BRISTLING DIXIE

Slate ^ | January 9, 2003 | Dahlia Lithwick

[billhilly]

Amid a growing mound of Confederate flag cases, one unsettled legal issue in courts across the country is this: Can public schools ban the wearing of Dixie Outfitters and other Confederate T-shirts without running afoul of the First Amendment?

[billhilly]

This interesting take on the constitutional issues regarding schools banning clothing worn by students is a worthy read.

[AFPhys]

this is not enough of an exerpt for me to even become interested in viewing the remainder... please take the time to cut and paste more substantial portions, if not the whole article.

[billhilly]

Thanks for your interest, I think. FreeRepublic does not allow complete reprints of news items due to a long ago lawsuit. All you have to do is click on the highlighted link and it will take you directly to the article on SLATE.

[billhilly]

Bump and good morning.

[mo]

freedom...good enough for Lithuania...why not the South?!!

[dighton]

FreeRepublic does not allow complete reprints of news items due to a long ago lawsuit.

Articles in full are perfectly OK, as long as they aren't from the Washington Post, LA Times/Chicago Tribune, or related publications. (Regrettably, a long list).

[TomServo]

Posted here.

[billhilly]

Thanks for reposting.

[TomServo]

No biggie, bud!!

[Mamzelle]

Frankly, the administrations of schools should be allowed discretion in what they allow students to wear.

[billhilly]

In the sixties when the hippies began to flourish, their long hair, beads on men, and other strange (in that age) mannerisms, including in-you-face demonstrating was offensive to many people, yet it was protected free speech.The issue here is free speech.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin' ! And thanks for the ping.

If American kids can be counted on for anything it's this: Tell them they can't do/wear/say something and they'll do/wear/say it 'til their heads blow off. This is why Dixie Outfitters sold a million T-shirts last year, and why virtually every kid disciplined for wearing a Confederate flag to school shows up the day after the suspension in either the same T-shirt or one with a bigger flag. Yes, it would be a more civil world if we could all just agree once and for all that the Confederate flag is either beautiful or vile. But until that day comes, it would be a useful and educational exercise to at least hear one another out on the subject. One might think a school would be a good laboratory for such efforts. One would hope there's no better place to try.

Is this source really part of the WP/LAT settlement regarding posting excerpts only?...

[billhilly]

Apparantly not, but I didn't want to stumble into a situation
that could jepordize FR. At any rate, the link was there plain enough for anyone to see, and lo and behold, the article had been posted last night.

[billhilly]

Apparently, old friend, I must get a speler for my keyboard.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ban the Dixiechicks.

[Diddle E. Squat]

There's your trouble.

[billhilly]

You want them banned to your house, right?

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. Rule of thumb I go by is if it's WP or LAT, I post a few paragraphs only.

There are many others that are restricted, but I saw JR's list and I don't ever post from any of them.

I'm outta here for the day. Have a great Friday, and a great weekend, my FRiend...

[EBUCK]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/klan-flag.html

Follow link to pics of early Klan (who are always connected to the Confederate flag in the media) carrying American Flags exclusively.

[blam]

"Frankly, the administrations of schools should be allowed discretion in what they allow students to wear."

The Mobile County, Alabama, school district does not have this problem. You must wear a uniform. All the kids look neat and well groomed.