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Okay, but democracy and society are about the majority view.
Some might say almost the opposite: our society's implementation of democracy, a representative republic in which people do NOT vote directly on the laws and issues of the day, is more about protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority.

As for flag-burning, this principle couldn't be any simpler: the flag symbolizes the right to burn the flag. This fact makes the act of doing so both fully protected and completely counter-productive,.
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-- DLF