Interesting, I learned something new today. Turns out youre right, I was always taught bury not burn, wonder where that misinformation came from. I stand corrected.
Exactly my thought. Same with the anti-"cancel culture" crowd canceling celebrities like the Dixie Chicks for speaking out against the Iraq War. Now it's a lot harder to find people who will defend it, but at the time people were rabidly in favor of it.
Fuck you commie fuck face. I would rather see a million Vietnamese children burned alive before I see someone desecrate that beautiful piece of cloth that my grandpa got PTSD for.
The fuck?
You do realize that burning the American Flag is protected free speech, as settled by the US Supreme Court...Don't you?
>I would rather see a million Vietnamese children burned alive before
Let's be honest... You could put any number of reasons or rationales behind that bigoted, hateful statement.
Let me guess... Christian? Trump voter?
I'm pretty sure I've pissed off people because they don't know it's satire and they think I'm a right wing maniac, and there's also folks who are pissed off because they know it's satire and they think I'm a crazy leftist who's going too hard.
I'm playing both sides huh
I think they are concerned if your parents know you’re up past your bedtime on Reddit. But hey I get it, every middle schooler is awkward and full of rage.
Agreed, Vietnam should never have happened but if this protest took place 48 years ago then it was 1976 and the Vietnam War ended in 1973. So what were they protesting at this time?
communists started it to spread heroin and ptsd while wasting the us funding because they calculated how the gop would react to it.
they wrecked an entire youth generation but the us govt was helpinmg with that because the fbi ran cointelpro which further divided the country.
both of them were absolute trash for that.
The same people that will praise this act of patriotic heroism won't see the irony as they wear American Flag speedos while beating their wives and listening to Rage Against the Machine.
That person meant it's ironic to simultaneously listen to Rage while wearing the American flag. Not that it's bad to listen to them. It's praising the state while listening to anti state music. And there's a lot of republicans who mistakenly think Rage represents them.
Nah I just make assumptions about people who believe in the sanctity of the American flag. Shouldn't you be yelling at Native Americans to go back to their country or something?
Well you felt the need to defend an anti-flag burning post in r/satisfyingasfuck, so you have a strange way of showing you don't care about it. And plenty of people like racists, in case you haven't noticed there's something called the Republican party and we had Trump for a president.
I came here because you were making assumptions about an entire culture based on an idea you have in your head. And just because you think people like a racist doesn't make it any better. I hope you find help soon.
Because it’s nice to see someone proud of America. Yes of course there’s plenty of bad, but for the most part- it’s the best place in the world to get to live.
The answer to that question heavily depends on how rich you are, if you’re a multi millionaire then America is pretty dope. If you’re poor then you’re better off in pretty much any other first world country haha
Yeah I don't care about the trespass or that guy. The commentators were reacting to the horror of someone buring a flag, asking "can you even believe that?" Hence the original comment. Free speech is relevant when that's what you're commenting on.
Try to force your way into your neighbors' house to them know how you feel about capitalism. When you get shot or arrested, see how well "free speech" works as a defense.
You cannot excuse other crimes with "derp free speech"
Thats not even the point of the comment. I didn't say anything about trespassing nor did I say his trespassing was legal or defensible because it was for the purpose of free speech. It was about the nature of flag burning and how the commentators were reacting to that.
I might be wrong but I’d say that most people don’t really give a shit about the pride flag in the same way people worship the American flag. Most of the time I see pride flags it’s in the context of corporate pride. Also, burning an American flag is an act of protest against a government, a created system that legitimately does a lot of evil shit. Burning a pride flag is just hate speech towards a marginalized group of people. So yeah, it’s pretty different
The American flag represents both the country and the government. It’s a symbol of nationalism. If the American flag doesn’t represent our government, which flag does?
But since it was lying on the ground, the proper way to dispose of it is by burning it. Mister Match was doing his civic duty no matter how you look at it.
