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Gay pride flag burned at Albion College

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Dan82, Nov 10, 2010.

  1. Dan82

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    http://www.wwmt.com/articles/flag-1383582-gay-newschannel.html

     
  2. TheEdend

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    It is free speech, but shouldn't it be a fire hazard to burn a flag in the school?
     
  3. Pseudojim

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    flag burning is just like book burning. Both retarded. The less attention paid the better.
     
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    I say let them burn it. I hope they do so publicly and with their identities known to all. Plaster it on national news with the people's face in full view. Burn it an be proud about it. I'm not afraid to stand in a crown flying it and be on every television channel. Ask that they do the same while burning it.
     
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    It's both a case of hate...and arson lol
     
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    3 people did it. Not that big of a wtf.
     
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    Burning a Gay Pride flag is Free Speech? Then why is burning an American Flag illegal? Isn't it "Free Speech?"
     
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    I think burning the gay pride flag crosses the line between hatred and free speech because unlike burning of a country's flag where there is an obvious disagreement with state policy that the flag represents. Burning of the pride flag crosses the line as it is not a political statement in protest, but a projection of hate towards a certain group of people.

    I would argue that there is always a definite line between free speech and hatred. There is the line between being critical and raising opposition, to a complete devaluation of a people that produces discrimination and imposes a threat to a peoples safety.
     
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    It's not illegal to burn an American flag actually.
    Look Myah
     
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    So, would the guys who set it on fire be flamers?

    Lex
     
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    I was thinknig about going there!!!! Now im not so sure
     
  12. Lady Gaga

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    There are stupid people just like that everywhere you go. Don't let the flag burning do what it was meant to do, repel gay people from the university.
     
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    Like I said above, 3 people. Just 3 people. Out of how many go there.
     
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    >>>I was thinknig about going there!!!! Now im not so sure

    When you find the place without homophobes, idiots and shit-stirrers, for the love of God, tell the rest of us so we can move there, too. :slight_smile:

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    I visited the campus a few years ago, and while I wasn't out then, looking back on it, it was a very nice place, very friendly people, staff and students alike. Like most small liberal arts places, it wouldn't get very far if it wasn't welcoming and inclusive. I wouldn't let it put me off, if I were you.