HUNDREDS STOP FLAG BURNING AT LSU – Chuck Water Balloons & Bottles at Far Left Protester (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 1:49 PM
HUNDREDS of protesters stopped a far left student from torching the US flag today at LSU.
Hundreds showed up to protest the burning of the flag. Here, one guy shows his love of the flag in many forms. (WAFB)
The counter protesters were not too happy with the young leftist.
Thank you to Brandon for the pic.
Hundreds turned out to confront the leftist freak.
Hundreds of patriots chucked water balloons and water bottles at a far left student today at LSU before he could torch the US flag.
WAFB reported:
Several hundred people gathered on the LSU campus today and effectively stopped an LSU grad student from burning an American flag on campus.
The student announced Tuesday that he intended to burn the flag. The announcement set off a wave of angry protests on Facebook and talk radio stations.
As the student approached the Parade Grounds at LSU Wednesday, students chanted “USA! USA!”. One man yelled “My brothers died for you!”.
Several people tossed water balloons and water bottles at the man. The graduate student was then escorted away by LSU Police. The flag burning did not occur.
More… Here’s another video from the counter protest today:
UPDATE: The Hayride has a good water balloon shot.
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Rachelle commented:
BRAVO!
bigkahuna commented:
I was hoping something like this would happen when I first read about the moron.
This is what you get you moonbat liberal putz when you announce ahead of time how you plan to be an idiot in public on the internet where true America loving people can see it and respond in kind and show you just how much of an idiot you are.
Hey why not burn a flag every day.
Too bad a few of the balloons were not filled with gas and see how fast the jerk can run on fire.
daryl commented:
I call that the first showing of America’s newest crop of backbone and balls.
Way to matriculate LSU guys!
Granny Smith commented:
Nice to see our patriotic young people finally turning the left’s tactics right back on them! Yeee-haw!
chicago commented:
AWESOME….JUST, AWESOME! there’s hope for our young people just yet! this is the kind of youth action that brings tears to an old salty dog like me….I am just awed by this!
themoreyouknow commented:
Quote from Johnny Cash’s From “Ragged Old Flag” on The Great Lost Performance”:
I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to(audience booed him, but he continued), but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine(at this point the audience cheered loudly).
Redwine commented:
Fantastic!!
Our patriots are a joy to behold!
Brandon In Baton Rouge commented:
I’d been hearing talk that something like this would happen, as I said in the original thread, but wasn’t sure they’d go through with it.
They went through with it, all right.
I figure that not only will Moron #1 go to jail over the various charges related with stealing and burning the original flag but that Moron #2 likely loses his assistantship with the school of communication over trying to pull this stunt as well.
S. Wolf commented:
Great!
waicool commented:
LSU proud!!!
workingclass artist commented:
Great Story!
gus commented:
The water balloons were a nice touch. First time this loser has bathed in a long time.
Did you notice in this douche bags picture on the earlier thread that his head huge and he has no shoulders at all?? Typical lib.
Jennifer commented:
I am ever so proud! It is time for Americans to continue taking back our nation. NO MORE to the liberal anti Americans. I say USA, USA, USA!
richard mcenroe commented:
I’m telling the ACLU. This is a clear violation of Title IX because a chick wasn’t given an equal opportunity to be stopped from burning a flag!
Tired Okie commented:
This makes this old U.S.A.F veteran (1969-1971) feel proud! I watched as our soldiers returned from V.N. and were heckled, booed, and spat upon. I personally never recieved any of that crap but felt so sorry for my fellow soldiers. So glad some young people see the world as it really is.
Carbon Pootprint commented:
Ah poor little leftist parasite got robbed of his 15 minutes boo freaking hoooo. You boring twits haven’t changed since your pathetic 60s leaders.
WTFG LSU folks!!!
Brandon In Baton Rouge commented:
Here’s a pic from the event that has been linked at another site I go to:
Link
olm commented:
I am very proud to be a parent of young people who, may not completely understand my conservatism vs the liberal far left crap they hear on campus.
I do not think that Obama is going to have a slam dunk this time with the younger vote. Although it certainly depends on who runs against him, and how vocal and obvious loons like this are.
LSU ALum commented:
As an LSU alum, I wish I could have been there to chant this guy off campus. I will tell you, he will have a “very” hard time the rest of his time at LSU. Grats to the students standing up for our country.
succotash commented:
Good for those patrotic students.it did my heart good to see this.
TiminPhx commented:
A new love for LSU from this old Jarhead.
SturJen commented:
@Brandon #17…priceless! Love the pic!
JH commented:
Its not totally clear that the LSU students stopped him or he lacked the special permit. However despite all this those VIDEOS show a astounding lack of LSU security. I hope some questions are asked
kansas commented:
Looks like people have really had enough.
ebayer commented:
hahahahahahaha
More please.
Thingamajig commented:
Beautiful.
Thanks for posting, GP.
tommy mc donnell commented:
hundreds came out to protest the protester. there will be hundreds flunking out of lsu.
truth teller commented:
WAY TO GO!!!
I would have preferred they throw a grenade at the #ock-@ucker.
Nice Deb commented:
I’m wondering if the protester had been burning the flag under Bush, if these same students would have supported him.
