Potential flag burner chased off of LSU campus by angry mob

   Benjamin Haas is a graduate student at LSU who decided to protest against the arrest of another student who stole a United States flag from LSU’s war memorial and burned it in protest of Osama bin Laden’s killing. Hass decided that he would also burn the American flag and was given permission by LSU to do so, however he lacked a burn permit from the town so he agreed to read a statement at the university’s “free speech alley” instead. He started to read his statement but was chased off by other students who were shouting “go to hell, hippie.”

  This story is interesting on a number of levels. First, he condoned the stealing and destruction of private property.

 Second, LSU gave him permission to disrespect the flag of the nation.

 Third, LSU has only one certain area where free speech is allowed.

Fourth, enough college students opposed this leftist to drive him away.

And fifth and most interesting of all: The left simply does not make protesters the way they used to. Benjamin Haas was set to protest the United States government by burning the American flag, yet he did not have a government permit to burn, so he fell in line and agreed not to burn the flag of the government he was protesting because he didn’t want to get in trouble with that very same government–he was afraid that he might get in trouble for not having the proper permits from a government which he feels is oppressive. He was not nearly as ensconced in his beliefs as the flag burner he was supporting for he was not willing to risk jail time in his support.

  This story brought a smile to my face, in fact I am still laughing at the ineptitude of this would be protester.