http://www.theblaze.com/stories/calif-school-orders-boy-to-remove-american-flag-from-bike/
yes, we should respect all cultures that make this country what it is but dammit...those cultures come together UNDER one flag. we are not the fugging united nations..we are The United States of America and we have one flag to represent us all. I am so beyond this PC BS...and this is how rome falls.
is it bad that i am very surprised that no violence has come out of this? my wife mistakenly thought that this incident happened here in NC when she heard it on the news...talk about a different outcome if a middle school kid here was told that he can't fly the flag for fear of offending other cultures. holy hell...you'd have every parent in the county knocking down the door of the school administrator that dared propose such a preposterous idea. offended by the flag that symbolizes the very idea that allows any culture to thrive here?!
and eff you if you think i'm over reacting....i've officially crossed over to the hardline "with us or against us" stance.
holy crap that pissed me off.
Cody Alicea, 13, likes to fly a small American flag on his bike in honor of veterans such as his grandfather, Robert. Hes been doing it for two months. But now, the school he attends has ordered him to remove the flag citing racial tensions.
i'm sorry but eff California and eff anyone who is offended by the american flag being flown ANYWHERE in this country. and eff all of you who say "it's just a piece of cloth".....Our Hispanic, you know, kids will, you know, bring their Mexican flags and theyll display it, and then of course the kids would do the American flag situation, and it does cause kind of a racial tension which we dont really want, Parraz said. We want them to appreciate the cultures.
He explained that some Hispanic students got out of hand with their own flag flying on Cinco de Mayo.
yes, we should respect all cultures that make this country what it is but dammit...those cultures come together UNDER one flag. we are not the fugging united nations..we are The United States of America and we have one flag to represent us all. I am so beyond this PC BS...and this is how rome falls.
is it bad that i am very surprised that no violence has come out of this? my wife mistakenly thought that this incident happened here in NC when she heard it on the news...talk about a different outcome if a middle school kid here was told that he can't fly the flag for fear of offending other cultures. holy hell...you'd have every parent in the county knocking down the door of the school administrator that dared propose such a preposterous idea. offended by the flag that symbolizes the very idea that allows any culture to thrive here?!
and eff you if you think i'm over reacting....i've officially crossed over to the hardline "with us or against us" stance.
holy crap that pissed me off.
damn skippy...i don't remember CA being that pvssified when i lived there but if a kid was assaulted for flying the american flag in honor of the veterans in his family here....i'm pretty sure the outcome would be drastically different.UPDATE:
The school has now responded. It says the boy was forced to remove the flag out of safety concerns resulting from threats made against him, but will now allow him to resume his flag flying.