Should it be illegal to burn the Irish 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.
52% Yes |
48% No |
48% Yes |
35% No |
4% Yes, and it should be illegal to burn any nation’s flag |
7% No, I don’t respect anyone who does but they should have the right to do so |
3% 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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Unique answers from Ireland users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@9LLKJC97 days7D
No, but the British and Irish press should not sanitize the most salient of these incidents, which happen in bonfires in loyalist strongholds in the six counties every July. These are hateful, divisive, and ugly spectacles which Irish people not only in the six counties but also in the South and in the diaspora find deeply offensive and we get impatient with coverage of this as a mere community tradition rather than the bigoted supremacist disgrace that it is.
@9FTNFTG7mos7MO
If you burnt it in your home, then no its not illegal, but if its in a public space or on someone else’s property, you should be fined and punished.
@9FLJ4BF7mos7MO
Yes, it should be illegal and should be disposed of properly but no one should go to jail for it only if it was done countless times and began to feel violent
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@9BLQXF912mos12MO
No, but there should be a fine
@9BK6M6412mos12MO
I don’t support it but it should not become illegal.
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