Students, It’s Illegal To Wear An American Flag Shirt On Cinco De Mayo
American flag shirt / CBS news
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Let me get this straight. American born children, cannot express patriotism during an “IN-YOUR-FACE” celebration of a holiday in a foreign country, where these students, who many are here illegally, are from? In addition to that, you’re telling me that it is far more important NOT to offend the Mexican students, but it is okay to offend native born Americans? REALLY?????? JB
The district’s policy concerned many free speech advocates, but was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In response, Tea Party groups plan to protest outside Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill. And they will be wearing American flag T-shirts. (RELATED: Latino student group says eating tacos is offensive to Mexicans)
“They silenced a symbol of patriotism and freedom in America,” said Georgine Scott-Codiga, president of the Gillroy-Morgan Hill Patriots, in a statement to KCBS.
The trouble dates back to Cinco de Mayo in 2010, when the school forced four students to remove their American flag T-shirts. Administrators worried that fighting would break out between white and Latino students if the shirts were noticed, and so the four offending students were sent home.
The practice of limiting one group’s free speech rights because that speech might cause another group to react violently is known as the “heckler’s veto.” It is understood by free speech enthusiasts to have a chilling effect on First Amendment rights. (RELATED: ‘I Started A Whole Fake Hate-Crime Thing… So I Didn’t Have To Do My Homework’)
The Ninth Circuit, however, ruled in February that the school was legally permitted to abridge white students’ free speech rights in service of Latino students’ feelings. (Anyone out there surprised at all that that decision came out of the “United Socialist State of California’s” Ninth circuit court? JB)
The Tea Party protest is focused on the free speech issue, said Scott-Codiga. See the local news report of this tragedy below.
Police will being standing by in case things get out of hand
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