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One vitally important issue in the debate over burning and desecrating the American flag tends to be ignored: what exactly does the American flag mean and why? The American flag is a symbol, which is to say that it represents America itself. Therefore, the question of what the American flag means is necessarily a question about what America means and what it stands for. Read Article: What is the Meaning of the American Flag?
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November 26, 2006 at 12:34 pm
(1) Jesse Short says:

The Flag does not only represent America, it represents Freedom. It represents all the blood, Sweat and tears that were lost fighting for this flag to wave, and it represents the honorable men and women that died fighting fir this flag!!!!!!!

November 26, 2006 at 12:41 pm
(2) Austin Cline says:

The Flag does not only represent America, it represents Freedom.

To everyone?

It represents all the blood, Sweat and tears that were lost fighting for this flag to wave, and it represents the honorable men and women that died fighting fir this flag!!!!!!!

No one died or fought for a flag, they fought and died for the ideals that the flag is supposed to represent. The flag stops representing those ideals, though, when people trample on others’ rights in order to “protect” the flag. Ergo, efforts to protect the flag are what ultimately betray what people have fought and died for.

November 11, 2009 at 4:44 pm
(3) Hannah says:

It means if u put a flag down ur not respecting the contry because red stand for blood and all the people who had died

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