I've always thought that burning flags was wrongly framed as a free speech issue. It's not: it's a property rights issue. You should of course have the freedom to burn any flag you want provided that it's your actual flag that you own (USA flag, Israel flag, Pride flag, Communist flag, etc) and you have the right to burn stuff in the location you choose. (for instance, standing up in the middle of a crowded movie theater and burning a flag could be a hazard)  You should not have the freedom to burn somebody else's flag. The alleged* crime here is that the burned flag was another person's property.  * I said allegedly above because we don't know if this was a false flag by an attention-seeking faggot, which I'd bet is a lot more common than most people think.