Is it still April 25th? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick\_Monday#American\_flag\_incident:\~:text=At%20Dodger%20Stadium%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20on%20April%2025%2C%201976](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Monday#American_flag_incident:~:text=At%20Dodger%20Stadium%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20on%20April%2025%2C%201976)
As a combat vet when I see someone burn the flag all I can think is that there is no better counter argument to the act itself than your legal right to do so. Yes i’ve had the flag set on the caskets of friends and family for reasons I may or may not agree with. America makes mistakes. We are far from perfect. But we at least try our best to progress. Sometimes progression is ugly, mean and downright brutal. But we learn
lessons from those hard times. Important lessons. We build upon them. We stumble but we get back up. It’s our unwavering strength to never give up. To always fight for what we believe in regardless of what anyone thinks. We are all derived from ancestors that fought that fight in one form or another whether it was the fight to be a free nation, the fight for freedom from slavery itself, the fight for civil rights or even the fight to leave a place of tyranny and live in a better place. That fight is in every single one of us. So go ahead and show all the communist countries/dictaters how spoiled we are. I love that shit. Our freedom to do so is exactly why I served.
What do you understand communism to be outside McCarthyism fear mongering? There are maybe 5 countries that might very loosely be considered communist but every country has abandoned Marxist philosophy and practically all of them have adopted free market principles or allowed for private property ownership. Looking at the world from a capitalist/communist len in 2024 is normally a red flag around the kind of outdated indoctrination someone has endured rather than even a school kids understanding state systems. China Cuba and North Korea share as many socialist qualities as many Western countries like the USA. These old labels are self serving ignorance to avoid understanding a more complicated messy world. But we each do what we have to to make sense of the world and create the fictions we need for that.
Yes, would be a shame to use your brain a tiny bit. . I am actually pro people being educated but that's a pipe dream so let's stick to your label for your understanding of the world. It's not your fault though, no need for me to give you a hard time about things out of your control.
You’re picking apart your favorite details about an ideal that murders and oppresses people daily. I’m not interested in your half-hazard, spiderwebbed together theoretical, perfect world hipster plan that explains taking all the good parts of systemic oppression and making a new better government oppression that’s less oppressive. Save it for the 20 year old white women in the moon circle. The rest of us are too busy being adults.
Too busy being adults yet citing an ancient "ideal" philosophy used to scare people without much modern application. You took us down this weird rabbithole but good to hear you are back to being an actual adult. Peace be with you
Yay, stopped the burning of the flag protesting the bombing and burning of civilians. Murica, f@#$ ya! Imagine someone hadn't stopped the senseless flag burning and we had to think about the atrocities committed in it's name. So satisfying
In both cases that viewpoint doesn't help, but the first comment makes a mention about what will happen in terms of repercussions, which were more than enforced for the rioters.
I just watched them try to use their First Amendment Rights. Why are you construing someone wanting to practice First Amendment Rights as people that should move to Russia or North Korea? Last I checked those countries don't protect freedom or expression of speech.
What are you going to propose next "If you love guns so much maybe you should leave the USA!" *\~Uhh because they enjoy having a second amendment they should leave that umbrella of gun protection?!?!*
An America was saved that day … 🙄
Ridiculous patriotism …
The ones who cares the most are the ones who risk their life’s for their masters … if they don’t care that much, then all their life’s would be a lie 🫡
Rick Monday and his sister Ruby Tuesday.
Kept it from becoming Ash Wednesday
Yes! Celebratory victory drinks on Thirsty Thursday!
Party with fre-Kay Friday
NOOO!! It was supposed to be Joe FRIDAY as the next comment. You fuckin blew it man! Just the facts.
Then come over sat her day and we’ll have a Sundae!
This is a good comment
Goodbye
Uncle- Big Wednesday?
This trend of big white background and stamp postage sized video with text on-top. Who's behind it? Must be a website.
It’s because it began as an “story” style post on someone’s instagram/snapchat/tiktok. Then someone else copy-pasted it here.
Technically according to flag codes it's going to get burned anyway now by a VFW somewhere.
Buried, not burned.
No, burned. Source: Am an Eagle Scout, and I've burned 100's of "retired" American flags at the local VFW.
Interesting, I learned something new today. Turns out youre right, I was always taught bury not burn, wonder where that misinformation came from. I stand corrected.
Why did they want to burn the flag?
Guessing Vietnam war
Lol thank god this peaceful protest of the one of the most useless wars in US history was thwarted. That's satisfying as *fuck.*
Exactly my thought. Same with the anti-"cancel culture" crowd canceling celebrities like the Dixie Chicks for speaking out against the Iraq War. Now it's a lot harder to find people who will defend it, but at the time people were rabidly in favor of it.
....who now fly it upside or super-impose the fucking Punisher onto it.
