I don’t glorify it. But desecration of our flag is permitted under free speech. Some flags are more equal and some speech is more protected.
And it is an “expired” flag. It flys over no foreign power.
While a private employer could take such a stand on private property, can a public school make this demand?
I absoutlely agree that it’s protected free speech. I also agree that it can be banned on private property. I raised the point in my earlier post that public schools occupy a strange grey area; they’re public in a sense, but they’re also owned by the school district, arguably giving the school district the authority to ban it. I know this area, having grown up one town away, and I’m willing to bet these kids were trying to start trouble. This makes me less sympathetic, but I’m still not sure if the school really had the right to do this. It’s a tricky issue.