In the discussions of if burning the flag should be illegal‚ one controversial issue has been that it shouldn’t be. On the one hand‚ many american argue that it should be illegal to burn the flag. On the other hand‚ some americans contend that burning the flag is a way to get there point across. My own view is that it should be illegal. For instance‚ Andrew Cohen argues that there is not one “American Flag” but a bunch of individually owned flags. Since they bought them they are property and that
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Freedom of Speech: Flag Burning Flag burning has been one of the most controversial forms of nonviolent protests. It is often linked with the Middle East and Hezbollah with depictions of Arabs against President Bush burning the American flag. Americans are intimidated and threatened by this action‚ but that does not make it illegal. Supreme Court rulings have upheld that peaceful flag desecration is a form of political speech that should be protected by our Constitution (Flag Burning Myths).
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The flag of the great state of Georgia has been changed and rearranged 4 times. Out of those four flags‚ 3 of them were controversial. They were controversial because they bore a resemblance to a flag that is referred to as the confederate flag. The current flag that represents our amazing state today carries a lot of meaning. This meaning is different for many people which in turn‚ makes the flag a very controversial topic. Some people see it as a gem of our history while other people see it as
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World history Pre-AP December 7‚ 2010 Flags of Our Fathers The book‚ Flags of Our Fathers‚ was written by James Bradley the son of Jack Bradley one of the people who the book is written about. It is written about the six flag raisers at Iwo Jima. It starts with James Bradley and some of the other Bradley family getting to visit Iwo Jima after their father and husband Jack Bradley passed away. James decides that he wants to research what happened then and the events leading up to the battle
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“This flag‚ which we honor and under which we serve‚ is the emblem of our unity‚ our power‚ our thought‚ and purpose as a nation… And yet‚ though silent‚ it speaks to us – speaks to us of the past‚ or the men and women who went before us.” Woodrow Wilson had a lot of pride in our American Flag‚ as so today‚ we do as well. The American Flag‚ also known as the “Stars and Stripes‚” was made by Betsy Ross‚ a known sewer around her time‚ on June 1777. The flag has been modified 26 times and the flag we have
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for larger discourses (such as Nation‚ race‚ gender‚ or protest) and are visual vocabulary for articulating these larger discourses” (Light). Additionally‚ according to‚ “Performing Civic Identity: The Iconic Photograph of the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima” by Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites‚ “Iconic images are widely recognized as representations of significant historical events‚ activate strong emotional response‚ and are reproduced across a range of media‚ genres or topics” (363). New insights
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Flags‚ history‚ wars‚ deaths. All of these words have to do with each and every individual country. The United States and Canada have fought in many wars together‚ had many losses of veterans and civilians‚ waved our individual flags‚ and much more! But what I’m going to talk to you about today is the many similarities and differences of the countries‚ and how the countries came about. The United States of America started out as just individual states. But as time went on‚ the states slowly merged
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Also known as the Confederate Flag. The Flag is very controversial to whether or not the Flag should be allowed to be flown or not. There are many cases in which the Flag is correlated to bad situations‚ but also related to good meanings. The Flag is used in many ways such as‚ a memoriam and in bad ways such as‚ KKK marches. While the flag will always be flown somewhere‚ one will never stop the Flag from being flown‚ racism can be stopped. The flying of the flag can be restricted to only certain
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confederate flag‚ which consisted of the colors red‚ white‚ and blue. Terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan and many other white supremacist groups‚ led hanise crimes against African Americans which included: lynching‚ burning crosses‚ and mass murders‚ while using the Confederate Flag as a symbol of “unity”. A flag that stands for hatred and white supremacy is not only allowed but glorified. The confederate emblem should‚ not only be taken out of the Mississippi state flag‚ but the confederate flag should
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The issue of the Confederate Flag has a long history. The fight in Michigan is over a different flag‚ the "Betsy Ross" flag. It was made in 1777. This was not long after the Declaration of Independence. The flag has 13 stars and 13 stripes. They stand for the 13 original colonies. These colonies became the United States. 240 years have passed by and the flag is now an issue to many people of color because‚ when the flag was made it was during the time of slavery and it was flown during the early
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