The media was correct about protests and violence after the election.
University of Tennessee Chancellor Jimmy Cheek urged civility Wednesday evening, after an American flag on campus was defaced with an expletive in the wake of the U.S. presidential election.
The flag at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy has since been replaced after the original was found by the UT Police Department at 6:16 a.m. with the expletive “F*** you” written on it, said UT spokeswoman Karen Simsen. UT police found the vandalized flag on the ground while on patrol, she said.
A local Boy Scout troop will decommission the flag as part of their community service and properly dispose of it Simsen said.
Cheek, in a campuswide email sent just before 4:30 p.m., asked that students and staff to treat each other with respect in the aftermath of a bitter and divisive presidential election that ended in the early morning with Donald J. Trump’s victory.
“As is the case across the country, members of our campus community represent a variety of viewpoints and opinions,” Cheek wrote. “Whatever opinions we hold, we are all Volunteers.”
He then quoted the late Sen. Baker, a UT alumnus who said: “Be civil, and encourage others to do likewise.”
Cheek called the coming days, weeks and months, an opportunity to “embody the Volunteer spirit,” and encouraged everyone engage in “respective and constructive dialogue.”
HT: The College Fix