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Rebel flags may cost pair diplomas
MLive.com ^ | May 28, 2004 | Bob Wheaton

Posted on 06/04/2004 1:21:20 PM PDT by MikeJ75

GRAND BLANC - Bringing flags bearing the Confederate insignia to school could cost two Grand Blanc High School seniors their diplomas.

School administrators met Thursday to determine the fates of the two students and a third who was involved in an altercation sparked by the flags. School officials wouldn't announce the outcome of the meeting.

The Confederate flag has sparked a heated debate at the school about whether it's simply a symbol of the South or one of racial discrimination and slavery.

The two students who brought the flags to school Wednesday said there's nothing racist about the Confederate flag. They said it represents Southern pride, among other things, although one of the students said he wanted to apologize to peers who were offended.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: boofreakinhoo; confederatecultists; confederateflag; dixie; dixiecranks; dixiefools; dixielist; flagobsessors; freedomofspeech; good; graduation; grandblanc; michigan; southronfreaks; youlostegetoverit
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To: lentulusgracchus

You are just a young whipper snapper!..Thanks for taking care of the troll.


161 posted on 06/07/2004 2:01:50 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: lentulusgracchus
Upon your arrival at that exalted state of consciousness, you won't need history any more. Until then, it's your surest guide -- and the antidote for Left-wing feelgood bromides about nonjudgmental inclusivity in a Barney-the-Dinosaur world.

ROTFL!! You know how to turn a phrase my friend!

162 posted on 06/07/2004 5:39:38 AM PDT by 4CJ (||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
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To: sgtbono2002

Dead on.Theres a thought behind that kind of "logic".


163 posted on 06/07/2004 5:43:46 AM PDT by dobberkcd
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To: Peach

Yes! Great work, Peach!


164 posted on 06/07/2004 6:45:22 AM PDT by jmstein7 (Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
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To: Admin Moderator

Thanks, AM!


165 posted on 06/07/2004 6:48:10 AM PDT by jmstein7 (Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
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To: festus
LOL!

free dixie,sw

166 posted on 06/07/2004 7:19:27 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: cyborg
rotflmRao!

a MINUTE on the lips, a LIFETIME on the HIPS!

free dixie,sw

167 posted on 06/07/2004 7:23:08 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: Coleus
inasmuch as JFK was the POTUS who requested that the dixie flag fly over the SC statehouse, i have a hard time believing that ANYONE then thought our battleflag was racist.

FRee dixie,sw

168 posted on 06/07/2004 7:25:59 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: stand watie

thanks for the tid bit, didn't know that. JFK also gave tax cuts to the rich and we don't hear that either and stole the words "ask not what you can do for your country" from Gibran.


169 posted on 06/07/2004 8:31:10 AM PDT by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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To: Coleus

TRUE!


170 posted on 06/07/2004 9:39:00 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: stand watie

A LIFETIME :D


171 posted on 06/07/2004 10:27:27 AM PDT by cyborg
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To: curious311
Okay TROLL, let's get it straight: NOBODY who speaks as you do can claim to be "Southern by the Grace of God!" You can claim to be southern by location or parentage, or anything but God's Grace. And I seriously doubt that many true southerners will be agreeing with you unless they got LIBERAL yankee blood in 'em someplace; or unless they have been infected with a liberal yankee teacher in a "southern" public school.

For your information, clymer, I have been a "troop" and a leader of troops. I support the war and I still support the troops. If they don't support their own eforts, why is the reenlistment rate the highest it's been in history? We've made our re-up goals six months into the year and new enlistments (despite what the liberals say) are up across the board as well.

The goal is not for all of them to come home safe and sound. That'd be real nice, but it's not the nature of war. The goal is the accomplishment of the mission, just as it's been the goal of every military force since Alexander the Great. The job IS getting done and believe it or not, casualties have been pretty low. I think we've lost just about a thousand in the last year. By comparison, in WWII we were losing 2500 per WEEK. It's also about a fifth of what we were losing annually in 'Nam. Go trolling elsewhere, maybe with the DU's. Because in a Battle of Wits here on Free Republic, you're unarmed.

172 posted on 06/07/2004 10:36:06 AM PDT by ExSoldier (When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic. (R.I.P. harpseal))
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To: Admin Moderator
Oh RATS! I wish I'd read this before I sent another torpedo into his engine room. Thanks, though. Guys like him steam me.
173 posted on 06/07/2004 10:38:16 AM PDT by ExSoldier (When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic. (R.I.P. harpseal))
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To: cyborg

!!!!!!!


174 posted on 06/07/2004 2:16:32 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: jmstein7

Thanks for the ping..

Interesting leftie thought going on there..

I arrived too late to contribute, but the thread was "entertaining"..


175 posted on 06/07/2004 6:20:43 PM PDT by Drammach (Freedom.... not just a job, ... It's An Adventure!!!)
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