Actually it’s about a different country, gawd
Comment on Is this is a crime in your country?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
That is in fact not a crime in the relevant country:
On June 11, 1990, the Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Eichman struck down the Flag Protection Act, ruling again that the government’s interest in preserving the flag as a symbol does not outweigh the individual’s First Amendment right to disparage that symbol through expressive conduct.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Protection_Act
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration
Flag desecration is legal in the United States and carries no criminal or civil penalties.
jdr@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Fuckswearwords@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yay I also live in a green yes country, queue Bon Jovi 💪🏿💪🏿
Armand1@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hapankaali@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is it “progressive” to not ban flag desecration? I would just call it “not idiotic.”
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Progressive just means not idiotic before everyone else
StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People consider things like women’s rights progressive, but I would just call that common sense.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Anything that improves upon the status quo or moves the needle in a positive direction is progressive. That’s the definition of progress.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s what progressive means in the U.S. It’s why the idiots are so afraid of it.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Seems like a very clear and appropriate use of language to me.