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>The act is a "tribute," stemming from a motive of admiration, not malice. NCP laws were originally designed to combat "revenge porn," where the primary intent is to harass, humiliate, or cause distress. Applying these laws to an act of perceived admiration is a misapplication of a statute designed to punish a different kind of harm.
The correct analytical framework is the centuries-old tradition of defiling a public effigy. This is a recognized form of symbolic, often political, speech directed not at a private individual to cause fear, but at a public symbol to communicate a message to a public audience. The act of burning a politician in effigy is protected not because it is polite, but because its meaning is understood as symbolic condemnation, not a credible threat of arson or murder. Its purpose is to express an idea—be it contempt, opposition, or in this case, a form of grotesque commentary on the nature of celebrity worship.