An atrocity to every soldier whose ever fought to protect this great country

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Lil Wayne - Steps on the US flag - God Bless America


Lil Wayne defends trampling American flag while shooting new video
By Hollie McKayPop TartsPublished June 18, 2013FoxNews.com


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"Lil Wayne's exploits are an atrocity to every soldier whose ever fought to protect this great country. His lack of maturity and respect for this country and our flag will without a doubt cost him in album sales," publicist Angie Meyer Olszewski told FOX411's Pop Tarts column. "This video has gone too far. Lil Wayne's actions are just plain dumb. What more can be said?"

Plenty more, according to the Twitterverse.

“That’s disrespectful to the extreme,” one tweeted on Monday, some called the multiple Grammy winner an “idiot” who should be “locked up,” and several others urged a “boycott” of this ‘ignorant POS.”

Media critic and author of the “Death of Free Speech," John Ziegler, said that as a free speech advocate, he supports the right to protest against America in this fashion, but also believes Americans offended by such acts should also express their free speech rights by not commercially supporting anything that Lil Wayne does.

“A boycott here would be perfectly appropriate," Ziegler said. "But unlikely to be effective because his fan base will not see any negative coverage of this act from the news sources they are likely to consume."

Others don’t see the performance as anything to be too upset about.

“Lil Wayne is an artist and a rock star. Musicians have been using the American flag in album art, photo shoots and music videos to stir up controversy and make a socio-political statements for decades now,” said entertainment reporter Jenn Hoffman. “This shouldn’t be a surprise or a big deal. It’s rock and roll.”

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