Sen. Bob Kerrey, medal of honor recipient: "America -- the home of the free and the brave -- is my home, and I give thanks to God that it is. America -- the home of the free and the brave -- does not need our government to protect us from those who burn a flag." www.c-span.org/clip/senate-...
I remember about 20ish years ago they tried to do a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. It didn’t happen.
I’m more worried about those who are burning down democracy.
#TexasVsJohnson Been there done that.
"My nation called, and I went. In the short time that I was there I don't remember giving the safety of our flag anywhere near the thought that I gave the safety of my men. I do remember thinking about going home, and I remember why that home felt so good to me. "
Full text of Bob Kerrey's speech on the Senate floor in July 1989: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opin...