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April 01, 2006
Flag Waving Banned at Colorado School
Unfortunately, this is not an April Fool's joke:
Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces of Hispanic students and in one case a Mexican flag was thrown into the face of another student.
"When it involves the American flag and its abuse in vilifying other people, we simply will not tolerate it," Stumpf said. "They were using the symbol derisively as misguided patriotism."
Misguided patriotism? Like, apparently, there are times when it isn't appropriate to be patriotic...in Colorado, no less. I mean, I can see that it might be in bad form to be waving an American flag in...say...England. But in Colorado? If you can't wave a flag here, then where can you?
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on April 01, 2006 at 08:27 AM
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http://www.peeniewallie.com/archives_2004.htm (scroll down):
More flag controversy. This time, the dimwits down the hill are flying the Mexican flag side by side with the U.S. flag in the North High classrooms. The reason the story got out is that the Rocky Mountain News ran a story about the challenges facing the students at North High and some right-thinking people noticed it and called them on it, threatening to come down and remove it personally. Well, here's a newsflash - bilingual education is a failure. North High is preparing them to be day laborers. Letting them pretend they're still in Mexico by flying their flag and allowing them to speak Mexican instead of English is creating an entrenched lower class down the hill, which we will all regret down the road.
Posted by: Anonyous Coward on April 01, 2006 at 10:33 AM