Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6335 Man we have a dark future ahead of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman25 Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Then why live in this country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Then why live in this countryb****es gotta live somewhere 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.” FML...that's the god damn point you nimwits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇佐見 蓮子@C94 Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I think i threw up in my mouth a bit. I'm not even american. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 We do have too many flags hanging around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 * facepalm * The point of the American flag is to express national pride, because we live in America.We don't fly the flag to say "screw any other country that isn't the red/white and blue". (I would assume the same would go for other countries with their national flag) Yeah, the US has a history of colonizing other nations in the past, but aren't other countries guilty of the same? Although it begs the question "Is this Matthew Guevara even a citizen of the United States?"I won't render judgment as to whether he's an exchange student from another country or a US national, at least not right now. Also the part about anything being removed if someone finds it offensive...yeah, what the hell?Refer to that article about restricting free speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 > Student Association Big surprise there. You don't see anybody complaining about literately every other country in the world taking pride in their flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 > Student Association Big surprise there. You don't see anybody complaining about literately every other country in the world taking pride in their flag. That is because American pride is a joke to everyone. We should bomb them to show how proud we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihop Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 As ridiculous as I find the USA's veneration of their flag there's really no harm in doing so on a university campus. This is just a bunch of crackpots who want to be involved in something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 That is because American pride is a joke to everyone. We should bomb them to show how proud we are. MFW Trump browses YCM /s Watch these same bastards turn around and talk about how offensive the title "United States" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 As ridiculous as I find the USA's veneration of their flag there's really no harm in doing so on a university campus. This is just a bunch of crackpots who want to be involved in something.Why should we not be proud of the representation of the country that reared us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 wat It's not like the flags were even being hung wrongly or upside down or whatnot Those who proposed this should check their privileges, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 While I get what you're saying, I get what they're saying. Some flags can be quite politically charged and carry certain stigmata in spite of their saluters' intentions. Like this one: Sure, there are those who advocate for the Confederate Flag as a symbol of "heritage not hate", but it's hard to shake its pro-slavery reputation from those who'd flown it with less than pure intentions. I can see why if the space is meant to be inclusive, it could make some people uncomfortable, particularly if they were being discriminated against based on their ethnic background and wanted to find asylum. Planting a tree will help the land that reared you more than planting a flag. But that's just my two defunct Canadian pennies. Seriously, we banned pennies the other year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 On topic: the flag of a country is meant to represent that country. Everything about a country, for better or worse is represented within it's flag. I can understand why people would be offended by the history a flag carries, and some of it's ideologies, but it is irrational to take down the symbol of a country simply because you don't like parts of it's history. embassies for example, represent all countries in unity by waving their flags side by side, flags aren't what these people should be fighting, because that's scapegoating a symbol (and not even the right one) in place of the problem. [spoiler=slightly off topic]The hell is wrong with these people? do they even know what adversity means? these are the kinds of kids that don't understand why they fail and blame everything but their own incompetence. anybody who's faced real trouble in their life would understand that a flag is the least of their problems. I'm not going to say i hate these people, because they really do have good intentions. but i hate their f***ing mindset. they expect the world around them to accommodate every wish they have simply because they've never broken out of their special snowflake mentality. everybody in the entire damn world is offended by something or other, you cannot remove all the things that offend people, because there would literally be nothing left at the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicmemesbro Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 This has happened before at a school. Students where banned from wearing shorts that had the flag on them. But this was because they where using it as a white some anti immigrant gang affiliation to intimidate minorities. I suppose in some circumstances its called for. Its the connotation that changes its meaning I think. Take the swastika for example. It was originally a Hindi and native American symbol that had a completely different meaning than what it is known for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 This has happened before at a school. Students where banned from wearing shorts that had the flag on them. But this was because they where using it as a white some anti immigrant gang affiliation to intimidate minorities. I suppose in some circumstances its called for. Its the connotation that changes its meaning I think. Take the swastika for example. It was originally a Hindi and native American symbol that had a completely different meaning than what it is known for today. Unforunately the Nazis twisted the funking Swastika. Iirc it was a peace symbol until those bastards got their hands on it. God damn ridiculous that all this safe space bullshit is interrupting quality education, and it's funking insulting that these kids are trying to get the flag of their own country taken down. funking embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Unforunately the Nazis twisted the funking Swastika.They literally twisted it. As in, rotated it 45°. OT: I actually agree with Polaris here... To a point. While there could be a rational in banning a flag (just as the Nazi swastika is banned in Germany) I really don't think it applies here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Off-Topic: I thought the Nazi Swastika is not only rotated but mirrored as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Wolf Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I see no reason for the flag to be banned in the lobby but there really shouldn't be too much backlash. It isn't Northern Ireland. Fly a Union Flag on the city hall all year round and decided to change to 18 days a year and you get Unionist riots and the government trying to make a flag which incorporates both Nationalist and Unionist cultures. There is no real reason for it other than they don't like each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I honestly don't see a problem with flying the Nazi flag either. Are you an insensitive jabroni for doing so? Yes, but it shouldn't be illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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