American Flag Stand For Tolerance

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Ever wondered if each one of us accept others as human beings? There's plenty of possibilities that people may or may not accept us. In the articles "Texas vs Johnson" by William J. Brennan, "American Flag Stands for Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen, and the trailer "My so called enemy" all of them explain how we accept each other and our opinions. These articles and trailers will explain how we as human beings must be willing to accept people and give opinions that are different from ourselves .
To begin with, in the article "American Flag Stands For Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen, the author stated that "In a controversial decision, the supreme court, by the closest possible margin of a 5-to-4 vote, held that a person has a right to express disagreement

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