- M7 2012.
American Flag Desecration
Actions that may be treated as flag desecration include:- Burning it[1]
- Defacing it with slogans[1]
- Daubing it with excrement, etc.
- Walking on it
- Spitting on it
- Stoning it
- Shooting it with guns
- Hurling insults at it
- Cutting or ripping it[1]
- Dragging it through the dirt
- Using it unconventionally, e.g.:
- Hanging it upside down or reversed.[1] In some countries, however, this is also conventional protocol to indicate an emergency or problem.
- Making toilet paper, napkins, doormats, and other such items bearing the image of the flag, so that the flag's image will be destroyed or soiled in the course of everyday activities.[2]
Such actions may be undertaken for a variety of reasons:
- As a protest against a country's foreign policy.
- To distance oneself from the foreign or domestic policies of one's home country.
- As a protest at the very laws prohibiting the actions in question.
- As a protest against nationalism.
- As a protest against the government in power in the country, or against the country's form of government.
- A symbolic insult to the people of that country.
As described below burning or defacing a flag is a crime in some countries. In countries where it is not a crime the act may still be prosecuted as disorderly conduct, arson or theft if conducted against someone else's property.
M7 2012.
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