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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:03 PM Dec 2015

Secular Talk: University Threatens 'Disciplinary Action' Over Palestinian Flag

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY police ordered a student to remove a Palestinian flag from his dorm window, with administrators claiming the flag violated their housing code. But a visit to the university Tuesday confirmed countless other national flags hang from dorm rooms there...

Read More At: https://theintercept.com/2015/12/09/gw-palestinian-flag/

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Secular Talk: University Threatens 'Disciplinary Action' Over Palestinian Flag (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 OP

Very lame Denis 11 Dec 2015 #1

I'm glad GW apologized. StoneCarver Dec 2015 #2

That was severe overreach ... and they knew they backed themselves into a corner. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 #3

Come on - read the wash post - flags are not allowed to hang outside the window. burfman Dec 2015 #4

Denis 11

(280 posts)

1. Very lame

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:31 PM

Dec 2015

StoneCarver

(249 posts)

2. I'm glad GW apologized.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:01 PM

Dec 2015

It sounds like someone has Islamaphobia at GW. At least the President of GW realized it apologized, expunged the record, and directed housing to be equal in their treatment. Not only was GW's initial behavior hypocritical, but it could have cost them real $ had they not done an about face.
Stonecarver

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)

3. That was severe overreach ... and they knew they backed themselves into a corner.

Reply to StoneCarver (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:51 PM

Dec 2015

burfman

(264 posts)

4. Come on - read the wash post - flags are not allowed to hang outside the window.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:26 PM

Dec 2015

The problem was that the flag was hanging out of the window. Put it inside the window, no problem. Don't make it into something bigger than it is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/10/gw-president-apologizes-to-student-after-palestinian-flag-incident/

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