but why the flag burning?

sundyke:

Well, since you asked anon, let’s make this a resource post for the atrocities committed in the name of this flag: 

• A list of foreign governments that the USA has invaded or tampered with in the last 125 years
• A very brief history of Slavery in the United States of America 
• A very brief history of the Genocide committed against Native Americans over the past 500 years
• Abuse and detainment of asylum seekers, especially those already marginalized
• Framing and prosecuting many progressive people through the COINTELPRO 
• An entire subsection of the Huffington Post site dedicated to Police Racism
• Judges accept bribes from Private Prisons to jail more inmates
• Tear gas used in enforcing imperialism in Gaza used on protesters in Ferguson, American Manufactured
• Heroic Whistleblower Chelsea Manning imprisoned for leaking war crimes past Government Censorship 
• First and last American War to be Televised, Vietnam, had most vocal opposition; Government has since censored other wars

Feel free to add any other reasons to have every bit of contempt for the American Flag and everything it stands for! Burn away!