But in our fanatical world, is it so unexpected that someone ultimately took it upon his unhinged self to carry a gun into Dr. George Tiller “Tiller the Baby Killer” endlessly on his FOX show. It’s Bill O’Reilly’s free speech right to call Dr. What I’m saying is that free speech, when it incites negativity, is worrisome. But just as my advocating some tweaking of “free speech” laws to be more along the lines of ‘your rights end at the tip of my nose’, I understand that’s its a slippery slope. I understand your point, and those of practically everyone on this thread. Burning a symbol of an entire class of people is known around these parts as an intimidation tactic, and not punishing the students is an open invitation to see your quad riddled with burning crosses.
#Burning the gay flag plus#
Know who was affected by it? All 1,800 students, plus every member of the faculty and staff. 18 after Coming Out Week events on campus: “I am deeply sorry that I didn’t stop the incident from occurring in the first place, sorry to anyone who was affected by it.” Adds another, who helped burn the flag Oct. The “college doesn’t condone this action, and they know people will be upset but it wasn’t public, it wasn’t targeting one person and no one saw it happen,” explains one about why the trio didn’t face punishment.
While administrators won’t discuss the incident further (that includes Campus Safety director Ken Snyder), the students who burned the flag, interestingly, are speaking.
And then …? And then told the three students it found responsible they wouldn’t face any punishment. Apparently desecrating the fag flag yields no punishment.Īlbion President Donna Randall won’t discuss specifics of the case citing privacy laws, but confirmed in a statement Campus Safety officers investigated the incident. I’m not quite sure what “appropriate action” means, but Albion College in Michigan insists it took just that after confirming a rainbow flag was burned by students on campus.