Supreme Court may hear case on school barring American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo

“The amazing thing is that wearing an American flag T-shirt in America is controversial at all”

It was pretty controversial in the 1960’s, as I remember, it was widely viewed as completely disrespectful.
Times changed, and now it rarely merits a raised eyebrow.

In this particular case though, it appears that a majority of the local students were of Mexican descent, and the public school administration actively discriminated against a minority of students, who were not.
I wondered at the time if a French flag T-shirt wearer would have been seen as “inflaming” the situation? It seemed to me that might have caused a ruckus, but perhaps none of the Mexicans knew what it looked like, so just assumed the USA flag T-shirt wearers were the “enemy”.
In the USA, at a USA public school.

I do understand why the USSC decided to hear the case.
Can you imagine ISIS flag T-shirt wearers in USA schools on 9/11/2015?
Is that going to be considered acceptable or objectionable?
What if certain students don't want to tape their mouths shut on gay-days?
Or wear pink shirts to support breast cancer awareness?

When and how does the crap end?

21 posted on 03/29/2015 5:22:39 PM PDT by sarasmom (Is it time yet?)

I don't need no stinking Supreme Court to tell me whether or not it's okay for me to wear the American flag on my chest.

I pity the fool who tries to make me take it off.

22 posted on 03/29/2015 5:24:32 PM PDT by Texas Eagle

As long as it remains okay to burn the American flag on Cinco de Mayo.

23 posted on 03/29/2015 5:25:08 PM PDT by Texas Eagle

24 posted on 03/29/2015 5:41:24 PM PDT by grundle

To: MeshugeMikey

Fifty years ago this month, Cuba committed itself to teach every citizen basic literacy. Today, the country's education system is the envy of the rest of the world.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/latin-lessons-what-can-we-learn-from-the-worldrsquos-most-ambitious-literacy-campaign-2124433.html

25 posted on 03/29/2015 5:43:18 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")

26 posted on 03/29/2015 6:00:44 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)

To: Jack Hydrazine

27 posted on 03/29/2015 6:01:37 PM PDT by tioga

To: Jack Hydrazine

Dumb. But very funny!

28 posted on 03/29/2015 6:10:29 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)

Maybe you prefer Hellman's instead?

29 posted on 03/29/2015 6:12:26 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)

To: Jack Hydrazine

Stop! You’re killin’ me here!

30 posted on 03/29/2015 6:14:00 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)

“...political fashion statements....”

So now wearing something that says “I love my country” is a political fashion statement which must be repressed but I’m sure those in power would champion the rights of students to wear Che or Reconquista shirts....

31 posted on 03/29/2015 6:29:29 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)

To: Kartographer

woo thats a happy looking bunch

32 posted on 03/29/2015 7:08:40 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)

To be clear...

Cinco de mayo is a fake Holliday created by a beer company , right?
That cinco de mayo?

33 posted on 03/29/2015 7:28:35 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)

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