You May Not Question Their Patriotism - Part 7745
Monday, January 24, 2005
Here in the capital of Ohio, the numbers of Bush & Kerry bumper stickers broke down pretty even. Most cars with stickers showed no preference for president at all but had those yellow "Support Our Troops" ribbons. Several cars had both the yellow ribbon and a pro-Bush sticker.
What was conspicuously absent though were cars with "Support Our Troops" ribbons and Kerry stickers.
Michelle Malkin links to a story (professional journalists write like this!?!) about a dust-up at the University of Oregon:
A yellow ribbon sticker that says "Support The Troops" has created a big stir at the University of Oregon.
A day after a campus employee was told to remove the sticker from his maintenance vehicle -- people on campus are reacting.
It all started after a university employee complained.
Some think the university may have gone too far.
But for now... all the stickers are gone.
For some it's a sticker that supports the troops.
But at the University of Oregon... someone saw it as a political statement.
"I don't know how they think these are political.. i think they're patriotic," said Pete Baker, U of O delivery driver.
Pete Baker has had the stickers on his work truck... for months.
Friday, a university employee... complained.
Now the stickers are gone.
"I'm not democratic or republican.. and i was really surprised the university deemed them to be political," said Baker.
The story concludes with a phrase that I am tired of hearing:
The university determined that some may view the yellow ribbons as a political statement...threfore they demanded that all those stickers be removed.
I am tired of what's acceptable and not acceptable being determined by the freaky few.
But hey, I remember all of those nasty things that Republicans said about our troops in Bosnia, don't you?
