Since no one on this site ever reads long post (myself included) I thought I would repost the most important paragraph from my above post.
In the landmark decision of Texas v. Johnson (1989) that overturned anti flag buring laws Justice Brennan wrote: "If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." He later says the "constitutionally guaranteed freedom to be intellectually diverse or even contrary and the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order encompass the freedom to express publicly one's opinions about our flag, including those opinions which are defiant or contemptuous."
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