Fifth Grader Suspended For Wearing Anti-Obama Shirt

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[jakerobins]

An 11-year-old boy in Colorado was suspended from school after he refused to take off a shirt that read, “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.” His father says that the school is violating his son’s First Amendment rights.

Daxx Dalton, a fifth grader at Aurora Frontier K-8 School in Aurora, Colo., wore the homemade shirt on a day when students were asked to show their patriotism by wearing red, white and blue, according to MyFOXColorado.com.

When he was given the choice of turning the shirt inside out or being suspended, Dalton chose suspension.

“They’re taking away my right of freedom of speech,” he said. “If I have the right to wear this shirt I’m going to use it. And if the only way to use it is get suspended, then I’m going to get suspended.”

[BILL_C]

Communist Goals as stated by Cleon Skousen in “The Naked Communist”:

#17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

They've succeeded with that, where are they headed NOW? "Leaders" such as Bill Clinton were indoctrinated, now is it up to William Ayers to get Obama elected to further weaken this country?

[Rebelbase]

Kids just need to get smart and have the same message on the inside of the shirt as is on the outside.

[mattdono]

“If there is a policy that states no political content at all, the suspension is justified.”

I agree with your sentiments, in general; but, that simply isn’t the reality in most public schools (and/or universities, and even some private schools, for that matter).

The administrators simply don’t see issue with the anti-Bush rhetoric/content. To them, it’s not a political statements, but rather it’s the “true state of nature” (i.e., to hate conservatives).

Most conservatives, in a classroom, have to withstand withering assaults on ideology, while liberal students launch invective after invective without any challenge. The response from teacher and administrator alike is typically (something like), “Yeah! Get ‘em”.

It’s funny that one of Obama’s closest confidantes is a terorrist. This shirt actually speaks to a reality that has a political context, not just a political statement.

[genetic drift]

The kid did good.
This is good publicity for our side.

[reaganaut1]

I agree entirely. I don’t want schools, especially public schools, to be politicized, either from the left or right. I would never send my kids to schools wearing political slogans.

[This Just In]

“...where are they headed NOW?”

Ultimately, they want America to be the land of the Red. Homeschoolers have effected the Communist goals because most of these families are teaching true history rather than the revisionists version of it, etc. This is precisely why liberals are against a parents right to educate their children at home. They have no control, depending on the state, over what is taught.

Broad support for home education, including American’s who are not involved in homeschooling, is an important part of the goal to defeat this current tide of Communism in our country.

God help America!

[usmcobra]

He should get his Girl friend to wear it, then when they tell her to strip off the shirt it is sexual harassment....

[Citizen Blade]

I agree entirely. I don’t want schools, especially public schools, to be politicized, either from the left or right. I would never send my kids to schools wearing political slogans.

I support school uniforms. They eliminate this type of attention-whoring nonsense.

Everyone in America wants their 15 minutes of fame these days.

[andy58-in-nh]

...BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL...

I suspect that any number of teachers in that school have a similar bumper sticker on their Subaru or Volvo.

[reagan_fanatic]

I hate to say it but these kinds of shirts should be left at home, school is for learning, if you don’t like it, then home school.

I agree. We'd be pretty upset if someone let their kid go to school in an anti-McCain shirt. This stuff doesn't belong in school either way.

[nathanbedford]

I disagree with both of you.

Theoretically, a parent has a right to withdraw his child and place him in a different school, or school them at home, but that means that parent must either expend money or time and effort to comply with the state's requirement that the child be educated. In effect, unless the parents are willing to pay a forfeit, the child must be in that environment seven hours a day five days a week. Why should the parents have to pay a forfeit for their child to exercise his First Amendment rights?

That is about one third of the child's life and about half of his waking life. That is a huge percentage of existence in which to deprive someone of free speech. And to what end? Is not a school a place where a child is is exposed to the benefits of our Constitution? Is the child to be taught that conformity and censorship are values to be exalted over our First Amendment rights of free speech? What is the educational value of stifling the independence of thought of this young child?

You say there is a school rule prohibiting such free expression and it is merely the enforcement of a rule. So we are to accept that free speech can be circumcised by the government merely because the government makes a rule? What purpose does the rule serve?

You might say that the exercise of free speech will be so discordant as to frustrate the purpose of the school which is to learn. I say it is the job of the administrators of the school to so control the environment that free speech can thrive and the students can still learn. What would the law say if the administrators held that no African-American kids can attend a school because their presence disrupts and makes learning impossible?

The courts would not listen to such an excuse for a minute. They would instruct those administrators to get in there and adjust the environment for the higher value of admitting African-American children. Why do we surrender our precious free speech rights without a struggle?

[bioqubit]

kskeller@aps.k12.co.us

The Aurora Frontier School principals email

[soupcon]

Well, dad, remove you child from the loony institution.
____________________________________________________
It worked for you, huh?

[This Just In]

“It worked for you, huh?”

Did it work of our country?

[G8 Diplomat]

Why do we even PRETEND to have freedom of speech anymore?

[SnakeDoctor]

Completely with you on this one. Completely inappropriate shirt. Kid got what he deserved. Schools have the right to regulate attire, and clothing with explicit and edgy political messages are distracting, disrespectful, and completely inappropriate.

The kid was given the opportunity to correct the situation. He refused. He was suspended. Good. That his parents support him in his defiance, disrespect and violation of dress codes says quite a bit about their parenting skills.

H

[goldfinch]

I hate to say it but these kinds of shirts should be left at home, school is for learning, if you don’t like it, then home school.

I agree. If the school bans ALL political shirts, this boy broke the rule and should be sent home.

[SnakeDoctor]

You’ve mis-interpreted the freedom of speech.

First, “freedom of speech” does not give the right to violate reasonable and universal codes of conduct.

Second, the freedom of speech doesn’t fully extend to children in school anymore than it fully extends to soldiers in the military. Kids don’t have the right to tell their teacher to “f*ck off” without retribution. Soldiers don’t have the right to speak out of turn. And students don’t have the right to wear inflammatory and disrespectful attire during school.

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[day10]

Glad you’re a good sport - some folks don’t like that humor.

Your tagline is great!

[mattdono]

I guess you can write well; just not sure about the readin’ part.

I clearly think that the kid should express himself however he sees fit. I started my post with only agreeing with Natural Law...IF that was the reality, which it’s not.

Since it’s not, I think that the kid should twist the liberal administrators nipples everyday.

And, stop with the oh-so-lofty questions.

Everyone gets it: you’re smart. Yeah for you.