The Pros And Cons Of Burning The Flag

Protesters burned United States flag, to make an example of how we, Americans, are ruining and destroying everything we have, but they don't understand how burning the flag disrespects the people. The people who have served for this country and fought for their freedoms. Protesters think everything we do falls on the flag, but they are wrong, when they are mad at something, they blame the flag, but they should be blaming the government, and its corrupted system. It is the system that cheats them out of their American dream, it is the system that has failed not only itself, but everyone that has put their faith into it.
The government are the ones that change things, make impactful differences. It's not the flag thats making them do it. Americans just need something to blame. It makes Americans who believe and stand for the flag mad when they see videos of people burning the flag, holding it upside down, or stepping on it. What makes flag believers more mad,is when bystanders do nothing about it, or even some jump in and disrespect the flag. It makes flag believers lose faith in humanity, and then there are those who restore our faith. They’re the ones who step in, and do something about their peers who are disrespecting something they believe strongly in.
There are times when people have burned the flag

and then a citizen comes and and beats them, and it doesn't upset flag believers. This may lead to more violence, however, you can’t solve violence with more violence. Burning the flag doesn't solve anything instead it stirs the pot and upsets people. It may create more chaos, the burning of the flag is symbolic to some, but extremely anti-American to others.
There is a video of someone burning the flag, and these bikers came and and put the fire out, and then kept pushing the people back that were burning it. It turned to a fight eventually. And the cops were there actually doing nothing about it, they let them fight it out, and at the end the cops arrested the ones who burned the flag.
There's a case that involves a man who was arrested and convicted in Texas in 1984 for burning a U.S. flag in protest of Reagan administration policies. By a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld a reversal of that conviction by an appeals court.In what passes for judicial logic, Justice William Brennan, said that "We do not consecrate the flag by a punishing its desecration.
The case began in August 1984 when a man set fire to the flag in front of the Dallas city hall. While it burned, other protesters chanted, "America, the red, white and blue, we spit on you."
What that kind of conduct has to do with the First Amendment is murky. As Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in a dissent, such conduct is not allowed in other areas, such as graffiti on the Washington Monument or extinguishing the flame on president Kennedy's grave, though that could be argued on the same grounds as a form of free speech. This is where there needs to be a fine line between acceptable and too far, in school we are not allowed to say or wear certain things, because it's a boundary line, when it comes to school. However, when you leave school grounds you can do whatever legal activities you please. There needs to be a boundary line, with what you can do with the flag. This disrespects so many soldiers that have fought for our country, This breaks veterans. If you don't like our methods and individuals turn to the point of burning the flag, then why not leave the country? Instead they stay. Thinking that burning the flag will make a difference, and it's going to change the system instead there gonna make it worse.
You may ask why does the flag mean so much? Here's why the flag is important. On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army was reorganized in accordance with a Congressional resolution which placed American forces under George Washington’s control. On that New Year’s Day the Continental Army was laying siege to Boston which had been taken over by the British Army. Washington ordered the Grand Union flag hoisted above his base at Prospect Hill. It had 13 alternate red and white stripes and the British Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner (the canton). You may also be able to look at some of the most historical photos and they will include the American Flag, the American flag represents more than just freedom, it represents the American dream.
In May of 1776, Betsy Ross reported that she sewed the first American flag.
On June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: “Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”
Between 1777 and 1960, Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag and allowed for additional stars and stripes to be added to reflect the admission of each new state. (SOURCE)
Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with six white. The stripes represent the original thirteen colonies, the stars represent the fifty states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well: Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor, White symbolizes Purity and Innocence and Blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice.
People often think of how our flag grew into what it is today. It is so much more than 3 colors or a decoration. Think of the areas around the globe that our flag has flown, think of the transformation it has underwent throughout the decades on our own shores. It is truly humbling to think of all that was given and sacrificed so that our flag, the American flag, can fly freely across this nation.
people understand, but the flag is nothing compared to the government.

The flag is our freedom, our independence, our sacrifice, our honor, and our glory. The flag doesn't control the government, the government is completely different to what the flag is, the government makes the laws. The flag is to prove that we fought for our independence. We made the split between the british, we are no longer controlled by the british, and that is what the flag means, we people fly the United States of America flag, they are saying we will not go down without a fight, we will not surrender, we will not give up, but that we would fight before anything happens to that

flag.
When you burn the flag you are disrespecting our freedom, our independence, our honor, and our respect. Your not hurting the government in the slightest, in fact your just disrespecting the flag. The flag has no control only thing it does is represent United States and its freedom.