[DoraC]

Upset by the shirt, a 17-year-old black student hit the white student in the head. A crowd of about 100 students gathered to watch the Aug. 29 fight before authorities intervened.

I think the black student is the idiot here. There is no justification to hit someone, even if you are "offended" by his stupid T-Shirt.

[MineralMan]

"There is no justification to hit someone, even if you are "offended" by his stupid T-Shirt."

I'm afraid I must disagree with you on this one. The t-shirt is the equivalent of "fighting words."

You did notice the description of the back of the t-shirt, right....the two black people being dragged behind the car in nooses?

Sorry. If I'd been there, I'd have punched this kid, and I'm about as white as they come.

[misterrob]

Screw that, this kid needed an ass kicking.

Sometimes people just do.

[Alter Kaker]

I think the black student is the idiot here.

Legally he's wrong and should be punished. But morally? Come on. The guy was wearing a pro-lynching shirt. You walk down a street in Tel Aviv wearing a pro-Holocaust shirt and you're probably going to get punched too, and you know what? You had it coming. I'd have probably punched this guy too.

[wtc911]

Fighting words concept. You might not have felt compelled to hit but the law recognizes that your freedom of expression is not armor against those whom you have obviously chosen to offend. I hope he knocked him out.

[billbears]

On the back, a cartoon depicted a group of hooded Klansmen standing outside a church, waving to two others who had just pulled away in a car reading "Just married." Two black men in nooses were being dragged behind.

Frankly if this is on a Dixie Outfitters shirt, I'm disappointed. I love the Flag and can't stand any PC talk that tries to tear it down. But if this was on his shirt, I'd be the first to ask him to take it off as it is offensive to what my ancestors fought for. And yes if that's on the shirt I find it more than offensive

[MikefromOhio]

The Black kid isn't an idiot.

that would be the moron wearing the shirt.

as for hitting him, sure it would be wrong to do so, but the White kid more definitely deserved it.

[gdani]

I think the black student is the idiot here. There is no justification to hit someone, even if you are "offended" by his stupid T-Shirt.

The white student was begging for it. The black student obliged.

[jw777]

i agree too. i was offended by Kanye West, yet i didn't strike him.

[TomasUSMC]

I disagree. There are many reasons to hit someone. One of the reasons this country is in such sad shape is that people are scared to hit someone. Instead they call lawyers.

This kid has a shirt that could pass if it was just a rebel flag, but dragging two blacks behind a car deserves a wuppin.

Now it would be interesting to see what would happen if a black kid had a picture of two whites being dragged behind a car.

[DilJective]

I agree. The press will undoubtedly rally behind the black student as having a "right" to lash out at something offensive.

I'm sure that there a quite a few of us who are sick and tired of being called racists by unelected black leaders, but we're expected to sit there and take it. The mere existence of affirmative action presumes racism by businessmen, regardless of background.

The black student helped reinforce the stereotype of blacks being violent. It's too bad the black student just didn't walk away.

[Dante3]

I agree there was no reason to get physical.

All the fusses over T-shirts that have occurred at many school, including costly lawsuits, could easily be prevented by a dress code - no T-shirts or any other clothing with slogans to school.

[nickcarraway]

I'd consider it. And I'm white.

[PAR35]

There is no justification to hit someone, even if you are "offended" by his stupid T-Shirt.

No, the white punk provoked the fight.

[RobbyS]

He should have worn a T-shirt that said something like "The pope sucks." Anyone who hit him would have been thrown out of school. Freedom of speech, you know.

[montag813]

I think the black student is the idiot here. There is no justification to hit someone, even if you are "offended" by his stupid T-Shirt.

Yes there is. He should have the living sh*t kicked out of him. But OFF campus. Freedom of speech isn't freedom from getting your ass kicked. So you are correct that the black student is the idiot. Right action, wrong place and time.

[xzins]

The black kid made a legal mistake, not a moral one.

The Klan dragging the blacks behind the car was an obvious, real, covert threat.

In the face of a real threat, self-defense is moral.

[Dan from Michigan]

The black kid taught the punk a valuable lesson. It sounds like he even gave the guy a chance before hitting him.

Violence sometimes IS the answer.