Word: symbolized
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Absence of Religion and Morality (AALARM) has plastered the campus with cardboard cut-outs of blue squares and posters promoting "traditional values." Despite AALARM's disingenuous protestations to the contrary, most students immediately figured out that blue squares are a reaction against pink triangles, a ubiquitous gay-activist symbol that means a lot of things to a lot of people...
Almost immediately, the storm of protest began. One officer of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association (BGLSA) equated the blue square with the Nazi swastika as a symbol of violence against gays. Considering the origins of the pink triangle symbol in the Nazi extermination camps, the obvious question is, "Why would AALARM do such a thing...
Soon, foot-tall pink triangles appeared in many Mather windows. Blue squares materialized in several others, and an ambiguous symbol was born...
While some students at Brandeis have called Alexander's departure a symbol of administrative neglect of minority concerns, Burg said that the university intended to find a replacement to fill the position quickly, despite a hiring freeze. "We do have a commitment," he said...
...only think that they have targeted the Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Studies Conference this weekend for special persecution. I want to note that the Conference will host some of the original wearers of the pink triangle in concentration camps. How should they react to AALARM's mockery of the symbol of their suffering...