TO THE EDITOR:
As a proud member of the UNC College Republicans, I am extremely offended by Matt Compton's Wednesday column ("College Republicans become bit players in their own farce," Oct. 13) - but I suppose the goal of it was to arouse such passionate disgust.
I'm appalled that you seem to side with the man who damaged our nation's flag. Thousands upon thousands of American lives have been lost in defense of that flag and, to me, burning it simply disregards the lives lost and the loved ones left behind with nothing but a folded flag.
In regard to the fact that we seem to be the only ones "parading around campus" with it proudly displayed, that is simply a matter of the choices of others. We fully support anyone else who wants to display their American flag because it symbolizes the right of each person on campus to proclaim his or her views as loudly as he or she likes.
We may not agree with the Young Democrats, but I believe you'll be hard-pressed to find any College Republican on campus who would discourage them from setting up a flag on their table.
As to the rest of your column, you are simply an outsider looking in on an organization making great strides in the campus community.
I resent that you portray us as a group of whining, sniveling children who complain to anyone and everyone when things aren't going our way. We stand up for what we believe in, and I'm not really sorry if that offends you.
However, it is unfortunate that you haven't taken time to come to a meeting or an event to discuss with us what you think is wrong with our organization. I suggest you come to a College Republicans meeting and see exactly what our organization does before you sling around accusations.
Jenny Stevens
