{"id":1726320,"date":"2022-11-06T06:11:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726320"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:22:05","slug":"trinity-college-pulls-down-patriotic-flags-keeps-blm-and-trans-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trinity-college-pulls-down-patriotic-flags-keeps-blm-and-trans-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinity College Pulls Down Patriotic Flags, Keeps BLM and Trans Flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrinity-college-pulls-down-patriotic-flags-keeps-blm-and-trans-flags%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/e3f82587-44e7-4baa-aa2a-e17aad42b164-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Officials from Connecticut\u2019s Trinity College removed two students\u2019 patriotic flags, one the \u201cBlue, Green, Red Line\u201d flag, with the lines representing police, military, and first responders, and the other an American flag with the <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/search\/q?q=gadsden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gadsden snake<\/a> on it. Why were they taken down? Because they were \u201coffensive.\u201d You can\u2019t make this stuff up.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter and trans pride flags on nearby buildings were left alone.<\/p>\n<p>The Gadsden flag, also known as the \u201cDon\u2019t Tread on Me\u201d flag, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriotwood.com\/blogs\/news\/the-true-history-behind-the-gadsden-flag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was created<\/a> during the American Revolution and is thought by some to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanflags.com\/blog\/post\/fascinating-history-marines-flag#:~:text=The%20First%20Flag,in%20the%20top%20inner%20corner.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first official flag<\/a> of the Marines.<\/p>\n<p>Ooh, super offensive! Especially at an <em>American<\/em> college.<\/p>\n<p>The two male students, Finn McCole and Lucas Turco, videotaped the flags\u2019 removal at the Hartford-area school and posted the results to TikTok. You can see the administrator take down the flags, despite their protestations and with no real explanation as to why except that they would need to \u201ctalk to the dean.\u201d Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrinityCollege?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TrinityCollege<\/a> forcibly removed a student\u2019s \u201cdon\u2019t tread on me\u201d American Flag and a red, blue, and green line flag. Meanwhile pride flags are allowed to stay hanging. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AG892oaRyv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/AG892oaRyv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1587204184884924416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI bought these, you\u2019re not taking my property, this is stealing,\u201d says one of the young men. \u201cThe college does not have the right to take my flags.\u201d She wasn\u2019t budging, though, and tried to walk away with his possessions before he finally retrieved them from her. \u201cThis is mine, and that was ridiculous,\u201d he said as he marched away from the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Jesse Watters, who attended Trinity, caught wind of the affair and had the two on his show Thursday:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>When the students finally got an explanation from the institution, they were told the images might upset the delicate sensibilities of some \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bobhoge\/2022\/07\/27\/la-supervisor-kuehl-calls-those-opposed-to-potential-mask-mandate-snowflake-weepies-n602203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snowflake weepies<\/a>\u201d on campus. Well, those are my words; here\u2019s what they were actually told:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey said that the reason they were taken down was that some people viewed the flags as offensive and I think it\u2019s an absolute shame that those flags can be offensive,\u201d Turco told Watters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also pointed out they were just expressing their beliefs:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>They had\u00a0LGBTQ flags, they had\u00a0transgender\u00a0flags, BLM flags, which we have no problem with any of those flags hanging.<\/p>\n<p>We believe everyone has the right to their opinion and their own beliefs, and that everyone should be able to put their flags up and so me and Finn thought: \u201cWhy don\u2019t we put up some flags we personally believe in?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">McCole meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11391249\/Trinity-College-students-slam-CT-university-removing-Blue-Green-Red-Line-Gadsden-flags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Instagram<\/a> to explain his frustration with the obvious double standard:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">You may agree or disagree with [our] ideologies, and that\u2019s totally fine, but we feel that we should have an opportunity to express them under the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and expression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When we asked for clarification on the grounds of their removal, we were told that no flags were to be hung on campus. Despite this, no one else who has a flag hung on campus has been told of this rule, and obviously no one else has had their flags forcibly removed in this fashion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hmm, this looks like a flag to me:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today kicks off Ally Week at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrinColl?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TrinColl<\/a>! \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p0CDvOj09N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/p0CDvOj09N<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrinProud?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TrinProud<\/a> \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TogetherWeTrin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TogetherWeTrin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskMeWhyIAlly?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AskMeWhyIAlly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9cBdQRYq28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/9cBdQRYq28<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trinity College (@TrinityCollege) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrinityCollege\/status\/1582060436932898817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As word spread about the story, the dean apologized, writing in an email:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The removal of two flags outside a Trinity College student residence hall window last week has sparked a conversation across social media about freedom of speech at Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>As I understand the matter, an apology was issued on the same day of the removal to the students who own the flags for the manner in which the policy was enforced. We will work harder to ensure greater awareness and consistent compliance moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah, yes, \u201cwe will work harder to ensure greater awareness\u201d about the no-flag policy. Her statement misses the point entirely. The real issue here is that the school took the banners without permission\u2014often called \u201cstealing\u201d\u2014from two students while letting many others stay up.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a word for that: <em>discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For those of us who love America, it\u2019s sad to see how colleges are leaders in anti-American thought, from what they <span>teach<\/span> indoctrinate, to who they hire, to garbage double standards like this one. Social media isn\u2019t always a force for good, but in this case, it was: it\u2019s my guess that if these polite young men hadn\u2019t posted this online for the world to see, they would have never received an apology, and you, me and Jesse Watters would have never heard about it.<\/p>\n<p>Good for them for not taking this lying down, and instead basically saying, \u201cdon\u2019t tread on me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from Connecticut\u2019s Trinity College removed two students\u2019 patriotic flags, one the \u201cBlue, Green, Red Line\u201d flag, with the lines representing police, military, and first responders, and the other an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1726325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1726325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}