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Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees

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CPA said:
An American student sent home from an America school for wearing an America flag...Only in America.
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You're right. I have a hard time imagining an American student being sent home from an American school for wearing an America flag...in Sweden.
 
jesus christ, that vice principal and principal need a through dressing down. if i was one of those parents i would shatter his office windows from screaming at him.

also that dumb twit bringing up wearing a mexican flag on the fourth of July... jesus she doesnt even know her own heritage.
 
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dammitgibs said:
Well in all fairness I'm sure the school would send home latino students for wearing a Mexican flag on the 4th of July....oh wait, THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THEY WOULD DO THAT.
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What about a Confederate flag on MLK day?

Also, I think the kid should be allowed to wear that shirt.
 
I'm confused, where are the "kids have no rights" crowd that usually comes out in threads like this? Or are they silent because the kids had American flag shirts on?
 
ZOOYUKA said:
I love how the student interviewed compares Cinco de Mayo to the Fourth of July. The idiot probably has not idea that Mexico's independence day is September 16.

I do find it pretty funny that it is a day to celebrate Mexican Culture. Cinco de Mayo represents the victory of the Battle of Puebla in a war they ultimately lost to the French. Overall we failed, but we did really awesome one day! Lets celebrate!
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Hey! those boys were just showing their patriotism in recognition of the American Victory at the siege of Fort Texas in which Major Jacob Brown held off Generals Aristas and de Ampudia's armies for 6 days from May 3rd -9th 1846 until General Zachary Taylor's army arrived and forced them to withdraw. 😛
 
If they are going to send home kids wearing Mexican flag t-shirts on American holidays then perhaps... if not... this is bullshit.
 
The shirts shown in the news video were non-incendiary American flag t-shirts! This is NOT Mexico. Anyone who has "Mexican pride" and who takes offense to the sight of the American flag should renounce their American citizenship and relocate to Mexico.

The principal deserves to lose his American citizenship and he should be exiled from the United States. He is a traitor, not an American as far as I am concerned.
 
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CPA said:
An American student sent home from an America school for wearing an America flag...Only in America.
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This entire event pretty much sums up the cultural status of the United States today. If Americans hate their nation so much that they are offended by the site of the American flag and regard the American flag as incendiary, then we, as a nation, are finished.
 
Technically, it is against flag etiquette to wear it as a piece of clothing. Perhaps the principal was former military (or familiar with military custom surrounding the flag) and was offended. It doesn't necessarily have to be a "he hates America" thing. It could in fact be the exact opposite.

From Wikipedia
Standards of respect

* The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This tradition comes from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII: the American team flag bearer, Ralph Rose, refused in support of an Irish boycott over Great Britain's refusal to grant Irish independence, and teammate Martin Sheridan is often stated as famously proclaiming that "this flag dips to no earthly king."[1] This tradition was codified as early as the 1911 U.S. Army drill regulations.[2]
* The flag should never be displayed with the union (the starred blue union) down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.[3]
* The flag should not be used as "wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery",[1] or for covering a speaker's desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general (exception for coffins). Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.
* The flag should never be drawn back or bunched up in any way.
* The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
* The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed, or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard.
* The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, firefighters, police officers, and members of patriotic organizations.
* Flag lapel pins may also be worn (they are considered replicas) and are worn near the heart.
* The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.
* The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
* The flag should never be stepped on.
* The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle, railroad train, or boat.
* When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously.
* The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.
* If the flag is being used at a public or private estate, it should not be hung (unless at half staff or when an all weather flag is displayed[4]) during rain or violent weather.
* When a flag is so tattered that it can no longer serve as a symbol of the United States, it should be destroyed in a dignified manner, preferably by burning. The American Legion, Boy Scouts of America[5], Girl Scouts of the USA[6] and other organizations regularly conduct dignified flag-burning ceremonies, often on Flag Day, June 14.
* The flag should never touch anything beneath it. Contrary to an urban legend, the flag code does not state that a flag that touches the ground should be burned. Instead, the flag should be moved so it is not touching the ground.[7]
* The flag should always be permitted to fall freely (This was not the case during the Apollo 11 moon landing when the US flag was reinforced by a horizontal bar at the top to allow full display even in absence of an atmosphere and the resulting lack of wind activity.)
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Maybe you guys should learn proper flag etiquette before you go apeshit?
 
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Carmen813 said:
Technically, it is against flag etiquette to wear it as a piece of clothing. Perhaps the principal was former military (or familiar with military custom surrounding the flag) and was offended. It doesn't necessarily have to be a "he hates America" thing. It could in fact be the exact opposite.

From Wikipedia


Maybe you guys should learn proper flag etiquette before you go apeshit?
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Oh, so should the principal send home students who exhibit bad table etiquette? You spoke with your mouth full, be gone! No napikin on your lap, hit the road!
 
umbrella39 said:
If they are going to send home kids wearing Mexican flag t-shirts on American holidays then perhaps... if not... this is bullshit.
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Why should kids who wear Mexican flag t-shirts on July 4th be sent home? Why should kids who wear US flag t-shirts on May 5th be sent home? Why should one group be allowed to wear ass hats for one day and not the other?
 
Carmen813 said:
Technically, it is against flag etiquette to wear it as a piece of clothing. Perhaps the principal was former military (or familiar with military custom surrounding the flag) and was offended. It doesn't necessarily have to be a "he hates America" thing. It could in fact be the exact opposite.

Maybe you guys should learn proper flag etiquette before you go apeshit?
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Hey Corky, please RTFA next time.
"They said we could wear it on any other day," Daniel Galli [one of the students sent home] said, "but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today."
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The ironic thing is that one of the students is 1/2 hispanic.

Now, how can one argue that allowing students to show pride in the hispanic culture doesn't do the same thing as allowing someone to show pride in their American culture.

Now, 100% of the students (should be) American.
40% of the students are hispanic.
Think about that for a second.


http://news.yahoo.com/video/local-15749667/19585803
Looks like the principal is about to be owned by the district.
 
This is a little dicey. Slippery slope. The question is, were these teens wearing the American flag clothing as everyday fashion or an intimadation ploy? Not in an agressive manner, but as in a statement against cinco. I don't think the American flag should ever used as protest against another culture's holiday. The flag is better than that and stands for more than that. To me they belittled the American flag. I don't necessarily agree with sending them home, but they did the flag a disservice. And if they were doing this to start some unecessary nonsense then yea they should have been sent home.
 
Schadenfroh said:
Silly tea bagging Faux News outrage from racists! Oh wait....

If that is a public school, it is an outrage and the principal should be reprimanded. I would be disgruntled at a private school doing this, but it is within their rights to decide what people wear in those.

I wonder if they would treat a shirt like this the same way if it was worn on an American holiday, somehow I doubt it:
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Every culture in America should be protected against offense, except traditional American culture, it seems.
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You think kids today know what that T-Shirt means?

Either way...freedom of expression all the way!
 
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