Word: kerrigans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...response to both Kerrigan's flag and the University's stance on the issue, several other students became involved in a symbolic free speech debate. Cabot House resident Timothy P. McCormack '91-'92 hung a Confederate flag in his dorm room window as a sign of support for Kerrigan's right to hang the flag, while Cabot House resident Jacinda T. Townsend '92 counteracted by hanging a swastika from her dorm room window, in an attempt to stretch University policy to such a limit that it would eventually ban such offensive symbols...
...LATE FEBRUARY, as the Gulf War was winding down, Bridget Kerrigan '91 hung a Confederate battle flag out her Kirkland House window. Cabot House resident Tim McCormack '91 followed suit with a Southern Cross of his own. An outraged Jacinda Townsend '92 responded by hanging a swastika with the words "Racism--No?" out her window...
...Kerrigan, a writer for Peninsula, the letters, phone calls and demonstrations imploring her to remove her flag were perfect examples of knee-jerk PC fascism. Gleefully adopting language straight out of The PC Handbook, she claimed that she was being "marginalized" on account of her Southern heritage. Biased, intolerant North-erners were "pressuring" her, conspiring to violate her freedom of expression...
Funny. It sure seemed like Kerrigan was getting a chance to express herself. She defended her actions at three public forums. She was interviewed by several local television and radio stations, profiled at length by The Boston Globe and The Crimson glorified by the CBS Nightly News as a brave victim of PC oppression. And her pain-provoking Confederate flag still files over Kirkland House. Nobody ever forced her to remove...
...many of us did "pressure" Kerrigan et al to take down their symbols. That's what happens in a pluralistic community that allows disagreement and protects free expression--people freely express their disagreements. Free expression implies a right to criticize, not a right to be immune from criticism...