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"Burning the flag" is not a right.

"Burning the flag" is among those acts one should not do, according to the US Code.

"Freedom of speech" is a right, more particularly one of the rights given to us by God, described in the Bill of Rights, and secured by the blood of the citizens of the nation whose flag the jerk in Wausau was desecrating.

Somehow, over time, "burning the flag" has become an act that some consider an expression of their freedom of speech.

But in and of itself, it's not a right. It's quite wrong. And, logically, burning the US flag in protest is about as circular as one can get in this realm; in doing so, the actor is actually denouncing a nation that protects the right of free speech. Without this nation securing that right, how does the actor then burn a flag in protest?

I still think I disagree with you when you say it's not a right. It is legal to to desecrate a flag. Therefore, someone has the right to do so. I agree with you that it is something one shouldn't do, particularly according to the US code, but there are many things one shouldn't do that one has the right to do.