Brandon In Baton Rouge commented:
@ #29
Considering it’s LSU, they probably would have.
LSU’s pretty conservative as far as big state universities go, unlike Wisconsin, UNC, Cal-Berkeley, etc.
theBuckWheat commented:
Let’s peacefully burn a Koran instead and protest Islamic mistreatment of women and unbelievers.
truth teller commented:
Not any/many minorities standing up for the country that is giving them more of an opportunity than they would get anywhere else in the world.
Not surprised…
sliderblaze commented:
outstanding
wanumba commented:
Too bad that sudent ROTC guy will get reamed – maybe thrown out of the scholarship for shouting at the loser. He’ll get disciplined, a student doing full time classes plus military training required to meet and keep physical fitness standards, academic standards and personal cleanliness and uniform coode standards while the scraggy, filthy leftist will shuffle away, a professional student slinking back to slovenly living and thinking.
wheezer commented:
I would have brought a fire extinguisher…
Kinch commented:
If you ever wanted to know what Tiger Bait looks like, there ya’ go.
Charles Martel commented:
Way to go LSU folks. This Auburn man salutes you!
Iconoclast commented:
I’ve watched the video twice & don’t see any water balloons hitting this maggot. Nor any photos of his pants which surely were streaked yellow & brown.
Charles Martel commented:
On more thing… Did the lefty glue the pubes onto his face himself?
Duffy commented:
Good for all of them. Gives me a whole lot of hope (and not that kind of hope…) for the future.
CommonSenseGuy commented:
Right. A mob threw bottles at someone. That’s patriotic — they’re all heroes!
The PROPER response to this idiot would have been a yawn. Now he’s got his attention, and we are all condoning the unruly behavior of a mob.
I’m sorry, but all of you are reacting emotionally to this (you know, the thing we accuse the Left of?)
We should not be cheering this, no matter how good it feels to do so.
aprilnovember811 commented:
I’m so glad they did this. I went to the home of President George Washington Mount Vernon yesterday. I walked through the house, saw the bedroom he died in, and his grave. It was such a moving experience, I’d recommend it. I walked up the path he rode home on after the Revolutionary War. It was almost a religious experience being there. This country can’t fall any lower than it is with an impostor in the White House. I spit on him.
pamlinson commented:
Brought tears to my eyes to see these college kids taking a stand for America.
God Bless you all.
Scott commented:
Awesome. Those young people give me hope and make me proud.
gus commented:
CommonSenseGuy, can I offer you a tissue. Save your sanctimonious bullshiit. A filthy leftist got a taste of his own medicine. Go preach on a corner somewhere.
Craig commented:
Those LSU folks respect the flag so much that they wear it as a shirt. That’s rich. Then they sweat in it, spill beer on it, and eventually toss it in a washing machine. I suppose when they outgrow it they simply toss it in the trash. Or maybe this ain’t really about respecting the flag. USA chants on the other hand are never tacky. I suppose the doucebag lib should have simply burned a copy of the constitution, no one seems to give a crap about that. But a mass produced flag made oh so delicately in a factory, we certainly can’t burn that. It hurts our iron clad feelings.
gus commented:
aprilnovember!! Mt Vernon is a must see for all Americans. I love the place.
pamlinson commented:
Hippies smell like B. O. and patchouli
Granny Smith commented:
#41 “Commonsenseguy”
There comes a time when you come out from behind the polite manners, the quiet acquiescence to horrible behaviour and STAND UP – or you get what you deserve. No abused woman ever shamed her abuser into better behaviour by calm acceptance.
Our nation is literally on the verge of totalitarianism. Our government is set to track every move you make. Our State Department is talking about requiring the submission of a complete life history – every address you’ve ever lived at, every phone number you’ve ever had, every job you’ve ever held, every boss & supervisor – in order to get a passport, a whack-job “senator” wants to ban people from riding the train, and if you own a cell phone you MUST listen to the “president” if he cares to send you a message. If we do not fight fire with fire now, then there will be nothing left to save.
BTW, have you considered what the possibilities of that new OnStar “feature” that will allow the company to stop your car remotely “if it is reported stolen” in light of the fact that every Government Motors car comes equipped with OnStar? How long until the government decides not only whether you can fly or ride the train, but where you can drive your car?
gus commented:
Craig, you are confusing flag etiquette with patriotism. I hope your period ends soon.
TiminPhx commented:
Commonsense guy would have us engage in a streetfight while we alone wore the boxing gloves and we alone follow the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
The outrage shown here, the standing up to the Left at this stage is important. The Left shows more and more their willingness to engage in violence, to completely spit on the Democratic process. It’s even at the stage where Leftist Judges completely ignore their sworn duty to go by the constitution.
Add to that the growing threat not just Leftists but of their sometime partners in this American Hatefest, that being the Jahadies and the La Raza Terrorists.
You keep your panties all nice and starched all you may want to, but the rest of us, will fight back. And if that means an empty water bottle, some harsh words shouted back, so be it.
