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Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus

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NEWSCORE - A mob of angry protesters chased a would-be flag burner at Louisiana State University (LSU) off campus Wednesday to chants of "USA, USA."

Graduate communications student Benjamin Haas had earlier been given permission by the school to burn the flag. But because he lacked a local burn permit, he agreed instead to read a statement in an area of the university known as free speech alley.

Fox News reports that Haas' actions were in response to the arrest of another student, who was charged with taking and burning the American flag once posted at LSU's War Memorial. That incident came just hours after Osama bin Laden's killing by US Navy SEALS last week.
Mob Chases Flag Burner From LSU Campus

So let's get this straight, some pathetic low life steals a war memorial flag, burns it, get's arrested, and this moron decides to stand in solidarity with him? Glad to see his fellow students come out and let him know what they thought of his... beliefs.

Tossing bottles was uncalled for, but standing up and being heard was aces. Go LSU!
 

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You gotta spell it right. ;) I spent 5 years at LSU, I never saw this kind of craziness. The nuttiest people on free speech alley were the Christians...

I'm glad they chased him off.
 
I would think that the original a-hole was probably arrested for stealing and burning w/o a permit, not for the act of burning the flag. What was this guy's true motivation?
 
Oh yea, we don't **** around down here. That flag burning **** won't fly in Louisiana. Multiple military bases in our state, combined with a strong sense of national pride (even with bozo-n-chief in office) will ensure that any flag burning attempts that are made public will be met with fierce resistance.
 
Oh yea, we don't **** around down here. That flag burning **** won't fly in Louisiana. Multiple military bases in our state, combined with a strong sense of national pride (even with bozo-n-chief in office) will ensure that any flag burning attempts that are made public will be met with fierce resistance.

Excellent post!
 
So let's get this straight, some pathetic low life steals a war memorial flag, burns it, get's arrested, and this moron decides to stand in solidarity with him? Glad to see his fellow students come out and let him know what they thought of his... beliefs.

Tossing bottles was uncalled for, but standing up and being heard was aces. Go LSU!

If this individual was trying to burn a Koran here is what would happen-

1.They would be wanting him arrested for hate speech
2.They would be calling him a racist,hate monger and or bigot.
3.They would say how dare he put the lives of Americans over seas in jeopardy,as though they were somehow equally pissed when someone release Abughurab photos or printed a bogus Koran flushing story.
4.Maybe some Euro-trash saying how they are glad that their country has hate speech laws.
5.SOme terrorist salad tosser would be suggesting that he should be face justice in the middle east
6.Politicians would be condemning him.
7.The news media would be on this story like a fat bitch on a twinkie.
 
I would think that the original a-hole was probably arrested for stealing and burning w/o a permit, not for the act of burning the flag. What was this guy's true motivation?

Yes. I'm all for flag-burning if people really want to do that, but at least buy your own flag.
 
If this individual was trying to burn a Koran here is what would happen-

1.They would be wanting him arrested for hate speech
2.They would be calling him a racist,hate monger and or bigot.
3.They would say how dare he put the lives of Americans over seas in jeopardy,as though they were somehow equally pissed when someone release Abughurab photos or printed a bogus Koran flushing story.
4.Maybe some Euro-trash saying how they are glad that their country has hate speech laws.
5.SOme terrorist salad tosser would be suggesting that he should be face justice in the middle east
6.Politicians would be condemning him.
7.The news media would be on this story like a fat bitch on a twinkie.

I'd like to point out that for a Muslim, attacking or harming the Qu'ran is a far larger offense than attacking a Muslim. It does nothing but religiously justify their calls for jihad against the perpetrater (pretty much any white Christian, in that case).
 
Yes. I'm all for flag-burning if people really want to do that, but at least buy your own flag.

I'm not saying I like the idea of burning the flag, but based on the permissions granted to douche bag #2, I would have to assume that douche bag #1s arrest was tied to other actions than just the fact that he was burning the flag.
 
I'm not saying I like the idea of burning the flag, but based on the permissions granted to douche bag #2, I would have to assume that douche bag #1s arrest was tied to other actions than just the fact that he was burning the flag.

He burned a flag from a war memorial, destruction of public property.
 
goes to show that college kids are on average only slightly more intelligent than the average human being.
 
Who cares if he was burning the flag? I don't understand how it can bother people so much to have an opposing view express their beliefs.
 
Who cares if he was burning the flag? I don't understand how it can bother people so much to have an opposing view express their beliefs.

The kid has the right to burn a flag (or give an anti-American speech or whatever the case may be). Other kids have the right to chase him around shouting "USA USA!" All's fair.
 
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The kid has the right to burn a flag (or give an anti-American speech or whatever the case may be). Other kids have the right to chase him around shouting "USA USA!" All's fair.

And the throwing of bottles and trash?
 
Who cares if he was burning the flag? I don't understand how it can bother people so much to have an opposing view express their beliefs.

The guy's attending University and thus should be articulate enough to express his beliefs without burning a flag. This is done only to draw attention to himself, and in that regard he was successful.

What do you suppose his 'opposing view' was?
 
Who cares if he was burning the flag? I don't understand how it can bother people so much to have an opposing view express their beliefs.

You just 'expressed your belief'. Good for you. See? No riots...no trash throwing...no beatdowns. Burning a flag (to many) goes a little beyond freedom of speech. Now...do you have the right to do it? Sure. ya just might want to be careful where you do it and who you are surrounded by. Other folks might want to "express themselves" in return.
 
What do you suppose his 'opposing view' was?

I would assume that he doesn't hold the flag in as high regard as those who were throwing trash at him and telling him to go to hell.
 
I would assume that he doesn't hold the flag in as high regard as those who were throwing trash at him and telling him to go to hell.


So we can never be quite sure of his 'opposing view' because, despite attending University, he is also an inarticulate yahoo.
 
Dood...what an AWESOME rebuttal. Let me guess...school is out. Fanfreqintastic. We get a fresh crop of...you.

To many it does.


The SCOTUS disagrees with you. In Texas vs. Johnson the court narrowly decided that:

The court found that, "Under the circumstances, Johnson's burning of the flag constituted expressive conduct, permitting him to invoke the First Amendment... Occurring as it did at the end of a demonstration coinciding with the Republican National Convention, the expressive, overtly political nature of the conduct was both intentional and overwhelmingly apparent." The court concluded that, while "the government generally has a freer hand in restricting expressive conduct than it has in restricting the written or spoken word," it may not "proscribe particular conduct because it has expressive elements."
Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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