Thursday, November 17, 2011

Another comment on the flag and Cinco de Mayo

It's particularly obnoxious that the Mexican flag was NOT banned but old Glory was. If fear of clashes was the real reason for the ban then BOTH flags should have been banned. Leftist anti-Americanism that is so common in the education system is the obvious prime-mover in the matter
A California high school principal refused to allow a group of students to wear American flag designed t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday, fearing that they would spark offense and perhaps even violence between Mexican American and Anglo students on the campus.

Such American flag designed clothing is perfectly permissible student attire at the school on every day of the year except Cinco de Mayo. Mexican American students, on the other hand, are permitted to wear Mexican flag designed clothing on Cinco de Mayo and any other day of the year.

When the “offending” students refused to remove their American flag shirts, or turn them inside out, the principal sent them home. Their parents filed suit in federal district court claiming violations of First Amendment freedom of speech and expression rights.

Surely this case is a no-brainer, right? The students’ First Amendment Constitutional rights were clearly violated.

Not so, declared a district judge who affirmed the principal’s action and dismissed the claims. Citing past clashes at the school over flag colors on the Mexican holiday, Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware of San Francisco said school officials "reasonably forecast that [the shirts] could cause a substantial disruption" and could therefore take steps to prevent it.

On the previous Cinco de Mayo, a group of Mexican-American students walked around with a Mexican flag, prompting a group of Anglo students to display an American flag and chant "USA" together with threats and profanities directed toward the Latinos.

That was apparently enough to persuade the judge to condone the principal’s First Amendment violations. In short, if a display of the American flag might offend and make someone angry; this judge thinks it’s perfectly alright to ban the expression.

If the U.S. Supreme Court affirms this nonsense, we might as well kiss the First Amendment goodbye.

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9 comments:

Sig said...

It's becoming "Minority Report" in the U.S.

Are you SUSPECTED of a crime?
Could you POSSIBLY commit a crime?
MIGHT you commit a crime?

Answer "Yes" to any of these, and you are now considered GUILTY!

Today, you don't even have to commit a crime to be considered guilty of a crime. My, how far we've come.

The recent earthquakes are nothing less than the Founding Fathers rolling in their graves.

A. Levy said...

Hey, it's Mexifornia, what would you expect?

Things like this can only happen in a nation populated by weak, mindless, sheep. And, as is usually the case, everyone is aware of this fact, except the sheep.

Anonymous said...

Countries with high immigration always end up with identity crises, as in Europe today; altho' the US has long been a land of immigrants, but in the past they were "educated" to become "Americans".

Anonymous said...

"Things like this can only happen in a nation populated by weak, mindless, sheep."

If you don't like it here, get the hell out. We don't need you.

Anonymous said...

Never forget the leftist motto:

"Free speech for me but not for thee"

A. Levy said...

Anonymous 3:14 said...
"If you don't like it here, get the hell out. We don't need you."

Well, it seems the sheep can actually speak! Except of course, when it counts.

Anonymous said...

Are we surprised? We already give drug runners immunity to testify against border agents.

Anonymous said...

CNN today has a response from some liberal that's really pathetic.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/18/opinion/navarrette-t-shirt-controversy/index.html?hpt=op_t1

Anonymous said...

Schools can impose reasonable restraints on rights to achieve legitimate educational aims.
However, it appears that the school is prepared to pander to racial oppression.
You cannot create or allow an intolerable situation and then claim that you have no choice but to impose stupid restraints.