Brandon In Baton Rouge commented:
#46
From what I’ve gathered from various accounts, the chick wearing the flag as a top was the would-be flag burner’s girlfriend and was NOT a counter-protester.
pamlinson commented:
I would wrap myself from head to toe in our flag and join them if I could correct or not.
jcbinjcmo commented:
aprilnovember811 commented:
I’m so glad they did this. I went to the home of President George Washington Mount Vernon yesterday. I walked through the house, saw the bedroom he died in, and his grave. It was such a moving experience, I’d recommend it. I walked up the path he rode home on after the Revolutionary War. It was almost a religious experience being there.
April…I’ve been there twice. It was a wonderful experience for me both times! Whenever I know people that are going to the area, I always recommend that tour. It is a little piece of heaven for sure! Thank you LSU students! As noted in the above comments, you are “keeping HOPE alive”!
God Bless America!
CommonSenseGuy commented:
#49 Granny Smith
Why do you suppose I carry an old, non-gps phone, and drive a older non-GM vehicle? Yes, I actually though I was the only one who was suspicious of “on-star”…
What is more totalitarian than stoning someone who burns a flag? Do you remember the scene in “The Sound of Music” when Capt. Von Trapp tears down the nazi flag and is threatened for doing so? The flag is a symbol, and I promise you, I ALWAYS rise and remove my hat when one passes in a parade or at a sporting event… but it really has nothing to do with the
Constitution or the system of government our country was founded upon.
The responses to my above post bear me out — this is an emotional reaction to an emotional event. If we truly believe in and understand the importance of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, we don’t applaud people throwing bottles. I don’t have much of a problem with the water balloons, they are pretty harmless
This guy is entitled to buy his own flag and burn it — it is a right that comes even before free speech — it’s HIS PROPERTY, he can do with it as he pleases. We are entitled to call him an idiot, (and I already did) but we are not entitled to physically attack him. We are BETTER than that.
pamlinson commented:
IF WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE OUR COLLEGE KIDS STAND UP FOR AMERICA, ARE WE
REAAALLLY GOING TO CRITICIZE THE CORRECTNESS OF HOW THEY EXPRESS IT???????
MAJ Mike commented:
Hmmmm! Different reaction than that seen in the ’60′s.
I like it.
REDPILLPATRIOT commented:
You LSU folks made this Vet almost tear up!
Thank You, There is still hope for us yet!
jerrylud commented:
wow fantastic i grew up in the 60s and this was onheard of but now all i can say is WOW
BillP commented:
Whoo Hoo!
This Flag buring crap doesn’t fly in the south…it may be chic in Massachusetts, but not in Louisiana!
Angie Young commented:
WoW! I am soooo proud of my fellow Louisianians today!!!!!
Somewhat Reasonable Voice commented:
Once again, this liberal ass-hat has freedom of speech. However, you MUST pay the consequences of your free speech. He pushed too far and by the looks of this crowd, he damn near pushed himself to death.
You can’t expect people to detach their emotions when what the hold dear is being spit on and in this case burned. A point will come when the reaction you desire to get from people will be forthcoming. Only far greater than you ever bargained for.
You have to have crap for brains to think that it’s totalitarian for INDIVIDUALS to respond. This wasn’t government responding. This was an ad-hoc response to a provocation against citizens, not government. As I said, he is lucky to be alive, it was very dicey.
Granny Smith commented:
#
#59 May 11, 2011 at 4:16 pm
jerrylud commented:
wow fantastic i grew up in the 60s and this was onheard of but now all i can say is WOW
_________
I often wonder what the world might be like today if those of us who didn’t belong to the SDS or the Weathermen had stood up to the nonsense rather than simply abandoning the field to the leftist hordes.
TN Mad Taxpayer commented:
Great show LSU! The student patriots properly gave space to the mounted police and to the a$$hole hippie. This massive shout down with a few water balloons did not break any bones or crush any mush-compacted, liberal diseased skulls. He is free to try again. As for the news coverage, this is what the libtards want: to be seen and recognized for their own self aggrandizement. This jerk is a HAAS been!
The Oracle commented:
It’s things like this and the way the small town folks in Mississippi handled the Westboro Baptist Church morons that make me very happy to be an expatriate Yankee living in the South.
Gothguy commented:
@Commonsenseguy,
There comes a time when you must stand up for your principles, and fight for what you think is right! The issue I have with your stance on this is that for years, nay decades, those of us conservatives have played the game you suggest we do in order to not be like the left.
Well, the higher ground you suggest we take is being over run by the leftist libtards, and as such, there are only a few dugouts left to defend. So, shall we acquiesce to them as to not appear to lower our selves to their level, or do we say enough is enough, and we will defend our dugouts to the last man and woman willing to defend our Country, and the principles for which she stands for?
As a veteran, I for one am willing to take the fight back to these degenerate bastards, twofold. I am no longer willing to be silent…I am no longer willing to play nice with them…I am no longer willing to play their games to placate them…and I am no longer willing to tolerate them!
Sasja commented:
Commonsense Guy. The moment I saw your post alluding to that silly musical, I knew you were an idiot. The Von Trapps left Austria before the Nazis. First to Italy, than to America.
Settling in Vermont, I believe. I will give you that doofus may have the right to burn Our Flag, but those in protest also have a right to confront him. More and more, patriots are waking up and deciding that we are NOT going to tolerate these leftists any longer. We have let this cancer grow and it is time it is removed. Push them back onto their little communes so they can dope it up and sing Kumbaya (sp?) to their hearts content.
