Should it be illegal to burn the Israeli flag?
Flag desecration is any act that is carried out with the intention of damaging or destroying a national flag in public. This is commonly done in an effort to make a political statement against a nation or its policies. Some nations have acts that ban flag desecration while others have laws that protect the right to destroy a flag as a part of free speech. Some of these laws distinguish between a national flag and those of other countries.
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Response rates from 1.4k Social Democracy voters.
42% Yes |
58% No |
37% Yes |
41% No |
6% Yes, and it should be illegal to burn any nation’s flag |
11% No, I don’t respect anyone who does but they should have the right to do so |
4% No, this is a violation of free speech |
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2% No, it’s just a piece of cloth that doesn’t represent what it should |
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@9WPNHYH1mo1MO
If they mean it in a threatening manner and mean it as a violent stance towards jews, then it should be viewed as a hate crime, so yes.
@9FG7MNV1yr1Y
In extreme circumstances, burning the flag of a nation that has completely lost sight of its origins and no longer represents its people, or perhaps is a threat to the people, seems an appropriate gesture.
@972Z82M2yrs2Y
There is a song in the simpsons about this
@8RSPRYZ4yrs4Y
Relative to the situation.
@8RC7BCD4yrs4Y
While yes, this could be viewed as antisemetic(especially if done and/or seen by neo-nazi and/or anti Israel groups), it would also be a violation of free speech to ban it. Maybe a compromise of having the right to burn other specific institutional flags(for example: army, MDA, and Police flags)
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