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These incidents--the hanging of Confederate flags and a swastika flag--have spurred a lot of controversy over the issue of freedom of speech. It has also resulted in a great number of statements made by individuals on the meaning of the Confederate flag as a sign of Southern pride on one hand, and as a symbol of oppression and hatred toward Black people on the other...
...diverse community, anyone choosing to represent his or her values through a given symbol should be aware of all the values--good and bad--which that symbol represents. The swastika's and Confederate flag's associations are, I hope, clear...
That same day, Jacinda T. Town-send '92 hung a swastika from her Cabot House suite, which is in view of McCormack's, in protest of his flag. On Monday, Townsend took that flag down...
Jonas said she thinks the students' actions are an abuse of free speech, citing their harmful effects on those offended by the flags. "I know how it feels to see the swastika," said Jonas, who grew up in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation of that country. "I remember hearing the loudspeakers shout the hatred...
...writing to congratulate Jacinda Townsend for removing the swastika from the window of her Cabot House residence. Hers was an eloquent statement of sensitivity to the concerns and the hurt of the Jewish community. How sad that those who continue to display the Confederate flag have been unwilling to match her display of moral integrity...