Comments on: Flag-burning amendment set to fail? http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Demon Blog http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23240 Demon Blog Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:03:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23240 <strong>The Flag Burning issue is hot in Washington right now....</strong> Flag-burning amendment set to fail?      The big issue in Washington right now is the amendment to the constitution that would protect the American flag, and make it a crime to desecrate it.      This is an issu... The Flag Burning issue is hot in Washington right now….

Flag-burning amendment set to fail?      The big issue in Washington right now is the amendment to the constitution that would protect the American flag, and make it a crime to desecrate it.      This is an issu…

]]> By: Allahpundit http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23205 Allahpundit Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:11:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23205 I loves me some Jaquith, but you're up pretty high on that soapbox, MJ. I loves me some Jaquith, but you’re up pretty high on that soapbox, MJ.

]]> By: Mark Jaquith http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23204 Mark Jaquith Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:08:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23204 <blockquote>They wipe their behineds with the CONSTITUTION every day… Do they think that ammending the Constitution to prevent people from burning their own property (Even if it is a symbol of the Nation) will make up for their disregard and disrespect for that which REALLY defines our nation????</blockquote> Well said, if not well spelled. :-) This issue is pretty simple: do you care more about a piece of cloth, or the freedoms that the piece of cloth symbolizes? Yeah, it's ironic that the freedom of speech we enjoy in this country allows us disrespect the symbol of that freedom... but that's not half as ironic as people getting so worked up over disrespect of that symbol that they'd destroy the principles the flag stands for rather than let the symbol be denigrated. Protecting the flag because it is our flag is shallow, blind, soulless nationalism. It is the principles behind the flag that really matter, and really need defending. Plus, if flag burning is illegal, you won't be able to point to people burning the flag and say "that person is an idiot, ignorant of the irony of his pubescent actions." I like my idiots to be clearly labeled.

They wipe their behineds with the CONSTITUTION every day… Do they think that ammending the Constitution to prevent people from burning their own property (Even if it is a symbol of the Nation) will make up for their disregard and disrespect for that which REALLY defines our nation????

Well said, if not well spelled. :-)

This issue is pretty simple: do you care more about a piece of cloth, or the freedoms that the piece of cloth symbolizes? Yeah, it’s ironic that the freedom of speech we enjoy in this country allows us disrespect the symbol of that freedom… but that’s not half as ironic as people getting so worked up over disrespect of that symbol that they’d destroy the principles the flag stands for rather than let the symbol be denigrated.

Protecting the flag because it is our flag is shallow, blind, soulless nationalism. It is the principles behind the flag that really matter, and really need defending.

Plus, if flag burning is illegal, you won’t be able to point to people burning the flag and say “that person is an idiot, ignorant of the irony of his pubescent actions.” I like my idiots to be clearly labeled.

]]> By: PostWatch http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23175 PostWatch Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:07:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23175 <strong>Set The Flag On Fire...</strong> The National Review is wrong:The Supreme Court got it wrong in 1989 and 1990, when it struck down first a state law and then a federal law banning flag-burning. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, not freedom of “expression”;... Set The Flag On Fire…

The National Review is wrong:The Supreme Court got it wrong in 1989 and 1990, when it struck down first a state law and then a federal law banning flag-burning. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, not freedom of “expression”;…

]]> By: LegendHasIt http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23153 LegendHasIt Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:03:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23153 DOH!!! I wish there was an edit function. BEHINDS. not behineds. That's what I get for not using the simple three letter synonym as I wanted. DOH!!! I wish there was an edit function.

BEHINDS. not behineds.

That’s what I get for not using the simple three letter synonym as I wanted.

]]> By: LegendHasIt http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23149 LegendHasIt Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:00:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23149 They wipe their behineds with the CONSTITUTION every day... Do they think that ammending the Constitution to prevent people from burning their own property (Even if it is a symbol of the Nation) will make up for their disregard and disrespect for that which REALLY defines our nation???? They wipe their behineds with the CONSTITUTION every day… Do they think that ammending the Constitution to prevent people from burning their own property (Even if it is a symbol of the Nation) will make up for their disregard and disrespect for that which REALLY defines our nation????

]]> By: DannoJyd http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23140 DannoJyd Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:44:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23140 Too many people close to me have risked, and in some cases lost their lives protecting that which the American flag stands for. How about just passing a law which allows me to beat the crap out of anyone I catch desecrating the flag? Just think of that as<strong> MY </strong>right to free speech. Too many people close to me have risked, and in some cases lost their lives protecting that which the American flag stands for. How about just passing a law which allows me to beat the crap out of anyone I catch desecrating the flag? Just think of that as MY right to free speech.

