UC Irvine Student Leadership Panel Votes To Remove American Flag From Campus Lobby

[Purveyor]

March 6, 2015 10:23 AM

IRVINE (CBSLA.com) — Students at UC Irvine have voted for a more “inclusive space” by banning the American flag on part of the campus.

Under resolution R50-70 passed Thursday, the Associated Students of UCI voted to remove all flags, including Old Glory, from a student government work room on campus, according to the Associated Students 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.”

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[former9thward]

1. But the students happily accept federal aid from the U.S.

It would seem such principled students should reject it.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. ALL flags. ALL countries. No exceptions.

What's the problem?

[alp227]

3. Poorly written article.

I break down the media's mishandling of this story at: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026327228

[rufus dog]

4. Agreed, BUT

One lesson learned from this may be, that a campus that is MAJORITY Asian, is not intimidated by the expected backlash. That is, these kids, second generation citizens (with HS GPAs of about 4.2) are sick of the false patriotism they saw as pre/early teens. Point being, not good for the Republican party.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

5. A 6-4 vote with two abstentions

isn't exactly indicative of a any widespread desire to take flags out of the common area of this building. Chances are pretty good that the "MAJORITY Asian" student population didn't even know about this.

I really couldn't care less whether the flags stay or go, but the suggestion that this is something widely supported by the student body is premature, IMO.