Colorado High School Tells Student to Remove US Flag From Truck… It’s Offensive

Gateway Pundit ^ | 9-6-10 | Jim Hoft

[Justaham]

Security officials told the student they focus on diversity at the school and they don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable.

A high school student in Northglenn is upset that campus security told him to remove the large American flags flying from his pickup truck because it might make others uncomfortable.

Jeremy Stoppel told 7NEWS he got a ticket at Northglenn High School last Thursday for squealing his tires. He said he deserved that ticket and deserved having his parking lot pass suspended for two weeks.

But he’s upset that campus security then told him he can’t fly his 3 feet by 5 feet flags in the bed of his pickup truck anymore.

“She said I should take my flags down. She said this is a school that focuses on diversity and she doesn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable,” Stoppel said. “How do you suppose anyone would feel uncomfortable in America with an American flag? That’s where I’m confused.”

[6SJ7]

Here's 400,000 pounds of too much American flag for the school...

[Eva]

As James Taranto reported in Best of the Web, last week, those who hate their own culture and symbols are Oikophobes, the opposite of xenophobes. They hate their own culture because they dream of a borderless world, free of nationalism, with a one world government and socialism.

[Solitar]

I too wondered if the security guard who started this is Mexican, or maybe an illegal. The latter wouldn’t surprise me.

[ronnie raygun]

We pay your salary! you work for the people, shut up and sit down

[Dust in the Wind]

Your post needs bumped for the kneejerks.."I read this story yesterday. This is misleading.... The school did NOT tell the student that he couldn’t have the flags on his truck. It was a security guard who took it upon herself to tell the kid he shouldn’t fly the flags. The school officials, however, said that the security guard didn’t have the authority to tell the student that and they would speak with her. The school said they have flags all over the school and wouldn’t have a policy that didn’t allow the students to display a flag."

[Rappini]

Then he should switch to the Confederate Flag, I’m just sayin.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Ask the geniuses what "E pluribus unum" means.

Do you remember when Al Gore said it meant "Out of one, many?"

[Excellence]

I wish I could do that to my motor home. It's a ‘73, and has that corrugated aluminum skin that makes putting anything on it an impossibility.

[Savage Beast]

"she doesn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable.”

She obviously doesn't mind making Jeremy Stoppel feel uncomfortable.

[Savage Beast]

"she doesn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable.”

She obviously doesn't mind making Jeremy Stoppel feel uncomfortable.

[Savage Beast]

Burning the flag is “freedom of speech”, but displaying it is not?

[savedbygrace]

People living in the United States of America who are offended by the flag of the United States of America should do themselves a huge favor and move to whatever country it is which flag does not offend them.

Seriously.

[99tango]

New Maryland tags won’t be allowd either, I guess

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-06-11/news/bs-md-1812-war-plate-20100611_1_glen-burnie-headquarters-license-plate-motor-vehicle-administration

[Flag_This]

"Do you remember when Al Gore said it meant "Out of one, many?"

Would we ever be allowed to forget if President Bush (either one) had ever said anything so monumentally stupid?

[Clintonfatigued]

Here’s another one. You know who to ping.

[nuconvert]

Gateway Pundit is really at fault for not presenting the entire article on his blog.

[Chewbacca]

If the flag of the USA is offensive to the school administration then fly a Nazi flag, a USSR flag, or Imperial Japanese flag. Or to really offend them fly a flag from Mozambique. I am sure the picture of the AK-47 on it would really offend them.

[Dust in the Wind]

Well I thank you for the correct version. I will admit to similer thoughts as those who wanted to run’er out on a rail...

[RansomOttawa]

Thank you. Post #18 didn’t yet exist when I hit Reply. Glad to see sanity prevailed.

[JenB]

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