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College Stops Flying US Flag Entirely After Flag-Burning Incident

2016-11-21

Hampshire College in Massachusetts has announced that it will no longer fly the U.S. flag at all in response to an incident where the flag was taken down and burned. The president of the college says that by getting rid of the flag the school will be able to focus on other issues like halting Islamophobia and promoting gay rights.
Not on teaching anybody anything worthwhile.
The mess for Hampshire College started a week and a half ago, after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. The school responded to Trump’s victory by keeping the U.S. flag at half-staff, as if in mourning, which upset some community members. Then, on the night before Veterans Day, somebody took the flag down and set it on fire. While the motive isn’t known, there have been many examples of students burning U.S. flags to protest Trump’s electoral victory.

Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#12 You forget placing a terrible curse on the site.

Posted by: Jumbo Elmilet3928 2016-11-21 23:26

#11 I would take a flame thrower to this place.

Posted by: newc 2016-11-21 21:52

#10 Things they are a changing since the Battle of New Market:

The VMI Corps of Cadets fought as a unit at the Battle of New Market, Virginia, on May 15, 1864. The cadets, numbering 257, were organized into a battalion of four companies of Infantry and one section of Artillery. Ten cadets were killed in battle or died later from the effects of their wounds; 45 were wounded. The youngest participating cadet was fifteen; the oldest twenty-five.

Summary:

On May 10, 1864, the VMI Corps of Cadets was ordered to join Gen. John C. Breckinridge's Confederate forces near Staunton, Virginia. After marching nearly 85 miles northward, the Corps arrived at New Market on Sunday morning May 15, 1864. Gen. Franz Sigel's Union troops, positioned atop Bushong's Hill, raked the Confederate line with cannon and musketry creating a gap in the line. Remarkably, the cadets helped close the gap, allowing the Confederate forces to regroup and push back the Union army. Breckenridge forced Sigel and his men to retreat, securing the battlefield for the Confederacy. Many cadets lost their footwear in the freshly plowed soil, turned to thick mud after several days of rain. That section of the battlefield became known as the “Field of Lost Shoes.”

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-11-21 15:24

#9 You did it with malice afore though didn't ya, Matt you got a mean streak. I like that.

Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-21 13:09

#8 But the Mexican.flag would be ok right?

And the ISIS flag?

Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-11-21 09:52

#7 Burn the college down, plow it under and sow the furrows with salt.

Posted by: DarthVader 2016-11-21 09:30

#6 One of the small but very rewarding experiences of my life was to walk into a bookstore on the Amherst town square and ask for a copy of Decision Points by W. I had never actually seen a head explode.

Posted by: Matt 2016-11-21 09:17

#5 Bullingly rewarded. Expect more of it.

Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2016-11-21 09:00

#4 Burn an American flag and nothing happens other than a proclamation of the need to protect Islamic and gay rights. Burn an Islamic flag or a rainbow flag and you might get off with something short of capital punishment if lucky.

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-11-21 09:00

#3 halting Islamophobia and promoting gay rights

At the same time?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-21 08:36

#2 Tuition = $48k/year w/o financial aid

Tuition plus Room and Board = $62k/year w/o financial aid

total enrollment = ~1400

btw, its in Amherst

Posted by: lord garth 2016-11-21 08:28

#1 Any excuse...

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-11-21 04:49

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