# Students at UC Irvine vote to ban American flag

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**Created:** [March 7, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/714452 "2015-03-07T16:21:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/714452/1 "2015-03-07T16:21:42Z")

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This reminds me of Oxford’s infamous resolution in the 1930’s.

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> Students at the University of California, Irvine have voted to make their school a more “culturally inclusive” place by banning the American flag.  
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> The resolution passed 6-4. Two people abstained. Let me break down the vote for you – six unAmerican students, four patriots and two individuals who could have a career in House Republican leadership.

[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/03/06/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/](http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/03/06/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/)

I thought about pitting the idiots, but I’m not sure that it’s really worthwhile.

It would be much more satisfying to strip them of their citizenship and forcibly deport them. Unfortunately, that is beyond my power.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-at-uc-irvine-vote-to-ban-american-flag/714452/2 "2015-03-07T16:24:21Z")

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As usual, Fox News distorts the story.

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> The Associated Students of University of California (ASUCI) passed a resolution March 3 that would remove the Stars & Stripes\*\* along with every other flag\*\* from the lobby of a complex housing the offices of the student government.

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