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As a veteran myself, I took an oath to defend the constitution, which also includes amendments, in this case, the first amendment. What this female veteran did was violate the peaceful protesters' right to free speech, because her feelings were hurt. Feelings don't trump rights. She had no right to...
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Best answer: As a veteran myself, I took an oath to defend the constitution, which also includes amendments, in this case, the first amendment. What this female veteran did was violate the peaceful protesters' right to free speech, because her feelings were hurt. Feelings don't trump rights. She had no right to intervene and violated her oath by doing so. She also stole private property, then resisted the order of the cops to return the property and to be placed under arrest.
It is not okay to stop a peaceful protester, just because you don't believe in their statement or actions. She could have talked to them about what it is their protesting and inform them of why she feels their protest is wrong. She could have held her own counter-protest too. Either would have been okay. Under no circumstances is it legal to take one's possessions; that's called theft.
I do not stand with this veteran, however I do, for the rights of free speech, support the protesters with their physical actions to trample the flag, because it is their right to do what they want with their property. What I don't know of is what they were protesting. I haven't found that out yet, nor dug around for that info.