Stanford Reverses Ban on US Flag for CR T-Shirts

Hat tip College Reform and The College Fix





Stanford University, no doubt due to bad publicity, has reversed its earlier decision banning the College Republicans from  using a portion of the US flag on their t-shirts.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10628

“This specific policy is part of a broader policy that is appropriately intended to avoid associating the Stanford name/logo with specific political perspectives,” the official added. “We now recognize that the specific policy was framed in an overly restrictive manner.”

Incredible.

What they were saying is that the US flag represents a specific political perspective means that others at Stanford do not share that political view. In other words, some at Stanford would be offended by our flag or the idea that it represents a love of this country. That, according to the warped Stanford thinking, would make some people feel uncomfortable.

And excluded.

Yes, Dear Readers, the sight of that flag would set off trigger warnings and constitute a micro-or even-macro-aggression. Students who are offended by our flag would need counseling.

As for Stanford, a private institution located in Palo Alto, California, which is still in the United States (barely), apparently, the administrators felt that the US flag did not necessarily represent what they stand for.

No doubt, however, public disclosure, as it has so often, came to the rescue. The College Republicans are not dumb.

"The Stanford College Republicans financial officer, John Rice-Cameron, said Tuesday in an interview with The College Fix that he is not satisfied with the denial he received from the trademark office."

So the CR, no doubt, contacted  The College Fix, who in turn, made inquiries with Stanford and put the story out. That's the way to  go.

By the way, I heartily recommend both the the blogs that covered this story. I have occasionally collaborated with both of them. They do yeoman work in exposing the looniness that goes on in our universities.