"It's pretty illuminating on the value system of some of those on the left that have no respect for property rights and would have you put in jail if you cut down a tree or simply developed on your own property--but if you just want to burn the flag on your property (or the publics for that matter) they have no problem with it and want to protect your right to do it."

So flag burning is comparable to private property rights or cutting down trees or development?
The conservative supreme court just dealt property rights a stiff upper cut. Local governments can now take your property for private, non-governmental, enterprise.