Red flag

Many people in today's world are burning the American flag in public. This should not be allowed because it is a disgrace to the people who fought for this country, and to the people in the United States. People that burn the flag don't realize how much hurt they are causing the Americans and how bad it makes us look. Some people might argue that burning the American flag is ok and that it doesn't effect anybody. Burning of the American flag in public is a disgrace to the veterans, soldiers…

Flag Desecration is Ineffective Flag desecration has been a controversial topic for a number of years, including more recently. After Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, many college students, from Hampshire College to American University, began to burn the American flag as a form of protest towards the newly elected president. Because of the amount of people in such a small area burning flags, unsafe situations were posed for many peoples’ lives. Burning the flag is an…

standing to honor the flag. These players intention is not to disrespect the flag or the people who fought for it, it’s to bring attention to a larger issue: racial injustice.…

the Confederate flag in the football stadium by, then Chancellor Robert Khayat. This was the result then Athletic Director, Pete Boone and student leaders who approved a resolution asking Ole Miss fans to stop waving Rebel flags at athletic events. In an interview Boone stated that the flag hurt recruitment (Cabell, 1997). "I mean, we 've got a great university here, a great academic program, and we 're being held back from a national perspective because of this Confederate flag,” said Boone…

President Ronald Reagan. Among them was Gregory Lee Johnson who was burning an American flag. The controversy happened in the courtroom as the U.S. Supreme Court has to make a decision and react on the situation of Johnson setting the American flag on fire. “To say that the government has an interest in encouraging proper treatment of the flag, however, is not to say that it may criminally punish a person for burning a flag as a means of political protest” (15). This shows that the relationship…

will address the question of whether kneeling during the American national anthem/US flag a priori to National Football League games should be exercised by professional athletes in regards to spreading awareness of inequality in America. The act of kneeling as a protest falls perfect in expressing disagreement on a certain issue in a democratic state. The controversy of kneeling during the national anthem/US flag all began when NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco Forty-Niners’…

Ethan Hackney Professor Aguailar ENGL V01A October 5, 2017 ENGL V01A Midterm NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the National Anthem to protest the mistreatment of African Americans has generated a good deal of controversy: some claim that the act of kneeling is a sign of disrespect and feel that Colin is not only insulting America, but also insulting the many soldiers who have died for this country, on the other hand many believe that Kaepernick’s kneel was not only a…

In his song "God Bless the U.S.A.," Lee Greenwood sings, "And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me." These words echo the idea that countries around the world hold soldiers in high regard because they sacrifice on behalf of their countries. War is often romanticized in propaganda, and unfortunately, the actual reality of war is not addressed. Soldiers return home from war, and unfortunately, they never feel like…

actions was that he would not, “show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” His defiance reached national attention with mixed views on the subject and has now sparked an ongoing debate about social injustice versus national unity. Most people misunderstand the proposed purpose of taking a knee. They believe that it is disrespectful to not put your hand over your heart and stand respectfully towards the flag while the national anthem is being played.…

press to politicians engaged in an examination of their own values and views as they deliberated over his action. Did Kapernick’s action represent a peaceful protest, well within his rights, or simply an unpatriotic disrespect of the institution of our flag and anthem? Kapernick stated his choice to take…