A Conversation With My American Culture Teacher

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For context, we're reading Farewell to Manzanar and we were talking about the point where Papa burns his flag from Hiroshima.

My teacher told us that it's actually a crime to burn the American flag, and you can go to jail for it. I asked if that wasn't technically a violation of the right to political protest and freedom of speech, and she said "Well, it's in the Constitution, so it must be law."

Which is. What???????????

1. No? It's not?????

2. YOU JUST ENTIRELY DODGED THE QUESTION, GENIUS. THAT ISN'T AN ANSWER TO WHAT I WAS ASKING.

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