Speech implies intended communication of a message. Burning the flag in a box of discarded junk from Grandma's house is intentional, but without message. I cou

Speech implies intended communication of a message. Burning the flag in a box of discarded junk from Grandma's house is intentional, but without message. I could conceive of that being made illegal... but so incredibly rare as to be pointless. Burning the flag as part of the solemn, prescribed way to burn a flag has intent and message, and is speech. So is burning the flag to protest the US involvement in whatever atrocity the government is currently involved in.