Catherine commented:
Good job, TIGERS!!! GEAUX!
I’m a Bama fan but you guys were GREAT!
ROLL TIDE, GEAUX TIGERS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Granny Smith commented:
#67 May 11, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Sasja commented:
Commonsense Guy. The moment I saw your post alluding to that silly musical, I knew you were an idiot. The Von Trapps left Austria before the Nazis. First to Italy, than to America.
__________
Actually, you are both right and wrong. The Von Trapp family did not leave Austria before the Nazis arrived. Not long after the Anschluss Baron Von Trapp was told to report to the Nazi submarine base. He had been an Austrian submarine officer during WWI. It was at that point that they left Austria. They did indeed eventually settle not far up the road from me here in Vermont.
gus commented:
CommonSenseGuy. No one “attacked’ him. Go fly a kite junior.
cnation commented:
To commonsenseguy:
Not only will I cheer this, I will encourage it. Civility? We’ve tried that. It’s well past time we started getting our hands dirty, and I applaud the LSU patriots for getting out there and doing so.
Daniel commented:
I love it when a plan comes together.
gus commented:
I think CommonSenseBoy meant that people “allegedly” attacked the STINK RIDDEN HIPPIE.
In fact, hosing down Hippy Stink Boy should be lauded by the local health department.
Fighting back against evil does not make us “as bad as them”. We bathe.
Sasja commented:
GrannySmith, my bad. You’re right. Sometimes I should refresh my memory before posting.
Alive commented:
The youth of the State of Louisiana made all of America proud today. This video should be a reminder to all the youth of the United State, to appreciate the country you have, and fight for it if you have to. Brought tears to my eyes also.
Mike commented:
I am a Viet Nam Vet and Cornhusker and I say to the LSU Tigers, I am very very proud of your efforts today. I love my country and I love our colleges. I wish there where more LSU’s today!!
Granny Smith commented:
I have to tell you, with all of our budget problems, I should think that we have FAR better places to put $2 million than to to photograph what Dallas schoolchildren leave on their lunch trays! This is OUTRAGEOUS!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110511/ap_on_re_us/us_calorie_camera
BJP commented:
When I was of college age, there was a time when people like the guy burning the flag was in the majority. What a turn of events this has been. It’s something of which Ronald Reagan would have been proud.
Mediaman commented:
Just LOOK at all those young astro-turf, violent racists with their Gadsden and American flags….! Racists……….! -grins-
thedvguy commented:
water balloons are harmless fun. water bottles are not.
chanting USA is good
shouting obscenities is not
I like the fact that so many showed up and that the flag was not burned. but I wish we could behave a little better. we don’t need to sound like the other side. let them be the violent, rude and crude side. and let us be the side of kindness and reason.
if we were fighting a war, I would understand. but this was a peaceful protest.
the media loves to make us look like the bad guys. we shouldn’t be giving them any ammo
Adam Neira commented:
This incident raises questions of national sovereignty, respect for the law and the symbolism of flags. Some places in time and space witness a clash of philosophies and worldviews. Student campuses are hotbeds of intellectual curiosity. The key is for violence to not result.
thedvguy commented:
I do applaud people for standing up for what’s right. I am a true conservative. I want small, limited government that is FOR THE PEOPLE, a balanced budget, freedom for the people. I want a government that is bound by the constitution. a government with liberty and justice for all.
this administration is using onstar, facebook, cell phones, internet, security cameras, traffic cameras and alot more to track every move you make. they are doing it right now. and they’re trying to expand that. traffic cams and fb are both fitted with face recognition software.
they want to tax your car BY THE MILE. they want to tax the parents of obese children. in other words, they want to tax you to death.
there is so much more that I can’t list it all here.
we need to educate our friends, neighbors, coworkers and vote for true conservatives come 2012, locally and nationally. we need to point out the lies of the left. O can’t run his campaign on his record. his record sucks. unless he takes it by force, I don’t think he’ll be in the white house for another term.
as far as a presidential candidate, there are several good people throwing their hat in the Republican ring. we need to pick one good, true conservative with integrity and stand behind him. united we stand. we can defeat the leftist/communist regime.
power to the people
Jackie commented:
God Bless you LSU students………..you made us proud!
Hey_Ange commented:
Hurry up and finish your useless “communications” degree, MSNBC is hiring, they can fit you in somewhere between Sgt. Ed Schultz and Lawrence “madman” O’Donnell. Anyway Ben your glasses match Rachel’s dontcha know?
pamlinson commented:
Mike (Fellow Cornhusker here)
You can see on the video that this little weenie looks terrified. He should be. Americans have to stop letting these little freaks walk all over us and TAKE A STAND. They run like cockroaches when the light is turned on.
Contrary to what weak chined Eric Holder believes, we are no a nation of cowards, and they are going to find out.
USMC Thomas commented:
POS
Debi commented:
You rock LSU students. It’s GREAT to see kids that love their country. I can say that here in California we wouldn’t have seen anything like that. All of the liberals in this state have taught their kiids to feel sorry for people like that and the kids would have joined right in with this traitor and burned the flag or flags of our beloved country. Be proud of what you did and stand up for your country anytime someone is trying to put her down. GOOD FOR YOU!
