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| Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus |
| 2011-05-11 |
| The feel-good story of the day. A mob of angry protesters chased a would-be flag burner at Louisiana State University (LSU) off campus Wednesday to chants of "USA, USA." Seriously wrong campus to try this shit on, dude. As the would-be flag burner read the statement, a crowd around him erupted into cheers and jeers, many shouting "Go to hell, hippie, go to hell." Note: before attempting to burn US flag, always ask yourself, Is this an SEC school? "The students started yelling obscenities at him. People started throwing bottles at him." And those were just the sorority girls. Haralson, who filmed the protest, said Haas was surrounded by police officers on horseback and as they protest swelled, they moved him to a safer location. A safer location being San Francisco. "At that point, all the students began rushing him, continuing to throw trash at him," he said. "He was finally escorted into a cop car in the street and students were banging on the cop car." And I imagine the cops had a few kind words for him also. |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #3 Probably lucky that he was only 'chased;' if'n those boys had had a few beers, it might not have ended like that (dammit!) |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2011-05-11 23:02 |
| #2 I remember one ROTC cadet underclassman, who was rather large and brutal, but somewhat naive. Out of curiosity, he purchased a copy of 'The Militant' from a pimply faced, fat beard selling them on campus. That lasted until he met a small, but hard, cadet upperclassman, who gave him a righteous snarl about every penny spent on that rag going to buy AK-47s for communists to kill his buddies, etc. I saw the pimply faced, fat beard, a short time later. Still selling 'The Militant', but now with both his thumbs in metal loop casts. In any event, I think the young underclassman eventually was made into a fine, upstanding officer. A good attitude will take you far. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-11 21:10 |
| #1 I think he should have been allowed to exercise his Constitutional right to express himself by burning the Flag. And he was - he just didn't have the courage to do it while being harassed. Just think how he would be dealt with if he went to, say, Tehran, and drew derogatory cartoons of Mohammed... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-05-11 20:48 |