LSU is my favorite university for today. I'm curious what would happen at NC State.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/flag-burning-lsu-campus-20110511-ncx

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"Angry Mob Chases Would-Be Flag Burner Off LSU Campus NEWSCORE - A mob of angry protesters chased a would-be flag burner at Louisiana State University (LSU) off campus Wednesday to chants of "USA, USA." Graduate communications student Benjamin Haas had earlier been given permission by the school to burn the flag. But because he lacked a local burn permit, he agreed instead to read a statement in an area of the university known as free speech alley. As Haas read the statement, a crowd around him erupted into cheers and jeers, many shouting "Go to hell, hippie, go to hell." "You had a lot of people on both sides of the debate getting into a lot of fights," said James Haralson, manager of Tiger TV, the university television station. "The students started yelling obscenities at him. People started throwing bottles at him." Fox News reports that Haas' actions were in response to the arrest of another student, who was charged with taking and burning the American flag once posted at LSU's War Memorial. That incident came just hours after Osama bin Laden's killing by US Navy SEALS last week. Haralson, who filmed the protest, said Haas was surrounded by police officers on horseback and as they protest swelled, they moved him to a safer location. "At that point, all the students began rushing him, continuing to throw trash at him," he said. "He was finally escorted into a cop car in the street and students were banging on the cop car." LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard said the school endorsed neither Haas' actions, nor those of the crowd around him. Word of the potential burning had sparked pockets of anger throughout the campus. "It's time that my generation stand up for what they believe in and exercise their freedom of speech and let people know that we are not OK with this," said Cody Wells, the student government association president. "I am angry that an individual would want to do this at a public higher education institution.""

5/11/2011 7:37:56 PM

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"It's time that my generation stand up for what they believe in and exercise their freedom of speech and let people know that we are not OK with this"

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"At that point, all the students began rushing him, continuing to throw trash at him"

5/11/2011 7:39:05 PM

Free speech is a right from the government not from citizen to citizen. He has the right to burn the flag, but we have the right to protest him.

5/11/2011 7:41:39 PM

I'm also curious what would've happened had the cops decided not to keep watch on this guy, let alone escort him out of the area.

5/11/2011 7:42:25 PM

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"Fox News reports that Haas' actions were in response to the arrest of another student, who was charged with taking and burning the American flag"

nothing to protest here, he stole it... then destroyed it?

5/11/2011 7:43:36 PM

^I'm sure there weren't a ton of students at the LSU War Memorial after midnight when the announcement came out

[Edited on May 11, 2011 at 7:45 PM. Reason : if you're asking why he wasn't protested]

5/11/2011 7:44:58 PM

Eh, any reason is a good reason to protest for some people.

5/11/2011 7:45:19 PM

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"Free speech is a right from the government not from citizen to citizen. He has the right to burn the flag, but we have the right to protest him."

We also have laws against assault which these "free speechers" apparently didn't adhere to.

5/11/2011 7:45:29 PM

There's also laws against inciting a riot which could likely be put on this guy. All up to the cops on the scene, isn't it?

5/11/2011 7:46:27 PM

sounds like a grade-A douchebag

5/11/2011 7:57:33 PM

Ernie wins

5/11/2011 8:00:05 PM

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"There's also laws against inciting a riot which could likely be put on this guy."

No, not at all. There was nothing this guy was doing to encourage these people to riot.

5/11/2011 8:35:41 PM

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"It's time that my generation stand up for what they believe in and exercise their freedom of speech and let people know that we are not OK with this by assauting someone else exercising their freedom of speech."

5/11/2011 9:02:12 PM

IMO the mob was wrong to riot against the flag-burner, the flag-burner was improper for failing to get a burn permit and misguided in his reason for protest, and the earlier flag-burner was wrong for stealing and destroying University property.

5/11/2011 9:03:38 PM

Damn...he stole my last name.

5/11/2011 9:06:27 PM

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"LSU is my favorite university for today. I'm curious what would happen at NC State."

i too dislike free speech

wait what

5/11/2011 9:12:16 PM