A video recorded by a Twitter user shows transgender activists burning the American flag at a march in San Francisco, Townhall reports.
Twitter user “Mx Emily Rose,” who later tweeted that she did not play a role in the flag burning, was present at the march and recorded the incident.
The video shows marchers setting the flag ablaze while others cheer in the background.
#TransMarch flag burning footage pic.twitter.com/IHRCwZftFq
— mx emily a rose (@nexxylove) June 25, 2016
#TransMarch burning the flag as protest. pic.twitter.com/ueQQoogP1K
— mx emily a rose (@nexxylove) June 25, 2016
If you are more offended at the sight of a flag burning than you are with the rate of violence against transfolk; you might be a fascist.
— mx emily a rose (@nexxylove) June 26, 2016
A majority of users who voted in a Twitter poll said they were offended by the flag-burning, which is legal in the U.S.
The video I recorded of an American flag being burned at #TransMarch has sparked a controversy. What do you think?
— mx emily a rose (@nexxylove) June 26, 2016
Since there's some confusion: I had no involvement in the burning of the flag. I don't know the people who did. If you have questions DM me.
— mx emily a rose (@nexxylove) June 26, 2016
Interesting: people who find burning a flag as unacceptable seem to have no problem suggesting that I be burned alive for recording a video.
— mx emily a rose (@nexxylove) June 26, 2016