Mizzou Students Hold ISIS Flag Burning Rally
Chants of “USA! USA! USA” broke out the University of Missouri campus Thursday as a group of students held an ISIS flag burning ceremony on the quad.
The event was held by the Young Americans for Liberty and featured food, music, and freedom, because America.
Ian Paris lights the handmade ISIS flag on fire. A crowd of about 150 chants "USA." pic.twitter.com/Wl2vZlcpE7
— Kaley Annabel (@KaleyJohnson6) October 8, 2015
The burning of an ISIS flag is well within the group’s First Amendment rights and they even cleared it with MU campus police first, but not every student was thrilled with the act. Some felt the publicity stunt posed a risk to campus safety, especially in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in France back in January.
Counter protest in support of student safety at the ISIS Flag burning event @Mizzou pic.twitter.com/ZOslJzCEfo
— Anurag Ram (@AnuragRC) October 8, 2015
Still, if images of their flag being burned by college students hurts them more than the heartless beheadings and killings they execute on a daily basis, then they’re more screwed in the brain than previously thought.
According to US officials, 10,000-plus ISIS fighters were killed in a 9-month campaign. Ten thousand down, many more to go.
Plus, the flag burning gave some lucky couple a proposal to remember.
Lol how pissed would you be if you were the girl getting proposed to on the quad as people were burning the ISIS flag/rallying next to you
— Jess Bowser (@jess_bowser) October 8, 2015
Love is in the air..
Images via Les Raymond Masters, Shutterstock
But where the hell did they get an ISIS flag?
10 years ago at 9:35 pmThey made it, so no money spent on terrorist supporters. Think arts and crafts but ISIS themed.
10 years ago at 9:42 pmGod damnit that is brilliant
10 years ago at 11:11 pmI like that idea a great deal, but I would hate to be the one making it
10 years ago at 10:44 amUh oh, those counter-protestors have some pretty vague, nondescript accusations.
10 years ago at 9:37 pmProtesting burning an Isis flag? I fucking hate activists
10 years ago at 9:40 pmEvery Isis militant deserves a Reese’s, dipped in anthrax.
10 years ago at 9:47 pmAnd without the Reese’s
10 years ago at 10:10 amSurprised Obama wasn’t out there protesting.
Right on, Young Americans for Liberty. USA USA
10 years ago at 9:48 pmGotta love how the people who actually are fostering a united stance against ISIS are the ones who are being reprimanded for disregarding safety and not ISIS themselves #totalliberalmove
10 years ago at 9:56 pmI love how the protesters use the possibility of extremist violence as the reason they should not burn the flag. Being more concerned about terrorist violence than terrorist’s feelings TAmericaM.
10 years ago at 10:07 pmwell done Mizzou – good to know there are still some other patriots in our generation
10 years ago at 10:18 pmThis is a power move if I’ve ever seen one. Well done, Mizzou.
10 years ago at 10:30 pmIt absolutely blows my mind that there are idiots that would protest. Unfortunately I shouldn’t be surprised, but I honestly am. I know America houses a ton of stupid people, but the extent of their stupidity is ever growing.
10 years ago at 10:36 pm