Students at UC Irvine vote to ban American flag

[Grahambo]

UC Irvine Students Vote To Remove American Flag From Campus Lobby « CBS Los Angeles

IRVINE (CBSLA.com) — Students at the University of California, Irvine, have voted for a more “inclusive space” by banning the American flag on part of the school’s campus.
Under resolution R50-70 passed Thursday, the Associated Students of University of California, Irvine (ASUCI) voted to remove all flags – including Old Glory – from a student government work room on campus, according to the ASUCI website.

A portion of the resolution reads: “(F)lags construct paradigms of conformity and sets homogenized standards for others to obtain which in this country typically are idolized as freedom, equality, and democracy.”

Authored by student Matthew Guevara, the resolution goes on to state that since “the American flag has been flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism”, its display “does not express only selective aspects of its symbolism but the entire spectrum of its interpretation.”

After citing freedom of speech as a “valued right that ASUCI supports,” the resolution states that “freedom of speech, in a space that aims to be as inclusive as possible can be interpreted as hate speech.”

The resolution concludes with the following: “Let it be resolved that ASUCI make every effort to make the Associated Students main lobby space as inclusive as possible. Let it further be resolved that no flag, of any nation, may be hanged on the walls of the Associate Student main lobby space.”

A final tally ended in six votes in favor of the resolution, four opposed, and two abstaining.
In a message posted on the group’s Facebook page Thursday evening, ASUCI President Reza Zomorrodian voiced his opposition to the resolution and said officials have yet to decide on a course of action regarding the vote.

“I stand firmly against this piece of legislation, though I understand the authors intent and supporters intent, I disagree with the solution [the ASUCI Legislative Council] has come to,” Zomorrodian said.

It wasn’t immediately clear when a final decision would be made.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Good grief....

 

[Irish YJ]

I guess they forgot what country UCI resides in.

Edit - if the American flag makes you uncomfortable, get the fuck out this country.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Disgraceful.

 

[Irish YJ]

Disgraceful.

More than disgraceful. I'm one of the ones in the camp that is comfortable with folks immigrating to US in the right way. The right way in my opinion is learning the language, respecting the country (and it's flag), contributing to the betterment of people, and paying taxes. If you can't do those things, don't come, don't stay, and don't let the door hit you in the ass. They should take away all federal and state funding, and remove any tax benefit that UCI enjoys if they remove the flag.

 

[NDPhilly]

lol college liberals are just insane. We had our winter formal that was themed "Arabian Nights" postponed because a couple white kids went to the dean since they thought it was "racially insensitive"

 

[Irish YJ]

Waiting for the ultra liberals to jump in and defend.... 10, 9, 8, .....

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Waiting for the ultra liberals to jump in and defend.... 10, 9, 8, .....

"Not everyone likes to look at the world's symbol for moral corruptness, genocide, imperialistic approaches to foreign policy, and racism. You are an ignorant xenophobe if you think the American flag is something special that needs to be displayed everywhere."

*Sure I left a few of their asinine points out, but it will get there soon enough.

 

[Nothingman]

First thing that came to mind after reading the article...

 

[GoIrish41]

Waiting for the ultra liberals to jump in and defend.... 10, 9, 8, .....

Not this one

 

[Irish YJ]

"Not everyone likes to look at the world's symbol for moral corruptness, genocide, imperialistic approaches to foreign policy, and racism. You are an ignorant xenophobe if you think the American flag is something special that needs to be displayed everywhere."

*Sure I left a few of their asinine points out, but it will get there soon enough.

Well since they put it that way, I understand
lol
It's sad that we let some of this shit go on.

doesn't matter. in 100 years, a Hispanic or Asian flag will be flying anyway.

The new normal: Asians, Hispanics will soon outnumber current white majority

 

[IrishinSyria]

Waiting for the ultra liberals to jump in and defend.... 10, 9, 8, .....

*poof*

Did someone summon me? Am I supposed to care that bunch of idiot college students voted to remove all flags from some room somewhere? Seems like free speech in action to me, so it's got my thumbs up.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

If this upsets you, take peace in the fact that the snowflakes responsible for this policy will be in for a very rude awakening when they try to enter the work force.