Fuck you commie fuck face. I would rather see a million Vietnamese children burned alive before I see someone desecrate that beautiful piece of cloth that my grandpa got PTSD for.
Ayo what?
What's the point of this? The ptsd comment at the end tells me it's sarcasm, but you're going too hard here.
The fuck? You do realize that burning the American Flag is protected free speech, as settled by the US Supreme Court...Don't you? >I would rather see a million Vietnamese children burned alive before Let's be honest... You could put any number of reasons or rationales behind that bigoted, hateful statement. Let me guess... Christian? Trump voter?
Worse: Aspiring onion contributor
This is so obviously satire people understand this pleaee
I'm pretty sure I've pissed off people because they don't know it's satire and they think I'm a right wing maniac, and there's also folks who are pissed off because they know it's satire and they think I'm a crazy leftist who's going too hard. I'm playing both sides huh
I think they are concerned if your parents know you’re up past your bedtime on Reddit. But hey I get it, every middle schooler is awkward and full of rage.
Yeah, I mean, that's a f**king good reason.
Agreed, Vietnam should never have happened but if this protest took place 48 years ago then it was 1976 and the Vietnam War ended in 1973. So what were they protesting at this time?
Too much war crime committed by the US to choose from.
Useless war that was started under false pretenses just so LBJ could swing his dick around literally
Reportedly he call his hog "Jumbo".
From what I hear yeah, he was also prone to dropping his pants and harassing people with it.
communists started it to spread heroin and ptsd while wasting the us funding because they calculated how the gop would react to it. they wrecked an entire youth generation but the us govt was helpinmg with that because the fbi ran cointelpro which further divided the country. both of them were absolute trash for that.
your statement presumes that there is an acceptable amount of war crimes, kinda made me giggle
Close your eyes and point
why not
Warmth?
So even if you disagree with flag burning, how is this satisfying? Just a bro running round with a bit of cloth.
Right?
I guess the quick snatching of it was kinda satisfying? 🤷♂️
As an American it’s satisfying to see patriotism 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 we sure aren’t perfect but I wouldn’t wanna be anywhere else!
The same people that will praise this act of patriotic heroism won't see the irony as they wear American Flag speedos while beating their wives and listening to Rage Against the Machine.
Hey hey hey, I'm not a cop
I'm sure it happens all the time
Name a better thing than redditors making a scenario in their head and getting mad about it.
😂😂 me reading it and getting pumped 🙄🤷🏽♂️ so ridiculous
What's wrong with Rage Against the Machine
That person meant it's ironic to simultaneously listen to Rage while wearing the American flag. Not that it's bad to listen to them. It's praising the state while listening to anti state music. And there's a lot of republicans who mistakenly think Rage represents them.
Nobody is doing that.
Sure they are, including you, Johnny Walmart. 'Murica.
Ah okay so you're just racist. Got it 👍
Well I assume anyone who gets triggered by my comment is an overweight, MAGA-loving member of the Caucasian Garbage, one branch family tree, so sure.
Making assumptions about someone you've never met based on where they were born / live? Yep. That's racism.
Nah I just make assumptions about people who believe in the sanctity of the American flag. Shouldn't you be yelling at Native Americans to go back to their country or something?
I don't give a shit abt the flag. I just don't like a racist. I don't think anybody would.
Well you felt the need to defend an anti-flag burning post in r/satisfyingasfuck, so you have a strange way of showing you don't care about it. And plenty of people like racists, in case you haven't noticed there's something called the Republican party and we had Trump for a president.
I came here because you were making assumptions about an entire culture based on an idea you have in your head. And just because you think people like a racist doesn't make it any better. I hope you find help soon.
Its just a flag... Dont hurt yourself over it.
Glad the piece of cloth is okay
Who could have though that things on a piece of cloth can represent something
Also: staged? Security guards just kind of watched the non-ball-players on the field, curious what it was all about? Staging is not new
And he slowly walks away while the rest of the players run to stomp the shit out of the asshole
How is this satisfying?
Because it’s nice to see someone proud of America. Yes of course there’s plenty of bad, but for the most part- it’s the best place in the world to get to live.
It's by far not the best place to live in the world
What place is better? Genuine question.
The answer to that question heavily depends on how rich you are, if you’re a multi millionaire then America is pretty dope. If you’re poor then you’re better off in pretty much any other first world country haha
Germany, Norway, Japan, Singapore, Australia... Hell, even Brazil
Best place to live huh? Break your arm and say that while showing off the medical bill.
