First Draft Card Burning, Then American Flag Burning and Now the Koran

Submitted by Mark Preston (United States), Apr 7, 2011 at 12:22

In 1964 students started burning their draft cards in supposed protest of the Vietnam War. By 1968, "leaders" of the New Left Movement were seen wearing American flags as clothing. By 2008-9 (American) flag burning was -all over the news-. The Left howled it's head off about "civil" liberties. The notion that the U.S. flag had to be burned to protect free speech showed that to protect the First Amendment, one had to burn the flag that represents the First Amendment. (Common sense anyone?).

In 1998 the Pastor and parishioners of the Westboro Baptist Church began protesting . . . just about everything: homosexuality, war -you name it. The U.S. Supreme Court granted them privilege in this. So, forgive me, anyone reading this, when I say: "if you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas". And you Lefties, before you jump all over this, howling in outrage, know that I was a "student protester" in the 1960s, voted for Geo. McGovern, etc.

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