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Oeditpus Rex

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30. I've said for years

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 05:37 PM

Oct 4

it's kind of ridiculous to burn a flag in protest when it's legal to do so. But if it were ever made illegal, burning one would be an apt protest. An executive order, though, does not automatically convey illegality, especially in a case like this that defies decades of Supreme Court decisions.

This would be a great test case with any other SCOTUS. I wouldn't trust this one to uphold precedence in something of a "monkey trial," though. Still, I wish I had the fortitude to face the consequences that might come from being the flag-burning defendant.

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Trump: anybody burning the American Flag will be subject to one year in prison. You will be immediately arrested. [View all] Celerity Oct 4 OP

Fuck him and the NAZI flag he;s supporting!! bluestarone Oct 4 #1

Well this is just great. Another freedom GONE!!!! Well wait a minute....WE ALL KNEW THIS WAS GONNA a kennedy Oct 4 #2

What if we burn drmeow Oct 4 #3

... Celerity Oct 4 #7

I will burn one ....just be ause i can !!!!!! U Trueblue1968 Oct 4 #39

How much time for groping a flag? newdeal2 Oct 4 #4

What is the penalty for burning an orange man flag? efhmc Oct 4 #5

This doesn't sound legal. nt intrepidity Oct 4 #6

The President is NOT a Lawmaker (that is Congress) Nictuku Oct 4 #13

It's only "legal" in Trump's dreams. sop Oct 4 #27

Pretty sure proper ceremonial flag burning still exists? MerryBlooms Oct 4 #8

Yup, our American Legion burns them once they become tattered or faded......in fact they have signs saying a kennedy Oct 4 #22

It does Jilly_in_VA Oct 4 #28

I can only assume the caller thought the best way to dispose of an unserviceable American flag Aristus Oct 4 #37

Hey Pedoman don't you have some 4-year-old kids to zip tie? Blue Owl Oct 4 #9

That's not even close to what the EO says. Ms. Toad Oct 4 #10

So Fatass is now ok with someone Chipper Chat Oct 4 #11

If a flag's condition violates U.S. flag code Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #38

How about fucking a flag? Aviation Pro Oct 4 #12

Texas v Johnson UpInArms Oct 4 #14

Starting with their Dear Leader, MAGAts are blasted ignoramuses. But with the current SCofUS, UTUSN Oct 4 #15

I would certainly hope that the outcry from such a blatant act UpInArms Oct 4 #20

Not to mention the already blantant acts of dictator ruling by fiat, "executive" orders, commands, et al., UTUSN Oct 4 #35

I do think that UpInArms Oct 4 #48

I'm sure the current 6 Scurrilous Supremes can turn that over right quick Bayard Oct 4 #18

How about PISSING on the American Flag as TACO Don ProudMNDemocrat Oct 4 #16

Nobody is going to prison for burning the flag Fiendish Thingy Oct 4 #17

He's pissed cuz that sculpture went back up on the Mall in D.C. Attilatheblond Oct 4 #19

Burn the MAGA flag. Let them know we consider them the real enemy within. Efilroft Sul Oct 4 #21

How bout just flying them upside down all the time, he can't jail us for that can he??? a kennedy Oct 4 #23

I am more inclined to believe the people responsible for BlueKota Oct 4 #24

Memorandum from the Bureau of Prisons to Trump jmowreader Oct 4 #25

Says the guy who wipes his ass with the Constitution five time a day BeyondGeography Oct 4 #26

Not true Traildogbob Oct 4 #33

In Trump 1.0 it was Barr's job Celerity Oct 4 #40

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Traildogbob Oct 4 #42

+1 dalton99a Oct 4 #45

That's not how it works. He doesn't make laws. Scrivener7 Oct 4 #29

I've said for years Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #30

"If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it." - Norman Thomas Journeyman Oct 4 #31

can i burn the Confederate Battle flag? DBoon Oct 4 #32

Sick pedofelon is such a laughably ridiculous tyrant. Justice matters. Oct 4 #34

Didn't realize this is how the govt works now ck4829 Oct 4 #36

Okay, fine. Burn Trump flags, instead. synni Oct 4 #41

ANYBODY CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES BOSSHOG Oct 4 #43

Executive Orders are not criminal statutes CanonRay Oct 4 #44

"Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds Ping Tung Oct 4 #46

I'd like to steal and burn trump flags. But I don't want Ilsa Oct 4 #47

Now he's back in the 60s and early 70s again. travelingthrulife Oct 4 #49