Originally posted by sSsflamesSs
Now we can both agree that burning a flag, is in itself, a form of expression.
OK. So the thing is, when police were informed of the crisis-people defacing other peoples flags-the police notified the chancellor. The chancellor said that "the American flag does not mean the same thing to all people. What it means to you (the flag fliers) it might not mean to someone else." The first amendment is geared towards protecting minority point of views. At UCSC, and in California for that matter, my views are the minority. I am not protected.
Now I dont have a problem with people wanting to express hatred of themselves, or their country....that is their opinion. THey have a right to say that, and I have a right to respond. How they respond is by defacing defacing a flag, which is a form of expression. Therefore, they are shutting people up that have pro-america views on campus.
I want the flag to be flown. My point is that it makes no sense for the police to protect one point form of expression, especially the majority form of expression- on my campus it isanti-american sentiment.
So my thing is that I fly a flag which says a lot on my part. It is what I believe in. SOmeone comes and burns it. Lets disregaurd the law for a second. Not only did someone mame my property, the took away my form of expression.
The Chancellor said that "people who do this thing feel strongly and express themselves, and we need to respect it" WHAT ABOUT MY POINT OF VIEW????
Do you understand now? It is just totally contradictory.
It happens on my side too. I know, and I dont endorse it. I appreciate intellectual diversity.
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