A PROUD AMERICAN
Spartan commented:
My heart is filled with pride and joy. Way to take it to ‘em!!!! Geaux Tigers!!! A very happy Okie. I’m with you!!!!
But, in September when football season starts,,,,,,,,
decentAmerican commented:
Thank God….I had lost hope in our nations youth, as many had been indoctrinated by the BHO gestapo, but it warms my heart to know that there are still some independent thinking young people who still love this country. While I defend freedom of speech, there is still the issue of respect of each others beliefs…..If the libbos and BHO can protest the burning of another religions holy book, but they will allow the burning of the flag, you know where their priorities are.
God bless America, and may the next Madame President save us from the catastrophe that BHO has caused.
Kinch commented:
More pictures at The Daily Reveille here.
http://www.lsureveille.com/angry-crowd-swarms-for-scheduled-flag-burning-1.2562076
VeteranPatriot commented:
This Vietnam Vet is proud of the students at LSU. Protect our Flag and help freedom loving Americans save this land of the free and home of the brave. We’ the people united, will stand up for Americas values, hopes and dreams. Let the Liberals know, we’ the people wont lay down any longer. One voice, loud and clear.
Midwestengr commented:
This Alabama fan says hats off to those TIGERS!
DavidD commented:
At least we’re not completely gone yet…
Lynn B. DeSpain commented:
Inspite of what the Media and our Congress would like us all to believe, the majority of americans are now awake, and they are angry.
Gimme a Break commented:
Those videos brought a smile to my face. But did anyone think of putting a little body wash in those water balloons? Or is soapy water torture by hippie standards?
Dave W commented:
About damn time !! Great way to stage a comback ! Who’s next ? How bout those redicules polititions who want to destroy America through open borders and unrestrained unregulated illegal immigration ?
Tea Party Mom commented:
To all the LSU students who stood up for Liberty today – you guys and gals rock! We are so proud of you. We knew you would defend your flag and your country. We always had faith in you and your generation.
If any of you are in Jacksonville, FL — look up the First Coast Tea Party and we will give you a free T Shirt “I See Debt People” in honor of your courage. Just show us your LSU student id and the T Shirt is yours! Our website is http://www.firstcoastteaparty.org. You must stop by our office to pick it up.
Go tigers!
Peter Warner commented:
Craig and CommonSenseGuy raise some valid concerns. It’s clear that both of them are American patriots, and their views deserve a civil hearing.
Burning our flag to protest conservative views is an emotional issue. Those who love America and revere its leadership in bringing freedom to millions through human history might disagree on exactly what should be respected as ‘free speech’. As freedom-loving patriots, we should respect that disagreement and value the exchange of sincere concerns.
We should make extra effort to avoid the temptation of emotional name-calling. Engaging in personal attacks brings us down to the immature level of those we condemn for their lack of appreciation. Speak of dignity and respect without alloyed words.
Look closely at the photo at the top of this post, showing a counter-protester wearing a flag tee-shirt. Anyone who is familiar with the code of proper flag display will wince at that- if you respect the flag, you don’t wear it as clothing. If you are unsure of how to show proper respect to this flag that your fellow citizens have sweat and bled for, remember just this: ‘treat the flag as you would a living thing’. You don’t walk on it, you don’t lay it on the ground, you don’t sit on it. Craig@46 wrote:
‘Those … folks respect the flag so much that they wear it as a shirt. That’s rich. Then they sweat in it, spill beer on it, and eventually toss it in a washing machine. I suppose when they outgrow it they simply toss it in the trash. Or maybe this ain’t really about respecting the flag.’
He’s right. If you respect the flag, you don’t wear it.
For myself, I’m not comfortable with mindless chanting either. If you’ve ever found yourself swept up in any group, wound up to an emotional pitch, you would understand. Singing the national anthem is an expression and sharing of devotion and recognition, chanting ‘USA’ ‘USA’ ‘USA’ is an aggressive effort to dominate and intimidate another. Don’t let your emotions pull you down to a mob mentality.
The American flag stands for freedom, not oppression. Please don’t abuse it, or its message. Thank you Craig and CommonSenseGuy for reminding us of that.
Best regards, Peter Warner.
Mike commented:
Awesome American Patriots. God Bless You All!! There is no other country in the world like our USA!! Because we have Freedom and a defend our flag from antiamericans living in our free county. These anti americans should leave.
tommy mc donnell commented:
gee i wonder how many liberals would condemn the guy for burning the flag. i think you could count that number as zero. even though some people find the flag burning insensitive and mean-spirited. even though people’s feelings would be hurt by the flag burning. i don’t believe a single anti-insensitive, anti mean-spirited person(i talking about you hillary)would utter a word of condemnation.
StrangernFiction commented:
chanting ‘USA’ ‘USA’ ‘USA’ is an aggressive effort to dominate and intimidate another.
And what kind of person would feel dominated or intimidated by this?
