UC-Irvine Student Council Votes to Ban American Flag

SputnikNews.com
07.03.2015

The student council of the University of California at Irvine passed a bill banning the display of national flags in the common of the student government. This includes the American flag.

The measure was passed by six undergraduates and blasts national flags as promoting “a wide range of cultural significance” some of which many might see in a negative light.

“Whereas flags are typically viewed as patriotic symbols of a single nation, are often associated with government and military due to their history and have a wide variety of interpretations,” it reads.

It goes on the specifically identify the American flag for having “flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism.”

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