FOLLOW UP: HYPOCRISY EXPOSED AT SAN FRAN. STATE UNIV.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE HAS BANNED STEPPING ON THE FLAGS OF HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH AS HATE SPEECH. IN A POST YESTERDAY, I QUESTIONED WHETHER THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE THE SAME REACTION TO SIMILAR (OR WORSE) TREATMENT OF THE ISRAELI FLAG. AS JAMES TARANTO OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL POINTS OUT, WE HAVE OUT ANSWER:

One obvious question is whether SFSU would act similarly if someone mistreated an Israeli flag, which also incorporates a religious symbol, on campus. That has happened at least in the neighborhood, as the Associated Press reported in April 2002:

In San Francisco, close to 500 pro-Palestine demonstrators took to the streets near San Francisco State University for several hours, yelling chants, burning paper Israeli flags and even grabbing an Israeli flag out of the hands of a passing motorist who lofted it from her sunroof.