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How is it acceptable to burn the country’s flag as a form of protest? Flag burning is the act of burning a flag to make a statement or to protest an issue. To burn a flag usually in a public place is to show a distaste for the government. Flag burning is a controversial issue that pits two groups against another. These two groups of people would be those for flag burning and those who are not. Different groups in the past have burned the American flag in their protests to show how they feel. An example would be the black lives matter protests that took place in Ferguson Missouri and the Baltimore riots. These groups were voicing their opinions but it’s not ok to burn the American flag. Some protesters have even done it right in front of the …show more content…

This issue won’t be fixed anytime soon because there are many people who have different opinions. With different opinions can create conflict. This conflict at the moment is as stated before between people for and against flag burning. What it really comes down to be I believe is ones morals? People have different morals and so they will believe what they want to. People are raised differently than others and so this can be why they see flag burning as they do. Not saying however a person that believes in flag burning has bad morals but that it’s different opinions that can hinder change. As there always needs to be change we can see that special interest groups have their own obligations. Interest groups can aluminate an issue to be discussed. Interest groups are groups and organizations that create changes in public policies. Policies like the issue on flag burning can be a topic that an interest group can persuade a candidate for who might be running for office. (Interest groups, DYE, CHt9) will back up a candidate who they know will say something about flag burning. Interest groups main objective is to get certain polices changed. Hopefully in the future this issue can and will be fixed because it causes a lot of controversy. Regardless of what the constitution says many people believe that flag burning should not be allowed and used as a form of

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