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Colorado GOP calls for burning of Pride flags

Individuals can fly whatever flag they like. It is a First Amendment protected right.

Individuals can also burn whatever flag they own. That is also a First Amendment protected right.

What is not protected, and should not be allowed, is for any government body to fly anything other than the official national, State, county/borough/parish, city/town, organizational flag(s). No flags that attempt to make a political statement should be allowed to be flown on government property. That includes Pride flags, BLM flags, ANTIFA flags, POW flags, etc.
 
Glitch said:
Individuals can fly whatever flag they like. It is a First Amendment protected right.

Individuals can also burn whatever flag they own. That is also a First Amendment protected right.

What is not protected, and should not be allowed, is for any government body to fly anything other than the official national, State, county/borough/parish, city/town, organizational flag(s). No flags that attempt to make a political statement should be allowed to be flown on government property. That includes Pride flags, BLM flags, ANTIFA flags, POW flags, etc.
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Also you cannot steal and burn another person's flag, which is what the Colorado GOP was calling for.
 
zincwarrior said:
Also you cannot steal and burn another person's flag, which is what the Colorado GOP was calling for.
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Of course not. That is someone else's property.

If they want to buy up a bunch of Pride flags and burn them, they have that right. Just like that Reverend in Florida did to thousands of Korans. He owned them, therefore it was his right to determine how he wished to dispose of his property. It is their ownership of the property that gives them that right. Without ownership of the property they have no rights.
 
Glitch said:
Individuals can fly whatever flag they like. It is a First Amendment protected right.

Individuals can also burn whatever flag they own. That is also a First Amendment protected right.

What is not protected, and should not be allowed, is for any government body to fly anything other than the official national, State, county/borough/parish, city/town, organizational flag(s). No flags that attempt to make a political statement should be allowed to be flown on government property. That includes Pride flags, BLM flags, ANTIFA flags, POW flags, etc.
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Why not? When there has been a collective acceptance of gays’ rights or the need to remember POW’s/MIA’s in a community, why shouldn’t that community honor it?
 
I got plenty of torches for those who think they are going to scare me like this.
 
The disgrace here is not that some folks would burn the flag in question. It’s that a major statecpolitical party’s leaders would call for such a thing.
 
Fearandloathing said:
Just my opinion but I see the American right as so steeped in hate that it's simply natural to contest ANYTHING new or different with militancy, threats and violence.

I have this picture in my mind: A middle aged man, red farmer's (baseball) cap, twice normal weight and then some, clutching a massive hand gun, rifles strapped to his bak two ammo belts, holding an upside down stars & stripes jacking a supersized soft drink from a five gallon cup, swallowing twinkies and saying "you'll get my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands".

Am I wrong?
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You managed a post displaying bigotry by incorporating a good deal of stereotype.

So if that was your intention, you were wildly successful.
 
Napoleon said:
Do burning pride flags trigger you? 😂
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Do you ever read anything and think, "That is wrong, and I should just say, that is wrong."?

For example, obviously the Colorado Republican Party claiming pride flags should be burned and calling gays "groomers" didn't make you think that. If they would have called for the burning of crosses and said black people were inferior, would you have thought "that is wrong, and I should just say that is wrong", or would you have said "that is their right...". I am just wondering if there is a moral line anywhere here?
 
ALiberalModerate said:
Do you ever read anything and think, "That is wrong, and I should just say, that is wrong."?

For example, obviously the Colorado Republican Party claiming pride flags should be burned and calling gays "groomers" didn't make you think that. If they would have called for the burning of crosses and said black people were inferior, would you have thought "that is wrong, and I should just say that is wrong", or would you have said "that is their right...". I am just wondering if there is a moral line anywhere here?
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The issue of burning flags was decided in 1989. People have a right to do it and how you or I or anyone else feel about it doesn’t matter. And no, I don’t spend my time looking for reasons to be offended and virtue signaling about it. It doesn’t bother me one iota if people choose to spend their time burning Pride flags because I know how to navigate life without a pathological need for affirmation and approval of my sexual orientation.
 
Napoleon said:
The issue of burning flags was decided in 1989. People have a right to do it and how you or I or anyone else feel about it doesn’t matter. And no, I don’t spend my time looking for reasons to be offended and virtue signaling about it. It doesn’t bother me one iota if people choose to spend their time burning Pride flags because I know how to navigate life without a pathological need for affirmation and approval of my sexual orientation.
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As long as it's your own flag you paid for.
 
Glitch said:
Individuals can fly whatever flag they like. It is a First Amendment protected right.

Individuals can also burn whatever flag they own. That is also a First Amendment protected right.

What is not protected, and should not be allowed, is for any government body to fly anything other than the official national, State, county/borough/parish, city/town, organizational flag(s). No flags that attempt to make a political statement should be allowed to be flown on government property. That includes Pride flags, BLM flags, ANTIFA flags, POW flags, etc.
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No POW flags?
 
zincwarrior said:
Boebart country reminding us there are others like her in Colorado.









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Colorado’s Republican Party this week called for LGBTQ Pride flags to be burned, describing LGBTQ Americans as “godless groomers” in a fundraising email and multiple social media posts railing against Pride Month.
“Burn all the #pride flags this June,” the state GOP wrote Monday on the social platform X. Earlier Monday, an email sent by the party with the subject line “God Hates Pride” perpetuated the false claim that LGBTQ people are “grooming” children to abuse them.
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I must be exhausted, all I've got is wtf.
 
zincwarrior said:
Colorado’s Republican Party this week called for LGBTQ Pride flags to be burned, describing LGBTQ Americans as “godless groomers” in a fundraising email and multiple social media posts railing against Pride Month.
“Burn all the #pride flags this June,” the state GOP wrote Monday on the social platform X. Earlier Monday, an email sent by the party with the subject line “God Hates Pride” perpetuated the false claim that LGBTQ people are “grooming” children to abuse them.
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Sounds awfully “Westboro Baptist Church-y” if you ask me.
 
Allan said:
Reminds me of the "God hates fags" nuts at Westboro Baptist Church. The GOP is becoming indistinguishable from the most extreme religious voices.
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Exactly what I said. I should have continued reading instead of posting before I read the whole thread.
 
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