Like if I want to make a point that I hate a state more then could I just like burn a state flag as protest and be seen as being a bit more respectful to the US flag by not doing it to the US flag? If I did it in my home state and did it to my home state flag of Indiana would this be a problem that people would care about? I am actually trying to get an answer to this question on what the views are on disrespecting state flags so you don’t disrespect the US flag.
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Not until state flags improve in quality. With few exceptions, they’re not nearly as iconic as national flags, but they can be with effort.
Why would you waste your money on a flag just to burn it? I don’t really get the point but you do you.
disrespect whatever flag you want. it’s your speech, you get to choose.
Order of flag lovedom
1. Ole freakin glory don’t mess with the Stars and Stripes
2. State flag less disrespectful but people would still be pissed I’d bet.
3. Whatever college football team you root for, and god help you if you burn one of these flags ( you could really argue this to be no.2
I don’t give a fuck about the US flag either
Not as long as they continue to be State Seal on a solid background. Maryland’s flag should be used sewage spills, it’s not even worthy enough to actually wipe someone’s ass with.
You can burn the US flag for all I care. It’s wasteful and does nothing to get whatever specific point across you’re trying to make, but that’s free speech baby.
They’re just flags. Admire the few good state flags, burn the rest. Or burn em all idc
A lot of folks probably can’t even identify their state flag. State flags are rarely, if ever a topic of conversation here except for the ones that still retained the confederate battle flag.
Burning any flag is a disrespectful gesture to whatever that flag represents.
That said, since fewer people passionately love their state than love the nation, you’ll raise fewer eyebrows.
I’d still want you to explain your reasons pretty damn fully if I saw you burning a Virginia flag.
I think the reverence some people have for the flag is a little weird so to answer the question no
Highly doubt there would ever be any disrespect for the state flag here in Colorado. It’s generally a rule that you have to have at least three clothing items with the flag on them. I think disrespect for the US flag would get some shoulder shrugs and nothing to see here’s, but if someone burned the big C there’d be a face meeting a fist pretty quick.
I think people care way too much about flags.
You can burn a US flag if you want to.
I don’t think either should be respected!
F-the state!
Whatever makes you feel better man, most people will not care or roll their eyes.
Most state flags are pretty meh and don’t inspire a lot of emotion so no one would bother. Texas might be an exception but even then I doubt anyone would bother burning their flag now that we can much more easily insult each other on the internet.
Most Americans see flag burning as a gauche third world type of protest and wouldn’t do it. Too many videos of Iranians doing it while chanting to make it cool.
I don’t give a shit about the state flag, seems utterly pointless these days.
I’m from Brooklyn. After 9/11 everyone started putting out American flags. I wanted to put out the NYC flag, but I couldn’t easily find one to buy. This is to say, people are attached to whatever place is part of their identity. My state flag? Never think about it. (Although I do wish the city’s emblem had a redesign to honor its indigenous heritage some other way. )
I think burning the flag of anything communicates disrespect for that thing. You could burn one of those McDonald’s flags with an M on it and it would communicate disrespect for McDonald’s.
I think the problem with burning the flag of a place (city, state, or nation) is that it communicates disrespect but in a vague way. Do you hate the place altogether, or hate a particular policy, or hate the people of that place, or hate an ideology that the flag represents?
From your other comments it seems like you want to burn an Indiana flag to communicate dislike of Indiana’s laws regarding cannabis. Which if you want to do that on your own, go ahead. But doing it alone in your back yard doesn’t really communicate anything. Doing it as part of an organized protest might make more sense. But like I said it’s vague: I could imagine someone who agrees with you on cannabis nevertheless being offended by it if that person takes it as a thorough insult against his home rather than a protest of a specific policy.
Respect the flag to honor nationalism and imperialism ? I’ll pass.
Why do you care about what other people think? Flag burning is perfectly legal as shown in Texas vs Johnson which ruled banning flag burning was a violation of the first amendment
I don’t care about either flag. Your right to desecrate them is protected speech. Do whatever you want.
Yes, for the important states at least
Sure!
Now ask me how much the US flag should be respected….
Hint: It’s just a piece of cloth. I’ve no objections to someone wiping their ass with it. Further, I find it more than a bit odd how many evangelicals want the Pledge of Allegiance recited 5X per week but only go to church 1X per week (if that) and SOMEHOW think they’re obeying the 1st Commandment.
edit: And I say all of that as one who considers himself a patriot (yes, I’m a veteran).
I don’t think flags deserve respect to begin with. It’s a flag. Fly it, burn it, use it as a cape, I do not care.
2% as much.
You can’t disrespect an inanimate object
The only time I’ve seen state flags waved with any kind of local pride is at college football games between state universities from different states. The team usually waves their state flag as they run onto the field. Other than that except for Texas I don’t think people think about their state flags very much.
Idc
Foreign person here, did not even know states had their own flags
Maryland is
I hope all of the people who support causes I don’t, burn flags, film it, and put it on YouTube.
People who burn flags think they’re really zinging whatever it is they’re wound up about. They’re just marginalizing their own cause as most people turn away in disgust…or apathy.
People who don’t understand how social change works burn flags. People for whom the masturbatory act of creating a spectacle in which they are the star, and who don’t really care about changing anything, burn flags.
its legal to do with both the u.s and state flags but you are going be giving off some serious red flags to everyone around you.
i dont like kentucky but if my neighbor was burning a kentucky flag outside i would honestly think they are a potential danger and avoid them.
What about trump won flags?
Will other people like it? Maybe not. But if you’re otherwise not in violation of other laws and ordinances, anyone who tries to stop you doesn’t understand what it stands for.
Flag burning is protected free speech. Just follow burn laws and don’t ignite a forest fire or something.
That said, I think flag-burning is a little passé and unlikely to have any impact whatsoever. It also seems performative. If you really want to change laws, get involved in an advocacy group and campaign for pro-legalization candidates.
I mean, you have the freedom to do so, but I think that burning the Indiana state flag because they have anti cannabis laws is incredibly trashy.
As long as my state continues to treat minorities like garbage, then It’s a “no” from me.
I assume the OP knows there’s been a constitutional amendment in the works about flag desecration. Maybe this thread is for the purpose of getting more energy behind it.
Otherwise to me flag desecration isn’t the best use of activist energy. It sends a message but why not send a dollar to your cause instead. (well, fifty dollars)