So I was doing a bit more thinking on the remains of the Flag Desecration Amendment, and came to another realization or two.

First, it should be named Anti-Flag Desecration Amendment since they are trying to make flag desecration illegal, not legal.

Second, the dictionary definition of desecration:

desecrate

v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language; “desecrate a cemetary”; “violate the sanctity of the church”; “profane the name of God”

This implies that the creators of the term “flag desecration” believe the flag to be sacred. Inaccurate and misleading, to say the least. I respect what the American flag stands for, but I don’t worship it.