Symbolic spech: using a symbol or gesture to convey meaning, especially political meaning.
Symbolic speech is the expression of opinions or positions by means other than the spoken or written word. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech but not only in the spoken and written form. It protects symbolic speech as well. Burning flags and making certain hand gestures are some examples of symbolic speech.
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Symbolic spech: using a symbol or gesture to convey meaning, especially political meaning.
Symbolic speech is the expression of opinions or positions by means other than the spoken or written word. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech but not only in the spoken and written form. It protects symbolic speech as well. Burning flags and making certain hand gestures are some examples of symbolic speech.
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Lincoln Memorial would have been a symbolic location for the ideals of Lincoln to be expressed in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech. Abraham Lincoln was the driving for behind the Emancipation Proclamation which granted freedom to slaves and gave them rights as U.S. citizens.
It is legal to display any flag in the US. This is a matter of freedom of symbolic speech.
You need to specify what is it that is symbolic.