]]> By: YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23114 YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:03:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23114 <strong>YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT...</strong> UPDATE: Looks like the Flag Amendment is going to go down one more time. I can't say I'm sad about it. I'm sorry, but this is one of those political grandstanding things that may get the rest of the base riled up, but it has the opposite affect on m... YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT…

UPDATE: Looks like the Flag Amendment is going to go down one more time. I can’t say I’m sad about it. I’m sorry, but this is one of those political grandstanding things that may get the rest of the base riled up, but it has the opposite affect on m…

]]> By: EFG http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23101 EFG Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:48:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23101 Five or ten years ago, I would have stongly agreed that the U.S. flag needed no such constituional protection. Now I am not so sure. I am becoming concerned about the trend towards post-nationalism or trans-nationalism and the decline of the nation state. I have seen enough things that seem to tear at the idea of America as a nation (Multi-culturalism, immigration/reconquista, the native Hawaiian vote in the senate) to make me start to wonder if perhaps this is necessary. In anycase, my position is that I support it (barely), and think it is cool they are voting on it. Five or ten years ago, I would have stongly agreed that the U.S. flag needed no such constituional protection. Now I am not so sure.

I am becoming concerned about the trend towards post-nationalism or trans-nationalism and the decline of the nation state. I have seen enough things that seem to tear at the idea of America as a nation (Multi-culturalism, immigration/reconquista, the native Hawaiian vote in the senate) to make me start to wonder if perhaps this is necessary.

In anycase, my position is that I support it (barely), and think it is cool they are voting on it.

]]> By: NRA4Freedom http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23044 NRA4Freedom Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:59:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23044 I wonder what the Founding Fathers would have thought just recompense to some worthless piece of human debris who would do such a thing. That's what we need to find out, and what we need to implement. I wonder what the Founding Fathers would have thought just recompense to some worthless piece of human debris who would do such a thing. That’s what we need to find out, and what we need to implement.

]]> By: Alex K http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23038 Alex K Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:50:52 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23038 Yeah, I'd hate for any anti-judicial mutinous spirit to be quelled by something dumb like this, without addressing the more serious ways judges abuse their power. And end-running the judiciary with an amendment is more of a capitulation to their activism than a rebellion; the judges themselves need to stop legislating, not be out-legislated. Yeah, I’d hate for any anti-judicial mutinous spirit to be quelled by something dumb like this, without addressing the more serious ways judges abuse their power. And end-running the judiciary with an amendment is more of a capitulation to their activism than a rebellion; the judges themselves need to stop legislating, not be out-legislated.

]]> By: B Moe http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23015 B Moe Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:02:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23015 The idea of these sleazeballs "protecting" the flag makes me furious. I would rather see protesters burn a thousand flags than allow Robert Byrd, et al to get political mileage from an amendment. The flag doesn't need their protection. The idea of these sleazeballs “protecting” the flag makes me furious. I would rather see protesters burn a thousand flags than allow Robert Byrd, et al to get political mileage from an amendment. The flag doesn’t need their protection.

]]> By: Kid from Brooklyn http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23003 Kid from Brooklyn Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:35:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23003 If we really want to use legislation and Constitutional process as instruments of "mutiny" against SCOTUS, flag burning is not the way to go. Not when Suzzette Kelo is putting stuff in clearly marked boxes, and not when al-NYT has named itself Anti-Terror Ombudsman. If we really want to use legislation and Constitutional process as instruments of “mutiny” against SCOTUS, flag burning is not the way to go. Not when Suzzette Kelo is putting stuff in clearly marked boxes, and not when al-NYT has named itself Anti-Terror Ombudsman.

]]> By: JammieWearingFool http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-23001 JammieWearingFool Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:33:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-set-to-fail/#comment-23001 The media will portray it as some sort of devastating defeat for Bush and how ominous this portends for the fall elections. Quite frankly, it's symbolic and doesn't mean much, even though a majority will vote for it. Many more pressing issues at hand, I believe. The media will portray it as some sort of devastating defeat for Bush and how ominous this portends for the fall elections.

Quite frankly, it’s symbolic and doesn’t mean much, even though a majority will vote for it.

Many more pressing issues at hand, I believe.

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