US whistleblower Edward Snowden responded to Elon Musk’s poll about what should be done with a person who ‘disrespects the American flag’, saying Americans’ freedom of expression is ‘constitutionally protected’ for a very good reason.
“Proposed law: if someone tears down the American flag and puts up another flag in its place, that person should get a free (but mandatory) one-way trip to that flag’s country,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday posted on X with options ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’
Reacting to Musk’s polls, Edward Snowden wrote, “First of all, Americans’ freedom of expression, which includes all manner of flag-trampling and other unlikable acts, is constitutionally protected for a very good reason. Secondly, what are you going to do when they tear it down and replace it with this?” referring to a picture of fast food giant McDonald’s flag in his post.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about alleged espionage by the US National Security Agency (NSA) created a huge global controversy back in 2013.
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