[CharlesThe Hammer]

Long may it wave.

[Darksheare]

If the boy burned the flag instead, the school would hail him as a hero.
Wonder how they’d hail someone for burning the flags of the left’s favorite dictatorships?

[napscoordinator]

The kid was supposed to working on other studies at the time he was drawing the picture. They have the pledge every morning and fly the American Flag outside the school. On this story, I would not blame the school. The kid was not doing what he was supposed too. Of course the brat will be made a hero and probably receive a free scholarship to college......Unbelievable.

[Flintlock]

In Massachusetts.

Whooda thunk it?

[Freedom4US]

The concept is fairly ridiculous, because it presupposes the notion that being offended is some kind of standard by which to live by, although it’s never defined - merely that because someone doesn’t like some thing, concept, or idea, that by itself is enough to censor.

Truly that way lies madness, which is the point. Your tax dollars at work.

[JoeProBono]

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[EnigmaticAnomaly]

I made up my poster boards EXACTLY as American flags. I even have the 13 bars and 50 stars...;-) They are HUGE and stand out quite noticeably. I always have a patriotic theme in my room, and I am not even a history teacher!!! ;-)

[traderrob6]

For later

[TXnMA]

"...the teacher told Frankie that his drawing of the American Flag would offend one of his classmates."

Hey, liberal dumb@$$ teacher:

There is NO Constitutional right to NOT BE OFFENDED!!!

[Roses0508]

This kid is 11. My guess is he actually was told he couldn’t hang it because it might “offend” somone. Is “offend” a word that comes to an 11-year-old naturally? Maybe he wasn’t doing his assigned classwork, but I’d bet he WAS told he couldn’t hang it because it would “offend”.

[jwparkerjr]

As with most situations of this sort you get each side’s story from that side, complete with spin to show their side in the best light. Without a third source of information that can be depended upon to provide the straight shinny, free from spin and outright prevarication, we really don’t have enough information to know who was right or wrong or to what extent there was right and wrong on each side.

[cranked]

I can remember a time when a US flag hung in every classroom....=.=

[oh8eleven]

Butterfield School
Robert Haigh, Principal
978-544-6136
butterfield@orange-elem.org

[rollo tomasi]

Forbidden as a personnel expression:



Taught, praised, and promoted:

[mtg]

If a picture of the American flag is supposedly offensive to some people, then any picture, drawing, or painting of anything could be construed as offensive to at least someone.

What kind of tree do these nuts fall out of anyway?

[VA Voter]

We should post the name and picture of the teacher and any other school official who wants to ban the Stars and Stripes.