(vanity) 9 yrs ago today: UMass Prof. on what the flag represents

Fear and Terror in the New Age ^ | 9/10/10 | raccoonradio

[raccoonradio]

Nine years ago today, at a selectman's meeting in Amherst, MA, UMass professor comments on display of the flag in the town.

“What the flag is, is a symbol of terrorism and death and fear and destruction and oppression… To many, many ordinary people in countries around the globe, the U.S. has done terrible things. If I think of the flag, I have to think about it from the point of view of those people.”-- UMass Prof. Jennie Traschen, Monday, September 10, 2001

[raccoonradio]

(actually found on a pacifist page, but anyway...nine years ago today. And then about twelve hours later...)

[raccoonradio]

tech not a vanity as I did wind up linking to the page, oops!

[Julia H.]

Hating America because you believe your tyrannical leaders’ lying propaganda about America being the oppressor = perfectly understandable, not reprehensible in any way.

Hating Islamic countries because you KNOW they are human rights disasters and a threat to civilization = Blind, ignorant, irrational, stupid, bigoted, intolerant, “Islamophobic.”

I guess I’m not elite and edumacated enough to understand the logic at work here.

[babble-on]

Amherst is a thriving hotbed of incredibly stupid notions, thanks to the many institutions of higher learning that make the area their home.

[ontap]

I bet little Barach was front and center in this learning moment!!!

[libertarian27]

Here’s a CNN transcript from 10/14/01
http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0110/14/sm.09.html

[ontap]

You are not of the upper cloth....don’t try to understand it’s above us!!!!

[raccoonradio]

And when libs note our patriotism they start using words
like “mindless jingoism”.

[pabianice]

Hey! Why not become a Doctor of Social Justice at UMass! While science, engineering, and math remain strong at UMass, the social sciences and humanities have been abandoned to the shrieking man-haters, the stupid, the criminal, the violent, and the America-haters. Then UMass whines that contributions from alumnae are unsatisfactory.