Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:13:36 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Inconvenient lefties References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:21:29 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 24 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-KOpY0ed/qzAVCBoPfvO80J5Sb2hGdq+FHNEMx9St/wBPhhATedZfmBH00XEWuTWFOiv+iXvH1bwcNgZ!5g5DivCf5f0q0O7zN07z+yTb9kBhbr00rY5Z+vG2ondF6fnvbBSOAolHOYfPqVyfBGlJXlSzd08a!JhM= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2023 In article , "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: > Last Friday, a Chicago alderman (there are cockroaches with higher social > standing) gave a speech at a rally outside city hall condemning Biden > and support for Israel in the war against Hamas. A veteran had burned a > special American flag Why is it that burning the American flag is protected speech, but if you burn an Alphabet Mafia rainbow flag, you can get arrested for a hate crime? > part of the protest, and there were signs protesting that the Democratic > National Convention (to nominate the president) is being held in Chicago. > > The alderman gave his speech in front of the burnt flag. There's plenty > of video showing the flag lying on the pavement next to the alderman. > > When the videos were shown and other aldermen expressed horror, he > started denying that he'd given the speech in front of the flag 'cuz > gaslighting always works. They literally deny reality right in front of you and expect you to believe it.