{"id":59561,"date":"2020-09-12T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=59561"},"modified":"2020-09-12T22:51:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T03:51:08","slug":"59561","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=59561","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Baylor University Labels 9\/11 Flag Tribute With Trigger Warning<\/a><\/p>\n

Baylor University placed a warning on a campus 9\/11 display advising the 2,977 American flags as \u201csensitive content,\u201d the Baylor chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n

The Baylor Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) has presented the same display in a prominent area of the campus for several years, according to a press release sent to the DCNF. The display was accompanied by a sign dedicating the memorial to \u201cthose who lost their lives on 9\/11,\u201d with the organization\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Young Conservatives of Texas at Baylor are highly disappointed in Baylor\u2019s conduct in this matter. We have consistently proven that we are dedicated to conducting a respectful and apolitical 9\/11 memorial and have never even asked to put our name with this event,\u201d Baylor YCT Chair Jake Neidert told the DCNF.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, Young Conservatives of Texas stands for Principles over Party, and today Baylor made a 9\/11 memorial out to be a sensitive partisan and political event. Memorializing 9\/11 isn\u2019t political or sensitive, it\u2019s distinctly American,\u201d Neidert added.<\/p>\n

The display was approved by Baylor Student Activities, Baylor YCT told the DCNF. The university has not previously put up disclaimers around the presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon our initial request to place the memorial this year, we made it clear to Baylor Student Activities that this was not a political event. Less than 24 hours before the event, Baylor Student Activities informed us they would need to place \u2018expression activity\u2019 signs near the flags,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n

Baylor YCT has requested a formal apology from the university, according to the press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese signs amount to nothing short of a trigger warning for an event that should unite all Americans,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Baylor students, this is incredibly saddening for us to see. 9\/11 is a day that we can forget our political identities and come together to remember those who died and celebrate the triumph of our nation over evil.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBaylor University fully supports the 9\/11 display of American flags depicting the thousands of lives lost as a result of the attacks that took place 19 years ago,\u201d Baylor told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cOut of reverence for the exhibit of flags and in knowing that its moving symbolism could evoke a wide range of emotions, signage was placed near the display notifying those who passed by of its potential impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe regret that the signage we used has taken away from the intent of the display and apologize for any misunderstanding this may have caused,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baylor University Labels 9\/11 Flag Tribute With Trigger Warning Baylor University placed a warning on a campus 9\/11 display advising the 2,977 American flags as \u201csensitive content,\u201d the Baylor chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Baylor Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) has presented the same display in a … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59562,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59561\/revisions\/59562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}