{"id":36007,"date":"2015-04-21T08:25:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=36007"},"modified":"2015-04-21T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:13:27","slug":"veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\" title=\"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters\">video.foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.foxnews.com\/2015\/04\/19\/todds-american-dispatch-university-detains-veteran-who-stopped-flag-desecration\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\" title=\"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, former Air Force veteran and playboy model Michelle Manhart explained why she felt compelled to confiscate an American flag from protesters at Valdosta State University in Georgia who were desecrating it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flag is an iconic symbol for freedom,\u201d said Manhart. \u201cIf you are going to fight for a cause and use the First Amendment &#8211; how are you going to stomp and trample the icon that gives you that right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_36011\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/playboy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\" title=\"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36011\" title=\"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/playboy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Manhart when she posed for Playboy.  \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/playboy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/playboy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/playboy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Manhart when she posed for Playboy.<\/p><\/div>However, one member of the unnamed group told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valdostadailytimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\" title=\"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valdosta Daily <\/a>that they needed to stomp the flag because it was \u201ca symbol of our protest.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a slave understands his situation and understands he doesn\u2019t want to be in slavery, he does not respect or revere anything his slave master has put in front of him,\u201d a VSU student told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Manhart was briefly detained by police and ultimately let off with a warning.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the publicly funded university addressed the protest, reluctantly siding with the demonstrators.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect the rights of people to peacefully assemble and voice their opinions,\u201d the University statement read. \u201cOur primary concern is the safety of our students, faculty and staff and our ability to carry out our responsibilities to all our students on campus. We are monitoring the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then the president released a statement on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American flag represents everything that is best about our country,\u201d Dr. William McKinney said. \u201cAs the Supreme Court has held, one of those things is the right to free speech, which includes the right to disrespect even the symbol of our country. While I firmly disagree with the actions of the protesters, I understand their right to protest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with Fox News, former Air Force veteran and playboy model Michelle Manhart explained why she felt compelled to confiscate an American flag from protesters at Valdosta State University in Georgia who were desecrating it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":36013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,241,216,240],"tags":[132],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-rapid-fire","10":"category-s-h-blannelberry","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Veteran and Playboy Model Michelle Manhart explains why she confiscated an American flag from protestors who were stomping on it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veteran, Playboy Model Explains Decision to Confiscate Flag from Protesters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an interview with Fox News, former Air Force veteran and playboy model Michelle Manhart explained why she felt compelled to confiscate an American flag from protesters at Valdosta State University in Georgia who were desecrating it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/veteran-playboy-model-explains-decision-to-confiscate-flag-from-protesters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-21T12:25:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-18T16:13:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/vet.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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