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Michigan students sue school for banning ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts
New York Post ^

Posted on 04/26/2023 7:13:54 PM PDT by bryan999

Two Michigan middle schoolers are suing their school district for barring them from wearing sweatshirts that say “Let’s Go Brandon” — a popular right-wing rally cry that stands as a substitute for cursing out President Biden.

The boys’ mother argued that the ban infringes on their constitutional rights, while the Tri County Area School District insists the sweatshirts violate its dress code, which bars clothing “with messages that are lewd, indecent, vulgar or profane,” the Detroit Free Press reported.

The lawsuit alleges that when the brothers wore their “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts to Tri County Middle School last year, an assistant principal and teacher asked them to remove the garments and told one of the boys that “his sweatshirt was equivalent to the f-word.“

“Let’s Go Brandon” became a widespread conservative slogan in October 2021 when a TV reporter mistakenly claimed a NASCAR crowd was chanting “Let’s go Brandon” to celebrate a win by driver Brandon Brown — when they were actually yelling “F— Joe Biden.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenvoters; deathofthewest; education; fjb; freespeech; letsgobrandon; lgb; maga; michigan; postrealityworld

1 posted on 04/26/2023 7:13:54 PM PDT by bryan999
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Tinker v. Des Moines


2 posted on 04/26/2023 7:15:10 PM PDT by bryan999
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For those unaware: Tinker v. Des Moines set the precedent that students have 1st Amendment rights, too! Stepping into school properly doesn’t mean that students give up their right to free expression. The Tinker ruling confirmed that symbolic speech merits protection under the 1st amendment.re:


3 posted on 04/26/2023 7:19:35 PM PDT by traderrob6
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FJB


4 posted on 04/26/2023 7:22:03 PM PDT by PGR88
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Just tell them you are NASCAR fans.


5 posted on 04/26/2023 7:25:54 PM PDT by Phil
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Anyone who doesn’t like the shirt can simply “avert their eyes.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen_v._California


6 posted on 04/26/2023 7:28:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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It sounds like the Michigan schools are trying to train the kids to live on a plantation and do what dah massa says.


7 posted on 04/26/2023 7:31:48 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to indict the Dung Beetle Party's token affirmative action chubby cheeked shyster lawyer.)
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“[P]ersons confronted with Cohen’s jacket were in a quite different posture than, say, those subjected to the raucous emissions of sound trucks blaring outside their residences. Those in the Los Angeles courthouse could effectively avoid further bombardment of their sensibilities simply by averting their eyes.”

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/403/15/


8 posted on 04/26/2023 7:32:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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October 2021…

It took the Left about 3 months to figured out where Let’s Go Brandon came from and then have a fit.

9 posted on 04/26/2023 7:44:51 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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and told one of the boys that “his sweatshirt was equivalent to the f-word.“


Except that it is not. Not remotely.


10 posted on 04/26/2023 7:52:53 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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"Michigan students sue school for banning ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts"

Are there any honest judges left in Michigan?!?

11 posted on 04/26/2023 7:53:53 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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Let’s go Tri County Area School District....


12 posted on 04/26/2023 8:01:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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[“Let’s Go Brandon”]

If only there were a 1st Amendment ......


13 posted on 04/26/2023 8:26:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Soooo, going to school wearing a shirt that reads “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” would be okay?


14 posted on 04/27/2023 2:31:48 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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I started using frig instead of the f word, but when I websearched the meaning, it said it is the equivalent of the f word. Say what?


15 posted on 04/27/2023 2:55:17 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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