Matthew Guevara
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Matthew Guevara
Matthew Guevara
Matthew Guevara is a University of California, Irvine graduate that previously served in the undergraduate body student government as the Social Ecology Representative and Advocacy Committee Vice-Chair.
While serving in office in 2015, he introduced legislation that would ban the American Flag at select parts of the university campus.
His views garnered widespread media attention.
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Citation Linkbreitbart.comGuevara explained that the reason for his proposing of the contreversial flag ban legislation was because “it was creating a very hostile environment just because of this flag being in the room, it doesn’t make people feel welcome at all to where people wouldn’t go in the space anymore because it was on the wall.”Guevara went on to explain that he feels the same way about the American flag as he does with the Nazi Flag and ISIS Flag.
Sep 5, 2015, 8:44 PM
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Citation Linkwashingtonpost.comGuevara's reasons for penning the legislation to remove the flag included: “The American flag has been flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism,” the resolution continued.“Flags not only serve as symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism, but also construct cultural mythologies and narratives that in turn charge nationalistic sentiments.”
Sep 5, 2015, 9:29 PM
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Citation Linkchange.orgA change.org petition started by opponents of Guevara while he was in office failed to reach the required signatures.
Sep 5, 2015, 9:06 PM