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ReligionOfPoop 138 points ago +139 / -1

But you can burn the flag.

Remember that one?

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DrHase 149 points ago +151 / -2

Only the US flag.

Burning the gay pride flag will get you put in prison.

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 4 points ago +4 / -0

In prison? Seriously? Is this federal, only some States, or?

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DrHase 10 points ago +11 / -1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50861259 (Sorry for the fake news link)

Technically it was theft and vandalism, as it wasn't his flag, but 15 years is very extreme for destroying a ~$5 flag - clearly a politically motivated sentence.