U. California students remove offensive American flag from 'inclusive' space

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U. California students remove offensive American flag from 'inclusive' space

 

Caleb Bonham and Kaitlyn SchallhornCampus Reform Reporter

 

on Mar 06, 2015 at 11:59 AM EDT

 

· The Associated Students of University of California, Irvine voted to ban hanging flags in its main lobby.

 

· The flag banning legislation passed with six yea votes, four nay, and two abstentions.

 

The Associated Students of University of California, Irvine (ASUCI) voted Tuesday to remove all flags, including American flags, from an inclusive space on campus because of their offensive nature.

 

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.”

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The United Hates of America

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We’re more than six years into the Obama Age — “Hope! Change!” — andeverybody hates everybody now:

 

The Associated Students of University of California, Irvine (ASUCI) voted Tuesday to remove all flags, including American flags, from an inclusive space on campus because of their offensive nature.

 

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.

http://theothermccain.com/2015/03/07/the-united-hates-of-america/

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IRVINE – UC Irvine's student government on Saturday shot down a ban on displaying the U.S. flag in its lobby.

The student council's executive cabinet decided the flag should remain - reversing a ban on displaying flags that the council passed last week.

The executive board vetoed the prohibition on Saturday in a private meeting.

The vote was 4-1.

 

The ban on the flag was approved 6-4 on Thursday by the Associated Students’ Legislative Council. It banned the U.S. flag and all other nations' flags from the common lobby area of student council offices. Council members said that promoted “inclusiveness.” Two people abstained.

 

 

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