“The university is a hotbed of these kinds,” he said. “They would fit better in Communist China than in the United States. They don’t have the right to control other people’s actions.”
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Some Washington & Lee University law students want the university to live by its honor code and stop glorifying its namesake by acknowledging the dishonorable side of both Robert E. Lee and W&L.
Seven multiracial students, calling themselves The Committee, have demanded that W&L remove the flags of the Confederacy from the campus and Lee Chapel, acknowledge and apologize for participating in chattel slavery, recognize Martin Luther King Day on the undergraduate campus and ban neo-Confederates from marching across campus to the chapel on Lee-Jackson Day.
If their demands are not met by Sept. 1, they will engage in civil disobedience.
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The correct responce for the W & L university to take is to inform the Committee of whiners that the answer is NO. And to ask, as to what of the word, no, has them confused. If they are offended by Confederate Flag, they are at liberty to go some where else for their education. BTW, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. I hope the students will be told to take a hike. Would some one tell them that apologies for slavery are NOT needed, a war was fought (in part) to end it. Morons
ReplyDeleteA Confederate Flag at a university named in part after a Confederate General, Duhhh, no s--t Sherlock. What did you expect?
Or perhaps some of the other students with different opinions could escort them from the property. Committee of Whiners, heh, I like that.
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Escort posthaste! Good idea. :)
DeleteI will say to these "students" the following: first, who died and left you in charge? Secondly, what is your grade point average and if you weren't black, would the university still allow you to remain a student? Third, why should ANYONE CARE what you think (if you actually DO think!) much less what you want or demand? And finally, just because you are no longer a slave (and you never were except to your own passions!) doesn't mean that you are now a master. You ain't.
ReplyDeleteExcellent as usual. Hope all is well, Lady Val.
DeleteGo to school somewhere else!
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