UC Irvine and the American Flag

[RunForTheRoses]

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6335

[Clocker]

The bill, R50-70, was authored by Social Ecology Representative Matthew Guevara, and accuses all flags, especially, the American flag, of being “symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism.”

“[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 anti-flag hanging bill adds that free speech, such as flags in inclusive spaces, can be interpreted as hate speech.

Social Ecology? that guy has a great career path ahead of him.

Free speech is hate speech. Ignorance is strength. War is peace. And we certainly don't want any symbols of patriotism in a environment of higher education.

America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within. -- Stalin

[Tom]

Nothing retards free thinking like a university.

[sandpit]

Idiotic decision reversed, all is well:

A five-member executive cabinet overseeing UC Irvine’s student government on Saturday vetoed a decision to ban the display of all flags, including the American flag.

“We fundamentally disagree with the actions taken by ASUCI Legislative Council and their passage of [the ban] as counter to the ideals that allow us to operate as an autonomous student government organization with the freedoms of speech and expression associated with it,” the cabinet said in a prepared statement.