Walking on the American Flag is “Art”?!

April 16, 2008 by Jenn Sierra  
Filed under News

We received this info from Lance Dutson, of the Main Web Report. The Maine College Republicans are reporting an incident at the University of Maine Farmington, a public liberal arts college. This was apparently a school-sponsored event. Lance relates the story this way:

These art students did a project where they laid American flags on the floor of the student center for people to walk on. They brought the cops in to protect it, when some College GOP kids and vets came to try to pick them up off the ground. In the video, the university provost actually says ‘It’s just a piece of cloth,’ to the VFW guy, and one of the faculty tells the VFW chief that they are ‘actually protecting’ his freedom of speech by doing this.

This is a disgrace. “Freedom of Speech,” does not include public universities sponsoring the desecration of the American flag and calling it “art”. We understand there may be more video and information available in the upcoming days, and if so, we’ll update this post. Meanwhile, here is some footage of the event, posted by Alex of the Maine College Republicans:

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Comments

9 Responses to “Walking on the American Flag is “Art”?!”

  1. Roy Jones on April 16th, 2008 9:49 am

    Nothing like this would every happen at Liberty University. As a matter of fact, any soldier wounded fighting the War on Terrorism can apply for a full scholarship. We have nearly 60 wounded veterans and 2 surviving spouses of vets killed in Iraq studying at LU in Lynchburg, VA today. GOD BLESS THE SOLDIERS DEFENDING FREEDOM AND GOD BLESS THE USA!
    Roy Jones

  2. Controversy Over Flag Display at UMF on April 16th, 2008 3:03 pm

    [...] not everyone is in agreement on the issue apperantly. Jenn Sierra at forthardknox.com writes “This is a disgrace. ‘Freedom of Speech,’ does not include public universities spo… Actually, it does allow people to desecrate flags. But again, that was not the intent of the [...]

  3. Steve on April 16th, 2008 3:11 pm

    Remember the students at some California school that (almost) got in trouble because they walked on some Muslim flag that had Allah in Arabic on it?

    Let’s put that flag down on the floor with the American flag and see if these leftists call it art or hate speech.

  4. Stix Blog on April 16th, 2008 8:57 pm

    Using the US flag in a art exhibit like this is not good

    I really don”t care what your political philosophy is, using the US flag in this manner is very disrespectful to those that fought and died for our freedoms. I am not saying this is illeagl or anything, but it is

  5. TexasFred on April 17th, 2008 3:16 pm

    I have a post up on this too, the more folks that get it out there, the better!!

    TexasFred’s » Blog Archive » Walking on the American Flag is NOT Art!

  6. forthardknox on April 17th, 2008 7:59 pm

    Thanks, Fred…we’ve added you to the list.

  7. Aliza Shvarts and All that Art Stuff on April 20th, 2008 4:31 pm

    [...] Walking on the American Flag is ‘Art’?! [...]

  8. Keith on April 29th, 2008 12:20 pm

    These “art” students should hold the symbol of their ability to do such stupid disrespectful acts in a higher regard. Next time there’s a war - I say send in the art students - but first wrap their asses in an arabic flag - let’s just see how they value freedom then !!!!

  9. Mary in Florida on May 1st, 2008 5:04 pm

    This is a disgrace !!!! For a public university to sponsor this event is almost worse. What was this art (?) suppose to accomplish, what was achieved? Just some low life un-American statement that pushes our freedom to the limits. People can keep their freedom of speech, and also have respect. Their is a major difference. This isn’t freedom of speech, this is blatant disrespect. It simply serves no purpose.

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