Warning: Graphic language
Beware: Setting fire to flags could get you burned.
That’s what a clueless protester found out in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, according to this video shot and posted by a USA Today reporter.
It wasn’t immediately clear what flag was on fire when a protester stomped on it and briefly got caught on fire. As onlookers screamed and gasped, the person stumbled backward and appeared to smother out the flames.
“Burn that f—king white capitalist sh-t the f–k down,” a voice could he heard near the camera.
When the protester caught fire, that same voice observed: “Yeah burn your leg off. What are you doing, what are you doing?!”
Another voice added: “What an idiot.”
A man burns a modified American flag during a protest outside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.ReutersComments
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