MM
I happen to agree with the way he handled it. It's only a f@#$in flag, MM!!!!!!!!
Montana wrote:MM
I happen to agree with the way he handled it. It's only a f@#$in flag, MM!!!!!!!!
And thats your right.
I think he was wrong,and that he took the easy way out instead of the right way out.
And I'm sure he really gives a crap what you think. lol
Blind patriotism does nothing but cause war and bloodshed.
mysteryman wrote:
And I said that,right at the top of my original post.
I did not say that it was only the American flag.
Thanks for answering.
Obviously, my other question was hidden somewhere.
So here again: who called you here where and when "racist"?
Montana wrote:I smell something burning.
That's MM, He let some gas fly
Anon
Setanta wrote:Folks, i'd say, don't waste your time on MM anymore. He came here looking for a fight to pick, and to confirm his irrational, unthinking bigotry against those whom he deems leftists. He just wants to squabble, and to "prove" to himself, once again, that anyone who doesn't agree with every uninformed, bigoted opinion he holds, can't be a right-thinking, patriotic 'Merican . . .
What a waste of time, i for one won't both with his tripe any longer, although i might drop in from time to time to point out to y'all just what a waste this is of your time.
"Don't feed the troll" is always good advice.
If they would have removed the flag from the schools flag pole, then I would say there was a problem, but it was still flying.
Technically MM, he didn't "ban the US flag", he banned all of them. Mexico included....and he did it as a means of stemming the increasing racial tensions. I imagine the Canadian flag would be banned there too:
FOXNews Source you cited
Thread title was obviously misleading and you have made no such effort to appeal to anything other than
your own agenda in this matter.
You already have your guard up over being called a racist when no one has even made that assertion.
Wrong time, wrong place. Some folks conveniently forget we have freedom of speech only if we do not infringe on the rights of others. What about the (likely) majority of kids who just showed up for an education instead of a political rally? The principal did the right thing. Students should wear what they want, say what they want, and wave what they want ... right after the final bell of the school day.
I happen to agree with MysteryMan on this issue.
I think that banning the flag, any flag that is, is wrong as a matter of free speech and think the principal was taking the easy way out. He is making the problem worse and adding more nationalism into the disagreement (which is not really needed right now).
This is a free-speech issue more than an immigration one-- and I have found that free speech, even boorish idiotic free speech, always ends up helping the good guys.
Let the flags fly and deal with the real issues of intimidation and disrepect.
ebrown_p wrote:I happen to agree with MysteryMan on this issue.
I think that banning the flag, any flag that is, is wrong as a matter of free speech and think the principal was taking the easy way out. He is making the problem worse and adding more nationalism into the disagreement (which is not really needed right now).
This is a free-speech issue more than an immigration one-- and I have found that free speech, even boorish idiotic free speech, always ends up helping the good guys.
Let the flags fly and deal with the real issues of intimidation and disrepect.
I wonder of the principal of Columbine High School in Colorado had that same approach to guns ????
Anon
The schools are not equipped to deal with all the intimidation and respect. They would need to bring some of those troops back from Iraq to deal with that mess that they have refused to deal with year after year.
Anon,
Since when were guns in school a free speech issue?
When free speech turns into violence, it's no longer free.
ebrown_p wrote:Anon,
Since when were guns in school a free speech issue?
It's not, it's a second amendment issue.
Anon
Montana,
As you must know, I am a very strong proponent of free speech-- even (and perhaps especially) in schools. If I were principal, I would deal with the violence without censoring the speech. They are two separate issues.
The principal should stick to the principles (sorry I couldn't resist that). He can stop violence and protect free speech without censoring a national symbol.
I can't imagine this ban made things any better. I have a personal rule against doing anything that will get me mentioned in the national press.
Anon,
Unless there are well-regulated miltia in schools, it is not a second amendment either. I don't think even Mysterman would defend the rights of kids to have guns in school.
I certainly defend their rights to have flags.
ebrown_p wrote:Montana,
As you must know, I am a very strong proponent of free speech-- even (and perhaps especially) in schools. If I were principal, I would deal with the violence without censoring the speech. They are two separate issues.
The principal should stick to the principles (sorry I couldn't resist that). He can stop violence and protect free speech without censoring a national symbol.
I can't imagine this ban made things any better. I have a personal rule against doing anything that will get me mentioned in the national press.
Anon,
Unless there are well-regulated miltia in schools, it is not a second amendment either. I don't think even Mysterman would defend the rights of kids to have guns in school.
I certainly defend their rights to have flags.
Gun enthusiasts will take you to great task that the second amendment is limited to militia!
Anon
Give mysteryman a break, he's from Kentucky. We must teach him to wear shoes and walk upright before anything else.