Is there anything more American than the speaker's accent?
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that makes identifying you easier. Tomorrow at around this hour somebody's going to knock on your door. Good luck, buaaah buuaaah buaaah!
"that makes identifying you easier." Actually, she's in my Facebook, so I deleted the comment... just in case
Creepy
I was there. Pretty cool.
Neat!
It's already touched the ground, so saving it would be to light it on fire.
I can definitely imagine that. Something along the lines of free... what was it? Free talk? That doesn't sound quite right.
Well he is trespassing on the field, so free speech is kind of irrelevant when you’re simultaneously committing a crime.
Yeah I don't care about the trespass or that guy. The commentators were reacting to the horror of someone buring a flag, asking "can you even believe that?" Hence the original comment. Free speech is relevant when that's what you're commenting on.
Try to force your way into your neighbors' house to them know how you feel about capitalism. When you get shot or arrested, see how well "free speech" works as a defense. You cannot excuse other crimes with "derp free speech"
I'm sorry, but I the "yle" has got me confused. What word is that suppose to be or is "yle" an acronym for something?
That is me having an aneurysm while typing editing
Thats not even the point of the comment. I didn't say anything about trespassing nor did I say his trespassing was legal or defensible because it was for the purpose of free speech. It was about the nature of flag burning and how the commentators were reacting to that.
Quiet you fool! Don’t you know this is America? If you say the wrong thing you can be cancelled!
Vin Scully announcer for the Dodgers. The best in the business.
At about that time my mother was teaching his kids in pre-school.
That was a great time to be a Cubs fan…
Who cares.
Everyone there from what it sounds like
Perhaps a whole baseball stadium full of great American
What exactly makes them great? The fact that they are American?
Everyone is great in their own way, great japanese, great Australians, and great Americans
Even the murderers and thieves? Everyone is most certainly not great
I mean as a community of people with a great culture etc not necessarily individuals.
Exactly what I’m trying to say
Yes.
Lol stupid Americans.
Damn, you Europeans are always so serious. Never heard of satire? Or did that die out after you guys warred with each other for hundreds of years?
They didn't teach you in history class? Satire was overrun by the Moors in 1393
You mean Moops
I'm sorry, the card says Moops
I wasn’t sure if anyone else would get my reference. Thank you!
And then there was math.
No sadly, since apparently our education system only taught us American history and how slavery was good.
What satire?
poe's law
Yes dumbed indeed.. Could have burned the flag in the own home
Who cares?
Caring about a flag is stupid
but its different when its a pride flag right?
I might be wrong but I’d say that most people don’t really give a shit about the pride flag in the same way people worship the American flag. Most of the time I see pride flags it’s in the context of corporate pride. Also, burning an American flag is an act of protest against a government, a created system that legitimately does a lot of evil shit. Burning a pride flag is just hate speech towards a marginalized group of people. So yeah, it’s pretty different
“protesting government” if you want to protest government, then why burn the flag thats supposed to represent our country and not our government?
The American flag represents both the country and the government. It’s a symbol of nationalism. If the American flag doesn’t represent our government, which flag does?
you wont get a reply
Wrong
Great reply
Lunes to the rescue
Getting a Rick Monday card
But since it was lying on the ground, the proper way to dispose of it is by burning it. Mister Match was doing his civic duty no matter how you look at it.
stupid ahh protestors got foiled
and 99% dont care
Is it still April 25th? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick\_Monday#American\_flag\_incident:\~:text=At%20Dodger%20Stadium%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20on%20April%2025%2C%201976](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Monday#American_flag_incident:~:text=At%20Dodger%20Stadium%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20on%20April%2025%2C%201976)
This occurred April 25, 1976. Bad bot
When did commentators voices change to what we have today?
As a combat vet when I see someone burn the flag all I can think is that there is no better counter argument to the act itself than your legal right to do so. Yes i’ve had the flag set on the caskets of friends and family for reasons I may or may not agree with. America makes mistakes. We are far from perfect. But we at least try our best to progress. Sometimes progression is ugly, mean and downright brutal. But we learn lessons from those hard times. Important lessons. We build upon them. We stumble but we get back up. It’s our unwavering strength to never give up. To always fight for what we believe in regardless of what anyone thinks. We are all derived from ancestors that fought that fight in one form or another whether it was the fight to be a free nation, the fight for freedom from slavery itself, the fight for civil rights or even the fight to leave a place of tyranny and live in a better place. That fight is in every single one of us. So go ahead and show all the communist countries/dictaters how spoiled we are. I love that shit. Our freedom to do so is exactly why I served.
