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Inside City Hall in Dallas, Texas in 1984, the Republicans are re-nominating Ronald Reagan for President. On the web site www.uoregon.edu, it said, "Outside, protesters chant, 'Reagan, Mondale which will it be? Either one means World War III' and 'Red, white and blue, we spit on you. You stand for plunder, you will go under.' Gregory, "Joey" Johnson pours kerosene on an American Flag, and sets it on fire." Texas penal code outlaws "…

…minority opinion because even though the First Amendment says we have freedom of speech, it does not specify that we can illegally burn a flag in the middle of a city street. This action that Johnson thought was a very important point to make, was very offensive to many Americans. The American flag does not represent Ronald Reagan or the Republican party, it represents our country and our Constitution that Johnson used to protect himself.