Posted on 02/11/2020 5:11:57 AM PST by Altura Ct.
Virginia – When students at Franklin County High School in Virginia were told they could not fly the American flag from their trucks because it might be offensive – they did what any red-blooded American teenager would do: they flew the flag anyway.
The staff at ToddStarnes.com broke the story about this school in the area east of Roanoke and Christiansburg, where the flags displayed behind trucks have become a target for school administrators.
Earlier this week, an administrator at the Virginia school reportedly told several students that they could no longer fly Old Glory on their trucks because it was potentially “offensive” and “disruptive.”
Franklin County High School students showed up in unity on Tuesday displaying American flags on their vehicles after an administrator allegedly told them to remove them. Several local residents posted photos of the caravan driving through town with Old Glory waving in the breeze.
“My son called me from school saying that he saw an administrator around his truck and is now being called to the office,” the mother of one of the students said.
The mother said her son and two of his friends were told they could no longer fly their American flag on their trucks.
She says she received a call from the school principal Jon Crutchfield on that evening.
“He has apologized to the boys and told them that it is not against the rules to fly their flag on their truck. Apparently, it was a big misunderstanding that should have never gotten this far,” the mother said.
Local citizens commented on the parade of flag-bearing trucks.
“I love that we have young American students standing for our American Flag,” one citizen wrote on Facebook.
Issues with the American flag being considered “offensive” happen far more frequently than most people realize.
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/school-tells-students-told-to-remove-american-flags-from-their-trucks-its-offensive/
What happens when we allowed Communists to take over the schools.
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That's what they say today.
They basically banned the Confederate Flag. They ban war memorials. They've banned crosses and Christian symbols. They really do want to ban the American Flag. They're just working out the best way to do it.
“My son called me from school saying that he saw an administrator around his truck and is now being called to the office,”
This “administrator” needs to be made famous.
Also “Apparently, it was a big misunderstanding that should have never gotten this far” is a crock. They hoped to bully these students and underestimated their collective reaction IMO.
I wonder what the admins would have done had the students been flying ISIS flags?
Might make for an interesting experiment if the students want to try it for a day
Translation: The little snotty brats should have just known their role, shut up and removed the flags when I told them and it would never have gotten this far.
I own property in Franklin County (Smith Mountain Lake). I spend a lot of time there. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine such a scenario in the moonshine capital of the world. Their persecution of Americans will only fuel and spread patriotism, just like when the Romans persecuted the church.
While the headline of the story is somewhat misleading, you are correct. If this line of reasoning exists in one of the most conservative counties in America, is all lost? Rocky Mount is all about God, Old Glory, and shine.
The principal showed weakness - now DESTROY him and any teacher or staffer that supported this!
The administration backed off the next day
Students tell school to shove it up their Obamaholes.
Years ago, before we were married, Mrs. Thunder Sleeps used to live in VA. WTH happened? When did the dirty, diseased communists take over VA? The anti-2A, anti-American BS streaming out of VA lately is more like something you would expect from CA, MA, or maybe NY...
I own property in Franklin County (Smith Mountain Lake). I spend a lot of time there. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine such a scenario in the moonshine capital of the world. Their persecution of Americans will only fuel and spread patriotism, just like when the Romans persecuted the church.
Most likely some wetbacks dropped some illegals/anchor babies into the school and Democrat “educators” are trying to “protect” them.
I remember that. “All this for a flag?” Despicable.
> What happens when we allowed Communists to take over the schools. <
I’d say cowards more than communists. Someone complained to the principal. Maybe it was a snowflake teacher. Maybe it was a snowflake student.
An old-school principal would have told the snowflake to shut up and go back to class. But most modern principals are cowards. They take the easy way out.
Exactly. Just testing the waters. They’ll be back for the flags once Gov Blackface passes a law.
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