Chris commented:
LSU STUDENT HERE: we dont play with any anti-American BS here in south Louisiana! This man single handily pissed off a bunch of cajuns and the only time we get mad is at football games and coming out of the bar at 2am in Tigerland! I dont know this Benjamin Haas guy personally but he is DEF barking up the wrong tree! LSU LSU LSU LSU I love my school! There was easily 2 THOUSAND student out there. You can hear our football chants! Love US!
AirCavRick commented:
God Bless LSU!!!!
AirCavRick commented:
Rock ON, Chris!!!!
Militant Conservative commented:
Not a rabid fanof the “don’t burn the flag crowd”
It’s a thing not an icon.
That said, I would have had a squirt gun with 101 prof alcohol in it.
this kind of alcohol burns invisible, nice for the flagburners huh? Just squirt them down befor the ignition. You spark a match and more than the flag goes up in light.
have a nice day. terd
Peter Warner commented:
StrangernFiction @101 quoted:
‘chanting ‘USA’ ‘USA’ ‘USA’ is an aggressive effort to dominate and intimidate another.’
and then asked:
‘And what kind of person would feel dominated or intimidated by this?’
Well, if you’ve ever been surrounded by people hostile to your views, chanting some mantra, you’d know the feeling. It comes pretty naturally in that kind of situation, I think.
Putting myself in the shoes (sandals?) of some young college student who might be receptive to a common sense conservative viewpoint, facing any chanting group would not be pleasant. We should speak truthfully with love, rather than try to force others to join our position.
Best regards, Peter Warner.
Vera Anderson commented:
At our events in Arizona the protesters are protected while WE have to stand there and
watch them step on, spray paint and even put a toilet on our US Flag, It makes me
ill to have experience this in our own country. Thank you LSU students for standing up
for America.
Molon Lobe commented:
LSU students should have thrown cream pies and then yellow dye. These CommonSense Lacking Morons won’t leave the USA but they hate everything that make it great. They are so purile.
CommonSenseGuy commented:
Thank you Peter Warner (and Chris) for apparently being the only two posters here who actually THOUGHT about my posts, and didn’t just react. I do love the Constitution and I love my country. The flag is a symbol of the country, but it when I hear people saying things like, “millions have fought and died for that flag” it makes me cringe. If they fought for the flag, they were mis-guided. Hopefully, they fought and died for the freedoms and the ideals expressed in the Constitution… not a cloth symbol. I don’t really regard burning a flag as vile and disgusting so much as I regard it to be childish and overly dramatic. Burning the flag can’t hurt the United States, or our freedoms and ideals — this great country is bigger and better than that.
Again, just to clarify, I never said the mob that met this guy shouldn’t have criticized and ridiculed him — he was asking for it. My only complaint was with the bottle throwers, who were BREAKING THE LAW, and with the posters who applauded them.
Ang commented:
I was feeling somewhat dejected today until I came home and read this. Its about time. Stop with all the rationalization and look at it for what it is. We’re sick of the bleeding heart idiot liberals denegrating America and everything we stand for and its about damn time. Poke a hornets nest too many times and see what happens. I thought to myself this morning surely, someone will stand up to this idiot. Tell me defenders should we just lay down a welcome mat uh um as in our open borders, to our enemies or is it time to fire back.
Randall McCullough commented:
Way to Geaux Tigers. You all should be proud for standing up for our country. THANKS
ABN TROOPER commented:
Thank You Concerned Americans for not allowing Our Countries flag to be burned.
God Bless each and everyone who made a stand. “FREEDOM ISN’T FREE”
Truth about U.S.Flag commented:
Freedom friends The TRUTH about the U.S. Flag is it cannot ever be Burnt or destroyed.It exists in U.S.C Title 4.Chapter 1.Unfortuntally Freedom Lovers the Deceration of the U.S.Flag is part of Freedom.So please understand primarily that the U.S. Flag Cannot ever be Destroyed because it exists in the Law.Only a copy is being destroyed………….and a Copy isn’t the Real thing………….Charles
Flag Burner commented:
Burn the US flag. Make America number one!
Flag Burning World
demasque commented:
Couple this up with the folks in Mississippi foiling the Westboro church protesting another military funeral. This makes 2 points for the South now!
Dennis the Menace commented:
Wow! I’m speechless (almost). Will there be this patriotic atmosphere when the 2012 elections come around? Man I sure hope so. This kind of display of pride in our country seems to be spreading to collages and universities across our GREAT country. These peaceful responses to the unconstitutional mayhem in Washington will free us from this immoral administration.
WHEN THEY JAM THEIR POLICIES DOWN OUR THROATS, THEY ARE BURNING OUR FLAG!! Look back and see the arguments over the last two years. This administration is BURNING our flag every day. Lets finally put that to rest by a CHANGE in ADMINISTRATION in 2012.
Militant Conservative commented:
My water baloons would have had rubbing alchol in them.
William Coble commented:
Way to go LSU!
See you in Sept. Go Ducks!
