This old ghost:
All sorts of internet : this week as - right here in ROCHESTER - the stars and bars raised their ugly had once again.
From our local Democrat and Chronicle : A University of Rochester student says college officials violated his right to free expression by forcing him to take down a Confederate flag that he had put in the window of his room on campus. Matthew Papay also said that the email that two UR deans — Richard Feldman and Matthew Burns — sent to students last Friday misconstrued what happened."The deans lied in the email about why I took it down — saying I did so by choice after discussion with fellow students — when in reality the school told me to take it down," said Papay.
and then that age old canard:
"I am from North Carolina and the school is blatantly ignoring my rights to express the cultural identity I choose to identify with, even though the school prides itself on how 'culturally diverse' it is.
Story got picked up by all kinds of various folks:
and naturally FOX NEWS , where Mr. Papay got loads of support from the almost 1300 commenters!
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Are we really here in 2013 - still dealing with this bullshit of my childhood and in way way upstate New York ?
After chatting with a pal of mine that works at the University of Rochester, I dug a little deeper into this guy. Exactly what you would expect, all Fratty, Glenn Becky, Ronald Reaganie - GO AMERICA. I almost think he really , at what ever age he is - had NO IDEA of the history of this flag that he wraps his southern pride in - just blows me away.
and in a related story :
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