What communist countries? Is this comment from the 50s?
I’m not entirely sure what to say to that…Are you unaware that there are communist countries?
What do you understand communism to be outside McCarthyism fear mongering? There are maybe 5 countries that might very loosely be considered communist but every country has abandoned Marxist philosophy and practically all of them have adopted free market principles or allowed for private property ownership. Looking at the world from a capitalist/communist len in 2024 is normally a red flag around the kind of outdated indoctrination someone has endured rather than even a school kids understanding state systems. China Cuba and North Korea share as many socialist qualities as many Western countries like the USA. These old labels are self serving ignorance to avoid understanding a more complicated messy world. But we each do what we have to to make sense of the world and create the fictions we need for that.
Just say you’re pro communism. No need for all the mental gymnastics.
Yes, would be a shame to use your brain a tiny bit. . I am actually pro people being educated but that's a pipe dream so let's stick to your label for your understanding of the world. It's not your fault though, no need for me to give you a hard time about things out of your control.
You’re picking apart your favorite details about an ideal that murders and oppresses people daily. I’m not interested in your half-hazard, spiderwebbed together theoretical, perfect world hipster plan that explains taking all the good parts of systemic oppression and making a new better government oppression that’s less oppressive. Save it for the 20 year old white women in the moon circle. The rest of us are too busy being adults.
Too busy being adults yet citing an ancient "ideal" philosophy used to scare people without much modern application. You took us down this weird rabbithole but good to hear you are back to being an actual adult. Peace be with you
Yay, stopped the burning of the flag protesting the bombing and burning of civilians. Murica, f@#$ ya! Imagine someone hadn't stopped the senseless flag burning and we had to think about the atrocities committed in it's name. So satisfying
Burn that shit
The uk will take you in
Hero!
Is that how low we're setting the bar?
We need more Ricks
Not satisfying
Oh.
Are you sad an American flag didn’t get burned?
Not at all.
What a pathetic display of patriotism and the fans ate that shit up. About time to buy me some American flag toilet paper.
Remember when people acted like good humans?
No, when was that?
Well, Pepperidge Farms does
Respect 🫡
Hero.
Heck yeah
Lame ass lmao
Fuck yeah
Goodbye freedom of expression.
And everyone in the stands stood up and clapped. True story... \*eyeroll\*
What a loser imagine trampling on someone's free speech
Conservatives legitimately hate free speech
Rick Monday opposed the first amendment.
this isnt satisfying, this is extreme bootlicker behaviour. it would have been exponentially more satisfying if we saw the flag burn
Fucking hero
Each downvote one more cope
Hur dur america bad
I wonder why he was gonna burn it?
Me: "I bet reddit hates this actually" Lmao yep
How is this satisfying
Wrong sub
If they hate America so bad why not move to Russia or North Korea. Then try to practice your rights if you have one.
Tell that to the Jan 6 rioters
Most of whom were prosecuted? What is even the point of this comment
They should move to a different country if they don't like it here. That's the point.
In both cases that viewpoint doesn't help, but the first comment makes a mention about what will happen in terms of repercussions, which were more than enforced for the rioters.
*prosecuted Fixed that for you 🥰
Yeah thanks
I just watched them try to use their First Amendment Rights. Why are you construing someone wanting to practice First Amendment Rights as people that should move to Russia or North Korea? Last I checked those countries don't protect freedom or expression of speech. What are you going to propose next "If you love guns so much maybe you should leave the USA!" *\~Uhh because they enjoy having a second amendment they should leave that umbrella of gun protection?!?!*
An America was saved that day … 🙄 Ridiculous patriotism … The ones who cares the most are the ones who risk their life’s for their masters … if they don’t care that much, then all their life’s would be a lie 🫡
Where is the satisfying part, because this guy stopped it from happening
Throw that piece of glorified used toilet paper right into the sewer.
Now you can burn the flag and be called a "patriot"...the pure irony of this.
Being able to burn the flag is exercising freedom. Sounds pretty American. Just, don't do it in a stadium.