Peoples freedoms are not usually stripped all at once. Chip, chip, chip. It's all part of a larger issue of government control. If people don't speak up, they lose their rights, as has happened in many schools where there is a kid with a peanut allergy.
I have no beef with you deciding not to stand up for loss of liberty. Most won't. I see it every day. One small example - Merry Christmas
When the child's mother sent her to the public school, she gave up much more important freedoms than the "freedom" to decide where to sit during lunch. Their schools, their rules ... that's a small part of the price you pay for "free, public education."
And I didn't say the guy shouldn't object (although his standing as "mom's boyfriend" is a little shaky, imo) just that his exaggerated language caused me to not take him seriously.