When a graduate student from Louisiana State University tried to burn an American flag to protest the arrest of another student for stealing and burning a flag from the war memorial, he was greeted with obscenities, thrown bottles and water balloons and needed a police escort to leave the area.
The university administration choose to ignore the violence in their official statement, “This is what a flagship university, and Free Speech Alley, is all about — good civil discourse, dialogue between all parties and discussions of diverse opinions. This is how students learn from each other and grow as people. I also thought today brought out a wonderful display of patriotism among the students conducting the counter-protest [reciting the Pledge of Alliance and singing the national anthem].” -db
From a commentary for the First Amendment Center, May 12, 2011, by Gene Policinski.