Word: swastikas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to concur with Jacinda Townsend in her two courageous and thoughtful actions: 1) her hanging of the swastika flag as a bold way of forcing immediate attention to the murderous symbolism of a Confederate flag hanging from a Harvard College house; and 2) her withdrawal of the swastika flag and her explanation of that withdrawal--namely, that she meant no injury whatever to our Jewish peers at Harvard or to Jews elsewhere by hanging this murderous symbol of the Holocaust, and that she sought forgiveness for her action from our Jewish peers...
...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...