And that's the problem.  People who think the flag itself matters more than the freedom it represents.  You talk about fighting for freedom, but seek to compel speech.  You talk about choice in religion, but don't realize that saying the pledge is a violation of many religious beliefs.  And let's not talk about the irony of "clean water" to a student in Michigan.

Freedom is meaningless if it's only freedom to be the way you think I ought.