Posted on 12/13/2020 4:34:16 AM PST by knighthawk
Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington, rejected a student’s yearbook picture because she posed with an American flag draped over her shoulders. A statement from the school claims the decision was not made against what the flag represents, but out of respect: “We respect our flag as much as any school in the area and were concerned that in the photo submitted it was being used as a prop in the photo and was not being afforded appropriate regard.”
“The fact that I can’t have my senior picture in the yearbook because it contains the American flag in it amazes me,” wrote the student to her Facebook page on Monday, sharing a purported screenshot of an email she received from the school notifying her that her yearbook photo was denied.
“Are you kidding me right now? If the American flag offends you effing leave,” the student added. “Screw this school I want to switch Lewis and Clark High School.”
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Yes. The code regarding the American flag states that it is not to worn as clothing. I would guess draping it as a shawl would come under this provision. The educrats were probably right but for the wrong reasons, no doubt.
Does the code happen to mention anything about urinating on the flag and burning it in protest? I bet not since that desecration is now constitionally protected free speech. The rules changed long ago. Your code is hopelessly outdated and only functions now to serve the leftists in hampering patriotic expression.
This young lady is clearly a patriot. She chose to use her one picture for posterity to show her love for her country and for its flag. Shame on anyone who calls themselves a conservative who is too senile or stubborn to understand this.
“Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington,”
And don’t get me started on the state’s name!
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Think Miracle on Ice.
The Flag Code says what it says. You might consider it to be hopelessly outdated; many view the Constitution the same way.
I will continue to show respect for the flag, even if that makes me “senile or stubborn”. You may do as you please.
You mean the Olympic hockey game of 40 years ago? What of it?
The kid is a patriot. Her whole room is filled with old glory. Good for her for refusing to submit another photo.
The school’s yearbook has a new policy this year: no props allowed.
Comment section notes the following: Email the principal to voice your concerns about this young girl’s freedom of speech. marybethsm@spokaneschools.org. If we support our Olympic Atheletes and their right to drape the flag on their shoulders, then this is no different. Get out of here with your “Flag Code”. That code specificies wearing the flag as clothing, which is disprectful (google Katy Perry wears the flag for an example). Draping the flag is a sign of respect, it is not ‘clothing’.
It sailed around the bicentennial when flag patches on jeans and whatnot became ok
Abbie Hoffman’s flag short became accepted
That’s right kids
1960s yippies loved dressing up like founding fathers for street theatre
Now the weathermen were always scowls ....like their Wesson oil boogie brethren the Panthers
I remember the Weatherman Bill Ayres stomping on the flag in the NYT magazine, I believe on the day of 9/11.
Left coast school logic hopeless.
Glad we decided against a move to the northwest. It seems every leftist wack job have infested that region with all their big cities becoming little more than leftist camps.
Once the Supreme Court declared that it was a free expression of protected speech for our nation's flag to be desecrated and burned, both the spirit and letter of that law became completely moot.
many view the Constitution the same way.
That's a silly and fallacious non-sequitur argument. The Flag Code was effectively invalidated through what was ostensibly a constitutional process of judicial review. Your attempt to conflate the two is both illogical and a little humorous (at your expense).
I will continue to show respect for the flag, even if that makes me “senile or stubborn”.
Your criticism of this girl's patriotism has nothing to do with any respect for the flag you may or may not show. There are anarchists and communists defacing and burning the flag every night. How much public criticism have you leveled here against them? Instead, you attack a young girl's patriotism. Whether or not you actually are senile or stubborn, your action is shameful.
You may do as you please.
You are contradicting yourself. You quoted a law that falsely portrayed this young lady's actions as being illegal. Now you are saying that that there are no restrictions?
There are many ways to respect the flag that don't involve adhering to a completely antiquated and invalidated regulation. This beautiful young women wanted to publicly show her love for our nation. Anti-American leftists in her school and curmudgeons like you are working together to undermine her effort. You should choose your allies more carefully.
Your post is absurd. You appear to be making the argument that because some desecrate the flag, therefore it’s OK for anyone to do so. Do you believe that it is acceptable to defecate on a flag? If not, where do you draw the line?
The Flag Code is clear; whether you or some high school girl choose to abide by it is irrelevant. It may have been “effectively invalidated” (just as many parts of the Constitution have been), but it has not been repealed.
If you were capable of understanding simple English, you would grasp that I have not at any time attacked the girl’s patriotism, though I disagree with her way of showing it. Nor have I stated that her actions are illegal, since she did not mutilate or deface the flag.
Thus, as I said earlier, you (and she) may do as you please, and so will I. There are many ways to respect the flag that do involve adhering to the Flag Code, and those are the ways that I choose.
I've done nothing of the sort. I simply pointed out that code you cited was rendered moot by a numerous court decisions.
Do you believe that it is acceptable to defecate on a flag?
I am personally opposed to the desecration of the US flag.
If not, where do you draw the line?
Burning and urinating on a flag certainly meets a common sense definition of desecration. Holding, hugging, and draping oneself in a flag certainly does not. However, both these definitions now differ from the federal code you cited based on established judicial precedent.
The Flag Code is clear;
The code you cited has been rendered moot and is now unenforceable. It is obsolete.
...whether you or some high school girl choose to abide by it is irrelevant.
The code you cited is now irrelevant. Also irrelevant, in my opinion, is the future value to our nation of anyone like you who would side with flag-hating leftists against a flag-loving teenage girl.
It may have been “effectively invalidated” (just as many parts of the Constitution have been), but it has not been repealed.
The sections you referenced have been struck down. There is no need to repeal it since repealing it would have no legal effect.
If you were capable of understanding simple English, you would grasp that I have not at any time attacked the girl’s patriotism, though I disagree with her way of showing it.
You falsely claimed that this patriotic young lady was breaking a law. No where on this thread have you indicated any support for her or her patriotism. From what you have written here, you are no different than the leftists who are trying to oppress her patriotism. If you do love the flag and this country, you should be ashamed of what you are doing here.
Nor have I stated that her actions are illegal, since she did not mutilate or deface the flag.
Certainly you did. You quoted a section of an outdated code that falsely portrayed her as breaking federal law.
Thus, as I said earlier, you (and she) may do as you please, and so will I.
You attempted to bring the law into a discussion in order to criticize a young girl's patriotism. This is clearly what you "please to do".
There are many ways to respect the flag that do involve adhering to the Flag Code, and those are the ways that I choose.
Then the code you cited is clearly as obsolete as you are. In world full of real flag desecration, you choose to criticize this this patriotic young woman for draping herself in the flag she loves. Although it is becoming apparent that you may not have the decency or self-awareness to know who you are siding with and who you are siding against, you really ought be ashamed of yourself and what you are doing here.
What, you again? You seem unable to comprehend what I have written so far, so I’m not sure why I continue to waste time on this.
Whether or not the Flag Code is obsolete or not, it exists, and it says what it says. Judicial precedent has not changed a word of it.
I am not “siding with flag-hating leftists”. You continue to put words in my mouth, a dishonest tactic more suited to leftists. In fact, if you could read, you would see that the post to which you first responded was nothing more or less than a quotation of the appropriate section of the Flag Code. All of the accusations you make against me, you have invented by yourself.
I choose to adhere to the Flag Code. You do not. That’s all there is to say.
He wore the American Flag draped upon him after the game.
So why do you say he’s a Communist?
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