Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion Analysis

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Acceptance; noun: the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group. You would think acceptance would be a universal norm’ by now in 2016, yet that’s not the case as shown by these texts: Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion, American Flag Stands for Freedom, and The Lottery. The quote “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves”, by Barbara Jordan, shows to have meaning for each story in this unit. In each story, they all show a form of acceptance or they show discrimination, especially when it comes to accepting others. In Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion both acceptance and discrimination are shown, in American Flag Stands for Freedom acceptance is shown, but in What, of this Goldfish Would you Wish? , discrimination …show more content…
To get this essay going, from the text Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion, acceptance is shown throughout the reading, but so is discrimination. The very first sentence says “We decline, therefore, to create for the flag an exception to the joust of principles protected by the First Amendment.” (Lines 1-2). This basically is summarized by the fact that they are not going to make an exception, and they do not encourage it or say it was right but they don’t have a criminal offense act towards it. They show discrimination towards the people expressing their concerns by burning the flag at this point. Now ironically, we started off with the first few sentences of the story, and now we’re ending with the last few. “The way to preserve the flag’s special role is not to punish those who feel differently about these matters. It is to persuade them that they are wrong.” (lines 37-39). Here, the