How is this not violation of free speech? Many schools bar ALL signs, flags, etc. at graduations, and that’s fine, but the school cannot allow some banners while specifically barring another.
How exactly does one define “the Confederate flag”? (I assume the school means the battle standard.) Can a student hailing from Georgia show his state flag, one quadrant of which is the old stars and bars? Can a student fly something very similar to the stars and bars BUT with kelly green instead of navy blue? Silly rule.
I think you mean the Mississippi state flag.
He mentioned the flag being a symbol of hatred and bigotry, implying hate speech. "Hate Speech" should be referenced as the notorious spark in the disintegration of free speech.