U.S. flag 'represents genocide'

Orange County College has voted to reinstate the pledge of allegiance, but that's not even half the story. If you'll remember, the school made national headlines when they banned the pledge in the first place (more info).

The real problem will knock your socks off, via the Daily Pilot newspaper of Newport Beach:

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Nonetheless, the Monday meeting involved more than its share of fireworks, as the speakers touched on the sacrifices of American soldiers for the flag, the national reputation of OCC and even whether European settlers committed genocide on the Native Americans.

Trustee Coyotl Tezcatlipoca, who voted along with Ball against the final decision, said he had a personal contention with the American flag but believed that others should be allowed to salute it during the public comment session.

"That represents genocide to me, and I'm not going to pledge allegiance," he said, in a statement that drew a number of angry retorts from the audience. "But I respect anyone who wants to stand up and do it."

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To this college trustee, the U.S. flag represents genocide.

When a group of people possessing a superior culture, with the beginnings of genuine scientific discoveries, battle ships, and modern concepts of law and order, arrive on the shores of a continent inhabited by people who are basically camping, the result would be obvious. When a superior culture wipes out the inferior one, it doesn't mean the superior culture is awful. It has been going on throughout history, and no apologies are necessary.