RE: Burning the flag

I personally would not use this form of protest, though could understand how it would be protected, freedom of speech, expression blah blah blah.

I had to cover Freedom of Speech in a 6th grade social studies class I was teaching today. What it comes down to is respect. Even if a symbol or flag means nothing to me, it could mean something to someone else. By burning it I show not only my disrespect for the symbol but for those that respect it. By showing disrespect for others, I show disrespect for myself.

We have freedoms in the US that we hold sacred. In declaring our freedom of expression we also have to acknowledge others rights to disagree with us. All in all, if we repected each other to begin with we wouldn't have half the issues we tend to have.