Posted on 09/22/2010 4:23:34 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The observance at Saturday’s football game was no different. A moment of silence was followed by a military airplane flyover; in between, Block-I students chanted “USA, USA.” This was neither patriotism nor remembrance in any justifiable sense, but politicization, militarism, propaganda and bellicosity. The University is a public institution that encompasses the political views of all, not just the most (falsely) “patriotic.” Athletic planners should cease such exploitation for political purposes. They might at least consider how most Muslim students, American or otherwise, would respond to this nativist display; or better, Muslims and others that live their lives under the threat of our planes, drones and soldiers.
The overwhelmingly white, privileged, Block-I students should be ashamed of their obnoxious, fake-macho, chicken-hawk chant, while poverty-drafted members of their cohort fight and die in illegal and immoral wars for the control of oil. University administrators need to eliminate from all events such “patriotic” observances, which in this country cannot be separated from implicit justifications for state-sponsored killing.
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But a bunch of Mexicans chanting “Osama...Osama” at a soccer game is perfectly okiley dokiley.
That's a miscast. The only person "offended" is David Green, an academic liberal and author of the original article.
This idiot managed to get all the left-wing talking points into two paragraphs. The event must have really upset him. The problem is, these so-called academics, who are actually leftist polemicists, have way too much influence at universities. So it wouldn’t surprise me if such displays of enthusiasm for the United States are banned. After all, Muslims are now the Left’s favorite “oppressed minority”.
I am offended by the Muslims being offended by our acting as though we love the USA. We are not filled with hatred as they evidently are. If you want to yell for Muslim, go live a Muslim country where you will not hear “USA, USA, USA’.
Wow, thank you!
I’ve never been prouder to have family members who are NCSU alumni. That picture is awesome. I’ll never mock the “Wolfie” hand gesture again.
Don’t argue that patriotism offends Muslims, and then turn around and say that Muslims make perfect patriots. But, of course, that’s exactly what liberals do.
FUDG!
This is America. Learn the rules.
What a crock of sh**! Anyone who is offended by the USA chant, the flag or any other display of patriotism should just get the f*** out of our country. USA, USA, USA, chant it boys, give the muslim a**holes something to bitch about.
Insidious! Insidious! Insidious! Insidious!
This is sad but true. Eventually they will want all of their acts of religion out in the open. They are a disease to America and the disease is becoming an outbreak.
Yep... Just another Ward Churchill/Rev Wright/Kevin Barrett wannabee...
I don’t give a flying f**k what Muslim students think!
He was an absolute caricature of a liberal. Arrogant, rude, overbearing, convinced Michael 'knew nothing about anything', and unable to make a coherent argument. He was good at arguing, just not coherently.
He was so over the top I almost can't help but think this was a put up job. Yet it could be real - there are liberals this idiotic and irritating. And at the end, my reaction was that the best things for him would be 1) for him to not reproduce and 2) to be clubbed like a baby seal.
Sorry for the re-posting, this is my first attempt at posting photos and I'm trying to post larger images.
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