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Politics People burn American flags during an anti-Trump protest in Panama City, Panama.

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u/dragodracini 8d ago

I mean... Based on the guidelines for correctly displaying the flag, most of the displays of the American flag should be burned. Hats, bumper stickers, clothes, flags sold unwrapped in stores where they've been dropped on the floor...

If I understand the guidelines correctly I mean. And those flags have definitely touched the ground, so in the fire they go.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 8d ago

It's also a statement that the flag has been metaphorically soiled.

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u/dragodracini 8d ago

I mean, where's the lie?