Must be confusing that right of speaking freely with.........."HATE SPEECH"...no? Just think...those who burn the US flag are making a statement. They hate....homosexuals, etc., after all HATE SPEECH is often symbolized by action....thus those burning the flag must hate everyone that falls under the protection of that flag....they hate those people because of gender, ethnic origin, religion, race, disability, sexual preference...etc.,
Yep....FREE SPEECH is a grand thing.

That's what I see when I see someone burning the US FLAG.....they are protesting against all things that stands protected under that flag. But...then I consider the source...snowflake liberals....who don't even know what the hell they are protesting or what they themselves believe, as one has to have core values to demonstrate core values. They stand for nothing...yet fall for everything.
Having the "right" to speak....and having the intelligence to know when "NOT TO SPEAK", is called wisdom. One never learns anything by talking.