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| U. California students remove offensive American flag from 'inclusive' space | |
| 2015-03-07 | |
[CAMPUSREFORM.ORG] The Associated Students of University of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, Irvine (ASUCI) voted Tuesday to remove all flags, including American flags, from an inclusive space on campus because of their offensive nature.
"[F]lags construct paradigms of conformity and sets [sic] homogenized standards for others to obtain which in this country typically are idolized as freedom, equality, and democracy," the bill reads. The legislation argues that flags may be interpreted differently; the American flag, for example, can represent "American exceptionalism and superiority," as well as oppression. "[T]he American flag has been flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism," the bill continues, arguing that "symbolism has negative and positive aspects that are interpreted differently by individuals." The anti-flag hanging bill adds that free speech, such as flags in inclusive spaces, can be interpreted as hate speech. "[F]reedom of speech, in a space that aims to be as inclusive as possible[,] can be interpreted as hate speech," the bill reads. "Let it be resolved that ASUCI make every effort to make the Associated Students main lobby space as inclusive as possible." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 Peter Puffer. |
| Posted by: Percy Shearong1083 2015-03-07 21:28 |
| #16 Guevara's offensive to me, let's remove him. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-03-07 16:05 |
| #15 I wish I had the time and money to enroll as a student and the declare that everything in their inclusive space was offensive to ME. Then when they didn't remove it, I would sue. I mean everything -the floors, the walls, everything. See how they like it. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-03-07 15:18 |
| #14 Well, they certainly should exclude touching any American money for the same reasons. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-03-07 13:19 |
| #13 Pure puerile antagonism. Watch out, retaliation often follows provocation! |
| Posted by: Bill Bonaparte9662 2015-03-07 12:48 |
| #12 Guevara - any resemblance - Young Che left |
| Posted by: Vinegar Grundy5100 2015-03-07 10:24 |
| #11 "If I had a son, he'd look like Matthew" - Che Guevara |
| Posted by: Bigfoot Dark Lord of the Swedes1211 2015-03-07 10:16 |
| #10 Is Matthew Guevara channeling "Che?" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-03-07 09:46 |
| #9 Social Ecology Representative Matthew Guevara "you want fries with that?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-03-07 09:09 |
| #8 Nope. Look up James Schmitz' The Demon Breed. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-07 08:16 |
| #7 Thank you g(r)omgoru, but a my late father used to say "When you see a communist movement call it out, don't give them a free pass". His feelings about this might have come from having lived under CCCP/USSR control for 25 years. By the way g(r)omgoru - your nim is it a word play on "Thunder Mountain" in Russian ? грома гора |
| Posted by: Hopper Greenling5433 2015-03-07 08:12 |
| #6 Hopper Greenling5433, I believe you're living in the past. They are not subversive organization, we are. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-07 07:51 |
| #5 Please lift the veil which has descended in front of your eyes, this is the action of a subversive organization known to most of you by another name. Read between the lines. YCLUSA's Irvine Branch of SCYCL gains a victory, we will see if this continues and spreads through the other associations though out the USA. |
| Posted by: Hopper Greenling5433 2015-03-07 07:46 |
| #4 Back seat drivers of civilization. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-07 04:17 |
| #3 "[F]reedom of speech, in a space that aims to be as inclusive as possible[,] can be interpreted as hate speech," the bill reads. Only approved freedom of speech is allowed. Also I read one of the reasons was flags created same thought and compliance. Much like liberal thought police and doctrine like they spew. Freedom is slavery. War is peace. Ignorance is knowledge. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-03-07 01:18 |
| #2 I'm guessing that events in their little corner of Nirvana won't be started with the Pledge of Allegiance ..... At least, they will most likely not be burning flags. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2015-03-07 01:18 |
| #1 Clearly this would not had happened iff the Mexican, Canadian, + Greenland flags, + NOT a few Soon-to-be-Nuclear NGOS e.g. ISIS + Al-Nusra, were flown next to Amerika's in righteous OWG NAU indignation = glory. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-07 00:58 |