After Donald Trump won the presidential election on Tuesday, Hampshire College angered many people when they lowered the American flag on campus to half staff. Later, someone on campus burnt the American flag on Veteran's Day. Now, the college has simply decided to remove all flags--American or any others--for the time being.
Hampshire College is a small liberal arts school with 1,410 students in Amherst, MA.
Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash published a statement on Facebook outlining the school's decision to remove flags from the campus flagpole:
Students are still free to fly whichever flag they wish, but none will be from the campus flagpole.
There is "no timeline" on when the American flag will return.
People were less-than-thrilled about the school's decision:
Perhaps they should move campus to Saudi Arabia —> Hampshire College Stops Flying All Flags https://t.co/Cbf2uMKpa0
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) November 23, 2016
Perhaps they should move campus to Saudi Arabia —> Hampshire College Stops Flying All Flags https://t.co/Cbf2uMKpa0
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) November 23, 2016
The snowflakes on the left are triggered by, get this, THE AMERICAN FLAG. I am disgusted and ashamed. #hampshirecollege
— Kyrie Holman (@KyrieHolman) November 22, 2016
Yowza. Talk about an incredible overreaction to an election result. America is still America, and the flag is still the flag, regardless of who is president.