Burn The Flag Jail & Loss Of Citizenship - Trump. On Facebook.

[TheMastersNemesis]

My wife is on Facebook. I am not. But saw an entry that Trump wants the government to take away citizenship if you burn a flag. So I guess you would be deported to who knows where after leaving jail if he had it his way. I am sure that the GOP and RW churches would enthusiastically support such a law.

You know every day the political situation gets weirder and more scary.

[htuttle]

1. Flag burning?

Now there's a blast from the past.

[dembotoz]

2. crimes against the state

[jaysunb]

3. Has the 1st amendment been cancelled ? n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I think Trump has decided that he's the only person who can use it.

[2naSalit]

14. Sounds about right...nt

[Girard442]

4. Does Trump know that the Flag Code specifies burning as a respectful way of disposing of a flag?

On edit:

Since burning is prescribed as a respectful means of disposal, does that mean that's no longer allowed? Then how do we dispose of old tattered flags? Also, will other ways of disrespecting the flag incur the same penalty, like flying it on your pickup truck's antenna in the rain or until it becomes tattered and ragged? Or flying it at the same height as the Confederate flag?

What is a flag, anyway? Is a flag made of paper a flag? Is burning a magazine with a picture of a flag on it a crime? Is burning an envelope with a flag postage stamp on it a crime?

This is what you get when you govern by bumper sticker.

[dameatball]

9. Correct. If it is retroactive then there will be about 10 million Boy Scouts sent to prison.

[Girard442]

11. Yeah, I forgot. The Scouts do that.

They probably can recite the whole Flag Code, too.

[dameatball]

12. Probably not just Boy Scouts. Maybe groups like VFW also perform that service. Just a guess.

[marybourg]

10. "know"? Of course not. He knows hardly anything.

[notdarkyet]

17. I thought flag burning was decided by the sc. it's legal.

[greymattermom]

5. How about if you wear it?

Like on your butt?

[onenote]

6. Trump tweeted that in November 2016 and it was quickly dropped after it was ridiculed

as completely contrary to the First Amendment (including the First Amendment as interpreted by Scalia).

There are far more pressing things to worry about than Trump's old nonsense tweets. There are new nonsense tweets.

[Chickensoup]

7. Trump, that is what we will do to u

Once the investigation is completed
and treason is confirmed.

[Moostache]

13. If this is true, I am burning a flag a day on general principle (n/t)

[Norbert]

15. So an ax murderer can keep his citizenship but a flag burner nada

SMH

[Stuart G]

16. 3 more words....Trump is nuts!!!

[Grammy23]

18. In that case, tRump might swoon if he sees the toilet seat cover,

And floor mats festooned with the flag, eagles and footballs for sale on Amazon. Pass the smelling salts. They also sell toilet paper featuring an elephant and one with a donkey in red, white and blue.

[notdarkyet]

19. I want to be deported to Mexico.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. The right has been pushing this issue for years.

Bob Bennet (R-Utah) sponsored a bill in 2005

They tried to make it an act of terror or intimidation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Protection_Act_of_2005

Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding desecration of the flag to prohibit: (1) destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace; (2) intentionally threatening or intimidating any person, or group of persons, by burning a U.S. flag; or (3) stealing or knowingly converting the use of a U.S. flag belonging to the United States, or belonging to another person on U.S. lands, and intentionally destroying or damaging that flag.[1]

[jalan48]

21. I believe there were even a few Democrats on board with it. The SCOTUS ruled decades ago that

flag burning is protected as free speech under our Constitution. I have a feeling this is going to become a big Republican issue in the upcoming elections.

[TheMastersNemesis]

22. Remember They Are Stacking The Court With RW Nut Jobs. They Could Reverse It.

The Constitution will not matter to them. It is about ideology and they will twist the Constitution to their liking.

[jalan48]

23. Or the Congress could vote to make it a crime. Wedge issues are effective.

[progressoid]

25. DOH! co-sponsored by Senators Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer...

co-sponsored by Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). Later co-sponsors included Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Thomas Carper (D-Del.).[1]

[Hassin Bin Sober]

29. .

[oberliner]

24. He tweeted that in Nov 2016

Link to tweet

?lang=en

[Harker]

26. I always figured

what I choose do with any flag I might own is my business, provided I'm not harming anyone with it, and I'll respectfully leave everyone else's alone.

[sdfernando]

27. Well I guess a ton of Boy Scouts

will be going to jail and then losing their citizenship. WTF?

[flyingfysh]

28. US law says that sometimes a flag *should* be burned!!

So people who obey the law would lose citizenship???

I am referring to the US flag code, which says that when a flag is worn out, the preferred disposal method is by burning.