn to dispose of a tattered flag, burning an intact flag is offensive just like everywhere else