He stopped the abuse of the flag, hardly the same thing.
So, you'd agree that the flag can be waved in a fashion that doesn't need to respect everyone?
When used as a tool to heap scorn on someone, it is no longer being used with the respect and eitquette required. When respectfully held, waved or flown, all those who are present need not agree with it or with what it stands for, but I'm afraid that is not what was being done that prompted this principal to take corrective action.
The Marines at Iwa Jima waved it in the face of the Japanese and it was right for them to do so, agreed?
The planting of the flag signified that we had taken the high ground. It represented a superbly respectful act, respectful to our flag and respectful to all of those who fell taking the island. Doubt that after such a fierce and costly battle, taunting the Japanese was on the minds of those who put up the flag. And the raising of the national flag to signify the victory has been customary for centuries. I don't really care if the feelings of the Japanese were hurt or not. But again, the Japanese were our enemy, not fellow students in a small midwestern town.
If you can feel "taunted" by seeing the Stars and Stripes in front of you, you are unfit to be a citizen of the US.