‘Straight Pride’ Posters Removed From Campus
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The Student Government Association at Youngstown State had the posters removed quickly.
Campus leaders said while they believe the posters were meant more as satire, especially since no names were associated with them, they determined the flyers went too far with their message.
“When you are talking about minority activism, it is very easy that if you are in the majority to say ‘well, this sort of activism is not necessary. This sort of zeal in your activism is over the top.’ For minorities who experience discrimination, that is not the case,” Student Government Vice President Jacob Schriner-Biggs said.
After consulting with the Vice President of Student Life, it was decided to take the posters down, not necessarily because of its topic but because of the coarse language.
“We have to be careful with the whole free speech issue. But then if you actually read through it, it seemed like it went way further than a free speech issue. There were swear words and took it a little further than the average free speech should go,” Student Government President Michael Slavens said.
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ExPFCWintergreen April 24th, 2015 at 11:50 am
Isn’t every week in college “straight pride” week, sort of by definition?
Carla Akins April 24th, 2015 at 7:23 pm
Oh yeah, to be lucky enough to be born of a privileged race, into a gender you identify with, attracted to a sex that’s accepted and encouraged by society – you worked hard for that, I’d be proud too.
bpollen April 26th, 2015 at 10:33 pm
“This poster produced and funded by The Sour Grapes Committee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Whiny Koch-Suckers, Inc™”