Forrest Gump described Hampshire College's new flag policy perfectly.

Hampshire College, a a private liberal arts college in western Massachusetts, responded to a student protest of Donald Trump’s election whereat they allegedly burned a U.S. flag by…wait for it…banning the flying of any and all flags on campus. So, they promptly lowered the Stars and Stripes from any flagpoles on campus.

Overreact much, Hampshire College? Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

The last I looked, as wigged out as it has become since the Civil War, Massachusetts was still one of the 50 United States. But, apparently College President Jonathan Lash thinks they need to send “Old Glory” into time out as they “discuss what the flag represents to all members of our community.”

Say..what? Apparently President Lash thinks we’re apparently not the United States anymore. Apparently not united enough to be represented under one flag, anyway.

Is it just me or didn’t Massachusetts agitate until we had a war back in 1861 to force the nation to reunite back under that same flag?

In the rambling, wishy-washy and nearly incoherent statement president Lash issued November 18, he said “…we decided today that we will not fly the U.S. flag or any other flags on our college flagpole for the time being. We hope this will enable us in the near term to instead focus our efforts on addressing racist, misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and behaviors.”*

What the hell does flying the US flag on campus have to do with distracting their focus on anything? That flag’s flown been on flagpoles there and everywhere else in this country for generations.

And what about focusing on patriotism, civility and tolerance towards Christian viewpoints, and respect for our history, heritage, for liberty, the Constitutional Republic form of government we were established as? Oh; those aren’t politically-correct so we can’t address those things, I guess.

Lash babbles on, “I ask our campus to join me in a commitment to living up to the ideals of our mission: to insist on diversity, inclusion and equity from our leaders and in our communities; to constructively resist those who are opposing these values; and to actively and passionately work toward justice and positive change at Hampshire and in the world.”*

Lash and Hampshire obviously consider “insisting on… inclusion” to include anyone except those like patriots, Conservatives or Christians who were notably absent from the viewpoints he listed.

And what exactly he means by “insisting on… equity from our leaders and in our communities” to mean God only knows what in his confused, politically-correct skewed viewpoint.

It’s pretty obvious el presidente’ sees the removal of the U.S. flag from his campus flagpole to be “constructive resist[ance to] those who are opposing these values” and one helluva giant leap for mankind “towards justice and positive change” on his campus “and in the world.” Apparently the advancement of only politically-correct things are positive changes to el presidente’ Lash.

Forrest Gump said it best, “Stupid is as stupid does.”**

Now that I’ve raked the good college president over the coals pretty well here, I will say that this is still a free country and since they are a private college then they can pretty much exhibit their rights to do so as they see fit.

BUT, that river should flow BOTH ways.

As a taxpayer, I firmly believe that if Hampshire wants to ban displays of all flags including the flag of the United States of America, then the USA should be able to and very well should withhold any and all federal funding from Hampshire and its students including student loan money.

In doing so, then and only then would the scales of justice truly be balanced in this situation. Surely, President Lash would respect such restriction since he’s oh so concerned about “actively and passionately working towards justice…in the world.”

*"Statement from President Jonathan Lash Regarding the College's US Flag." Www.hampshire.edu. N.p., 22 Nov. 2016. Web. 28 Nov. 2016.

**Forrest Gump. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. By Eric Roth. Perf. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, and Mykelti Williamson. N.p., n.d. Web.