"What do you mean my degree in Women's Studies doesn't qualify me for this position? Stop micro-aggressing against me!"

 

[IrishinSyria]

Well since they put it that way, I understand
lol
It's sad that we let some of this shit go on.

doesn't matter. in 100 years, a Hispanic or Asian flag will be flying anyway.

The new normal: Asians, Hispanics will soon outnumber current white majority

Yea! Because Hispanics and Asians aren't also American, AMIRITE!

 

[Buster Bluth]

The only thing worse than this is how Fox News and every conservative outlet in America will blow this up for the next news cycle as "more evidence colleges have been overrun by the anti-American liberals!!!!"

We've got about 14 hours until Glenn Beck has a schitzophrenic's wall of charts, labels, faces of Marx/Lenin/Obama/Mao, and arrows pointing around and around connecting all sorts of bullshit to this.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Well since they put it that way, I understand

lol

It's sad that we let some of this shit go on.



doesn't matter. in 100 years, a Hispanic or Asian flag will be flying anyway.



The new normal: Asians, Hispanics will soon outnumber current white majority

Minority immigrants have nothing to do with issues like this IMO, it's our incessant guilt/feeling of need to appease them by banning our books, demonizing our founding fathers, making our holidays/traditions taboo, etc. I'd be curious to know how many international students actually gave a flip about the flag being flown, bet it wasn't many, if any.

 

[ACamp1900]

UC IRVINE... Banning the flag... And it's conservative?? Lol, lost. Me. Someone's never been to Irvine, or an Obama rally for that matter

 

[Buster Bluth]

It should be bulldozed because of a decade-old memory that you can't even piece together?

 

[Buster Bluth]

This should probably be emphasized from the article so our responses can be proportional:

voted to remove all flags – including Old Glory – from a student government work room on campus

 

[Grahambo]

This should probably be emphasized from the article so our responses can be proportional:

"The Associated Students of University of California (ASUCI) passed a resolution March 3 that would remove the Stars & Stripes along with every other flag from the lobby of a complex housing the offices of the student government."

To be precise.

 

[fightingirish26]

Well since they put it that way, I understand
lol
It's sad that we let some of this shit go on.

doesn't matter. in 100 years, a Hispanic or Asian flag will be flying anyway.

The new normal: Asians, Hispanics will soon outnumber current white majority

So the American flag is a white flag?

 

[Irish YJ]

It should be bulldozed because of a decade-old memory that you can't even piece together?

If you give me a couple days, I'll create a power point for you.

 

[zelezo vlk]

No Flag No Peace

 

[dshans]

*poof*

Did someone summon me? Am I supposed to care that bunch of idiot college students voted to remove all flags from some room somewhere? Seems like free speech in action to me, so it's got my thumbs up.

Flashbacks.

Push comes to shove

Not the best thang, perhaps.

"The Better Nature."

Let it rain, let it rain down on me.

I stand or bow to no flag.

I may nod to some.

 

[Irish YJ]

So the American flag is a white flag?

I don't think I said that, but I guess that's how you read it.

 

[DonnieNarco]

I didn't know flags had races. What is our flag's race?

 

[fightingirish26]

I don't think I said that, but I guess that's how you read it.

You implied that once whites are no longer the majority in America, a different (i.e. Asian/Hispanic) flag will be flown, which led to me inferring that you thought the Stars and Stripes represented a particular ethnicity

 

[Buster Bluth]

I don't think I said that, but I guess that's how you read it.

How could you expect anyone to read this comment differently?

doesn't matter. in 100 years, a Hispanic or Asian flag will be flying anyway.

The new normal: Asians, Hispanics will soon outnumber current white majority

That comment should be bulldozed.

 

[Irish YJ]

How could you expect anyone to read this comment differently?



That comment should be bulldozed.

You're sensationalizing the fact that the article's title said "white". My point is that current immigration is not sustainable. the American Way (I'm sure you'll take the opportunity with this comment to throw darts at the American Way, so see Steelhead's post near the top) will be only a distant memory in 100 years.

 

[DonnieNarco]

What is the American Way that only white people can do?