Should a T-shirt stating "If your great-grandfather was a Confederate, you're a descendant traitor." be banned from this school if the current dress-code doesn't specifically prevent it?
No, because if that occurs in a public school environment in the South, then likely, a few kids will meet up with that kid after school and.....
I'm not condoning violence, I'm just saying what would happen. That's why you'll never see anyone where something like that.
What a ridiculous statement. You are one of the reasons I ever deign to join these discussions. You infer that my ancestor was a traitor. He was never thought of that way immediately after the war nor in the intervening years until revisionists like you suddenly come along. If these men were traitors why are there Federal military installations named after them? Naval ships?
A banner that was accepted for 140 years as a symbol of a struggle for state's rights-not only here but internationally as well- which flies over the graves of thousands of brave men, is now compared to a t-shirt calling one's ancestor a traitor.
You are so far in left field that you're under the bleachers. sheesh.
I would prefer a civil action for slander, which in some states might be actionable as libel, since the obliquy is found on a print medium. But in some states, there's also a criminal offense provided.
In any event, there's a federal statute that applies:
United States Code, Title 18 U.S. Criminal Code, Section 242:Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
Whether or not federally prosecuted, that federal statute could be used in filing a state charge of *Abuse of Public Employment* against school administrators. And if I recall correctly, the Texas racketeering statute includes multiple commissions of official misconduct as felony racketeering. The salary of a public employee has been held to be *property* as defined in the statute.
Texas Penal Code, 1.07(41)Abuse of Public Employment
A public servant commits an offense if he or she, with intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or defraud another, intentionally or knowingly violates a law relating to the public servant's office or employment, or misuses government property, services, personnel, or any other thing of value, belonging to the government, that has come into his or her custody or possession by virtue of his or her office or employment.