re: I would participate in a flag burning to protest Trump's tweet

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The law has defined fighting words.
It is a long established doctrine in Constitutional Law.

To some, the burning of the flag would fall under that category.

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"Fighting words" are words directed at a particular person amounting to a challenge to an immediate physical fight.

If you knocked on your neighbor's door and when he answered burned a flag with a sign that said "F*CK YOU DAVE" then the First Amendment would likely not protect your speech.

But just burning a flag in protest in the street within view of people who would take offense? Nah. It's still protected speech.