Militant Conservative commented:
#114 May 12, 2011 at 6:53 am
Flag Burner commented:
seriously? what a putz
Joe Myrick commented:
This spirit needs to go viral all across the land. Please do your part to spread this attitude of defending our nations values so that students all across America will unite in saving our U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights. We must stop the UN agenda that is being cleverly implemented by the use of propaganda warfare. You young people are going to be left holding the bag, and you are not going to have any rights at all in the new world that is being implemented upon you. Grow yourselves and do it fast. Please learn of the many conspiracies that are being practiced to destroy America. Learn of the real truth, not the proposed propagandized truth that Obama is spreading, as he is in bed with the enemies of our nation, & our sovereignty. He himself & his wife have both attended flag burnings. He is a liar and a deceiver. Do not believe his partial truth where he slips in the lie to deceive you. He is an Anti Christ puppet, & is a combination of Islam values and Marxist values. He will help Iran, & Venezuela destroy us.
MoovinTarget commented:
The flag represents the republic. If you do not like the president, vote him out. If you do not like the U.S. Constitution, please renounce your citizenship and leave. It is unwise to spit into the face of the people and espescially those who identify with and have suffered and made great sacrifices for all to enjoy freedom. There exists only one developed nation that is somewhat free and that limits the government in the name of individual rights granted by a power higher than man in an effort to make them sacred and secure. There are many centrally ruled states that impose the will of the government upon the people. Choose any one of them and seek citizenship there. Why waste your time and effort trying to force everyone here to accept servitude to a central government and centrally controlled economy. The. U.S. has been under threat of destruction by Communists, Socialists, Fascists, and statists of all kinds. When a non-statists claims that libtardia is a mental disorder, it is because it makes not sense to destroy the most successful and free republic and economy that has ever been created. It would make more sense to leave or to learn how to be productive, to excel, and to prosper under the protections granted by a republican government and a free market economy. Earned wealth can more easily be donated individually through free charititable services than through a wasteful government. Therefore the whole social justice line of crap does not hold water. What can be more progressive than individual liberty, republican government, and free markets. Nothing. Stop letting self-indulgent eggheads talk you out of your only real entitlement, your Creator given individual rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (private property). These eggheads are destructive not creative. A real learned person would recognize this truth and not allow themselves to become useful idiots of those seeking central planning, brute force of govenment and tyranny. Saul Alinsky is the hero of the left. Read his works. You will understand that he preaches seeking totalitarian control at all cost. Ie. (“…the ends justify the means”). Think about that. Violate the law and the rights of others to seize power. Read the Communist Manifesto. It deplores the Bougeois Socialist in the name of the Proletariat. It hates the Communist’s definition of the middle class. The middle class only exists as a stepping stone whereas one rises from ruin to riches or falls from riches to ruin. This is what happens in a productive meritocracy. The successful rise when successful and the non-productive and unsuccessful fall. The middle class or Bourgeois Socialist level of a society only thrives if and when a society provides for upward mobility. Since not everyone can be succesful, just as every idea or product cannot be successful, downward mobility also exists. This is a dynamic system by which success is rewarded and failure is punished. This is a great thing not something to be scorned. Read the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and study the history of the time to understand what was accomplished and why. The people were escaping centrall planning, centrally controlled economies, and a centrally controlled religion. We achieved that moreso than anyone, however, as we have grown larger, and over-immigrated without assimilation, we have also allowed for the failed philosophies of the aged central planners to be preached not studied within our education system. We have also allowed the same instruments as pushed through our more centrally controlled government process to stifle our own history and the philosophy of free self-governing individuals. You must educate yourself and think openly to learn the truth. Man wants to dominate other men and loot him as well. Human nature must be disciplined by the individual along with a simple code of law agreed to by those to be governed. Collectivism is simply giving in to the evil side of human nature and empowering the few to rule the many in the name of the unfortunate and the non-productive. This is an emotional plea to deny truth with the goal of empowering the few to rule in tyranny. Read the 5000 Year Leap, The Law, Economics in One Lesson, Liberty and Tryanny, The Anti-federalist Papers, Common Sense, etc… If you are going to educate yourself, and you must, learn the truth. Do not repeat the Lie. The means can destroy the ends and the ends are often communicated under a vail of deception for more sinister ends held by those seeking power. May God bless the USA, the members of her military, and truth seeking people.
MoovinTarget commented:
Oh! and Geaux Tigers!!!
Southern Class commented:
I don’t have a problem with someone not liking MY country. In fact, I will do all I can to help them- to GTFO. I will chair a committee to raise the money for a 1st class ticket to the foreign destination of their choice, (one way, of course), and all they have to provide is there collections of US Flags, and a promise to never ever return.
chuck in st paul commented:
Why am I not surprised this resurgence in American Pride is flowing from The Old South? Limosine Liberals on the coasts have been looking down on the South for a long, long time now. Apparently it’s time for a spanking and the South seems more than willing to give it. Gotta love it.
Disregarding the moral issues, the Old South fought the Civil War for states rights not on slavery as such. That’s something the textbooks still don’t really tell correctly. While I’m glad chattel slavery has been stopped in the Western nations, one can see why a fight for states rights can occur. It’s going on right now in Arizona and other states.
I can only hope the tide of Euroweenieism is falling back and that American Pride is on the rise. I am so-o-o-o tired of America haters at home and abroad. They should all go pack sand.
