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15. Damn, the VFW is goin' to the slammer!

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 08:54 PM

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Trump signs order aiming for one-year jail terms for flag burning [View all] Peacetrain Aug 25 OP

It is embarrassing how clueless he is.. Peacetrain Aug 25 #2

Um.... what is, or isn't a flag? Girard442 Aug 25 #3

We can't burn the flag, but Trump wipes his ass with it every day. Ocelot II Aug 25 #4

I'd give him a year in jail for burning the US Constitution. Norbert Aug 25 #5

Not one single person will be put in jail for one minute Justice Brandeis Aug 25 #6

Don't executive orders only apply to federally controlled territory? Buckeyeblue Aug 25 #7

Not quite; they apply to the actions of federal *agencies.* Ocelot II Aug 25 #14

Whoever wrote it was smatter than that. Ms. Toad Aug 25 #18

Of course. But what it means *in practice* is pretextual arrests Ocelot II Aug 26 #21

Good practical advice. Ms. Toad Aug 26 #23

I would say flag burning is not an effective way to protest Buckeyeblue Aug 26 #24

It isn't a way I would choose to protest. Ms. Toad Aug 26 #26

How many years will he get for crapping on our country? 2MuchNoise Aug 25 #9

Unfortunately not a day D_Master81 Aug 25 #10

You're right, of course. 2MuchNoise Aug 25 #11

The PEDO Rapist scumbag wants to distract JI7 Aug 25 #12

What if we burn Trump flags? Irish_Dem Aug 25 #13

Damn, the VFW is goin' to the slammer! rsdsharp Aug 25 #15

Is there an epidemic of flag burning of which I am unaware? redwitch Aug 26 #20

How much do you get for autographing one? Vinca Aug 26 #22