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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 629117, member: 2265"]
Well I thought somebody would bring that up. The Stars and Bars offends people for obvious reasons. Just who is being offended by a tribute to civil rights protests?
 
Bear in mind that something offends someone somewhere all the time. Barry Goldwater once said, "Give me 15 minutes and I'll find you a constituency for redheaded left-handed pitchers!"
 
To my knowledge Glickman? Sadat-Singh? Et al? had nothing to do with SU football.
 
Not everyone was protesting for civil rights at the time - as a matter of fact a lot of folks just went to Canada to avoid the draft. When you are alone against the multitudes courage is certainly required. People were getting beaten and killed and denied employment and retaliated against in many other ways.
 
It is a part of SU football and I would rather recognize it for what it was than try to pretend it did not happen. The players were right and old Ben was simply wrong. There are reasons of course but even heroes can be wrong - just watch John McCain.
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