Brian commented:
@CommonSenseGuy – It seems clear that you are not of a military background. Therefore I will explain what you fail to realize. – You are correct that people DID (and DO) fight and die for the ideals of freedom we hold dear. What you are not grasping is that in the heat of battle, the flag is there as a symbol of that freedom and it is (and always has been) raised during those hellish moments as a matter of inspiration. That symbol of the freedom they fought for, in the chaos of battle, was often the definitive factor in victory or defeat. As long as the flag was raised, and in plain sight, the heart of the American fighting force was still in the fight and determined to win. And that is why it is said that many patriots have fought, suffered and died for that flag. When in hostile foreign environments, it is THE single primary symbol of the home that they fight for and of the families they left behind to do so… -And they will suffer most anything to protect it and keep it flying. If the flag ever fell in battle, to the troops, it meant that the battle was lost. Anyone left alive in this case would experience instant loss of morale and initiative. To keep the battle moving towards victory, they fight to keep the flag flying. An example of this would be the Marines who risked leaving the main fighting force to ascend Mt. Surabachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. They had one mission,… Get the flag raised. The ONLY purpose of the mission was to raise the morale of the troops engaged in battle by displaying the very symbol of what they were fighting for. It worked then, just as it always had.
On the flip side, it is (and always has been) detrimental to the morale of America’s enemies to see Old Glory still flying in battle. For them it meant their hopes of victory diminish with every moment that our banner is aloft. An example of this would be the defense of Ft. McHenry in 1812; -which BTW provided the lyrics to our own national anthem. –A song that is about this very subject; -the inspirational power of our flag, in battle, to achieve victory over our enemies.
Why do you think that one of the main objectives in many battles is to bring the enemy flag down and replace it with our own? Seeing the flag raised in battle is an instant, and incredibly powerful, force multiplier. Seeing the flag fall in battle has an equally powerful negative effect.
Patriots, troops and families of troops know this very well. To them this is common sense. A CommonSenseGuy such as yourself can surely understand this point of view.
In regards to LSU’s actions,…
I take back everything I’ve ever said negative about Louisiana and thus apologize for my words. I applaud the bold patriots of LSU and thank the families that raised such kids. There’s hope for the republic yet. God help us.
David commented:
LSU could have set a great example for the rest of the world to watch civilized public decent and strength in allowing the minority voice to be heard (however stupid or unpopular that voice may be), instead we look exactly like those Muslim fanatics do in Middle East, whooping and hollering every time someone says something bad about Mohammed. It’s embarrassing; No difference between us and them
ron commented:
A true patriot would know that flag burner has the right under our constitution to burn our flag. I dont have to agree with it being done but as a patriot i know many fought and died for his rights as well as any of ours. The constitution is there for all of us not just the ones we agree with. And from the looks of the posts i see on here its more about your party politics than the constitution or the flag. See that picture of the guy wearing the flag as a shirt ? If any of you had a clue you would know that is ALSO disgracing the flag yet you stay quite about that. I doubt if many of you know the proper way to display the flag . Its clear you think the rights we all enjoy in this country only apply to you so it wouldn’t surprise me not a one of you know proper flag respect . You all just act like you do .
Scott commented:
You can always spot these leftist, self-loathing, look like they crawled out from under a rock, America hating scumbags a mile away. He’s lucky the police showed up or he might have wound up getting torched himself.
It is about time people in this country started standing up to these pathetic excuses for America. If you hate this country so badly, that you want to burn our flag, I suggest you pack up your meager belongings and get out of this country, NOW.
Run commented:
Did the militia In the Revolutionary War who stood against the to British Redcoats under King George, fire the shot heard around the world, do it without emotions? I don’t think so. Sometimes a person has to defend their home. Bang!!!
CommonSenseGuy commented:
Brian,
Thank you for a reasoned, thoughtful response to my posts. You are correct, I do not have a military background, I fall in that crack that turned 18 just AFTER Vietnam, so I was never drafted and never served. I DO have the greatest respect for those who did and your post makes a great deal of sense. I guess I’m one of those un-emotional types who tend to look at thing pragmatically, rather than symbolically — but I realize I’m in the minority.
I do still agree with Ron (#127), that one of the freedoms that our military has fought for is the freedom to have an unpopular, even offensive opinion, and that it is ALWAYS wrong to answer an argument with force. When you throw the bottle, you lose the argument.
and to MoovinTarget #121: One word: “Paragraphs”
Retired Vet commented:
Very Proud that our younger generation “gets it”! We have warriors protecting us from the evil overseas and at home! Sacred symbols of sacrafice must be protected.
Thank you!
Rosemary, CT commented:
Vera. No you don’t have to just stand there. Start chanting next time.
Great job done by our American students. It brought tears of pride to my eyes I’m so proud.
Clark commented:
I am a member of Sons of the American Revolution. My ancestor Jacob wrote of how hard it was being a part of the war. Having an ancestor involved and to read the stuggle he delt with is amazing.
Those who do not have an ancestor or family member who have served this country….. Do not forget what it took to get here. Going to war no matter the era or the enemy is extremely taxing.
I sit here proud to be a United States Citizen, and a resident of the great State of Louisiana and the WHO DAT Nation!
If you don’t like it remember you applied to join OUR GREAT NATION… It is not the other way around.