Fans boo as Smith again turns away from flag

AP ^ | 2/22/03 | Unknown

[ChuckHam]

NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A college basketball player who turns away from the U.S. flag during the national anthem was jeered by flag-waving students at a road game, even while she was on the bench.

Toni Smith, a senior at Manhattanville College, was booed at Mount St. Mary at a game Thursday night.

Smith is protesting "that the government's priorities are not on bettering the quality of life for all of its people, but rather on expanding its own power.'' She has turned away from the flag all season.

Before Thursday's game, the Mount St. Mary student government handed out small flags before the game. More than 500 people filled the small gym, and jeered Smith at every opportunity.

At the end of the game Thursday night's game between Manhattanville and Mount St. Mary's, the crowd sang "God Bless America.''

When Manhattanville played at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy on Feb. 11, more than 300 flag-waving midshipmen greeted Smith with chants of "USA'' and "Leave our country.''

When Smith picked up two fouls in the first three minutes and was benched, the crowd chanted, "We want Toni,'' according to The Journal News.

"For some time now, the inequalities that are embedded into the American system have bothered me. As they are becoming progressively worse and it is clear that the government's priorities are not on bettering the quality of life for all of its people, but rather on expanding its own power, I cannot, in good conscience, salute the flag,'' Smith said in a statement released Thursday.

Manhattanville President Richard Berman said he told Smith "what she's doing is courageous and difficult.''

[ChuckHam]

More leftist indoctrination taking hold at our colleges.

[McGavin999]

This woman ought to be taken on a field trip to Iraq after it is liberated. Let her talk to people who have really been repressed. What a sickening statement.

[FryingPan101]

Manhattanville President Richard Berman said he told Smith "what she's doing is courageous and difficult.

Pinko Commie Pigs both.

[Cultural Jihad]

Manhattanville President Richard Berman said he told Smith "what she's doing is courageous and difficult.

As opposed to what any conservative speaker would be described as doing on his campus, were they to speak out against liberal indoctrination. Let's remove the tenure from all college professors, and see just who is being courageous.

[Deadeye Division]

Manhattanville Player Drawing Protests

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/849427/posts

[hole_n_one]

Toni Smith

[mountaineer]

Related thread here.

[Klein-Bottle]

Manhattanville President Richard Berman said he told Smith "what she's doing is courageous and difficult."

The problem is not Smith, but the college president who is encouraging her and filling her head with this garbage. How did we ever let these people take control of our schools and what can be done about it?

[ChuckHam]

Thanks. Hard to keep this stuff straight when everyone and his brother changes the AP headline. I guess the paper or internet site can do that without prior AP approval. Makes it tough to not dupe stuff here.

[driftless]

This young woman is just another typical deluded fool "educated" by our wonderful leftist-oriented colleges and universites. A year or two in some "non-oppressive" third-world pesthole would do her a lot of good. I hope.

[LibKill]

Well there's an ugly anti-American LOSER!

[mountaineer]

I think we have two different stories about the same thing, namely, one simple-minded college girl who's too busy regurgitating what her professors have indoctrinated her with to bother to think for herself.

[Ecliptic]

She's really going to feel stupid when she has kids and starts paying taxes....on second thought...she may not have a clue even after that...

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Manhattanville President Richard Berman said he told Smith "what she's doing is courageous and difficult.

Bums come in all sizes, shapes, colors, genders and social statuses.

A drug-addicted, alcoholic, dirty, ignorant,mentally-ill and low-class bum is a bum!

A highly educated and socially prominent bum is worse!!!

[groanup]

"How did we ever let these people take control of our schools and what can be done about it?"

Stay the course. We are all working on it and it's starting to show.

[evolved_rage]

At least she won't be pro-creating. D'oh, I forgot about turkey basters.

[dep]

when she has kids and starts paying taxes

somehow, i suspect that both are unlikely.

dep

[HighWheeler]

Interesting thoughts she has on her bio:

Favorite Quotes: "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything." "It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the military has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."

She hates defense of this country and would rather continue the school facilities gross mismanagement and indoctrination of students instead.

She's just a little commie brat enjoying the fruits of our liberty while she spits in the faces of those who defend her right to be a jerk.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Would you join me in explaining to Richard A. Berman, President of Manhattanville College, why FReepers disagree with him?

Send your comments to: president@mville.edu

[rickmichaels]

Hey Toni:

GTFO!!!