Posted on 08/29/2023 12:14:13 PM PDT by DFG
DENVER, CO — A local 6th grader has been suspended and sent home from school after he was found to be in possession of a history textbook with an offensive image of an American flag on the cover.
"This imagery is unacceptable," said Marsha Jackson-Rodriguez-Ketanja, the school's principal. "How any young person could possibly believe that a school is the proper place to bring this textbook is unconscionable. History class is intended to be a safe space where students can be protected from all images that have origins in slavery — like this offensive, awful flag."
The boy, Tristan Lupascu, was undeterred by the suspension. "It's literally the flag of this country," he told reporters questioning him about the incident. "How is it supposed to be wrong to show the American flag in an American school? Plus, it's the textbook they gave us. I'm just the only kid who decided to bring the book to class. This is tyranny. Don't tread on me, fascists!"
The school and its district offices were soon bombarded with calls, emails, and social media posts demanding answers. "These calls from angry parents have been extremely traumatizing for our staff," said Jackson-Rodriguez-Ketanja. "All of our teachers had to go to therapy. We were forced to report the parents to the FBI for our own safety."
At publishing time, the boy's teacher and the school's principal had offered no comment after they were surprised to learn the offensive flag shown on the cover of the textbook was, in fact, the flag that represents the United States, and that numerous flags just like it were prominently displayed around the school itself.
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Babylon Bee but could be reality.
Almost caught me. Too close to reality.
Don’t laugh, it’s coming soon to a school near you. One kid was told to remove the American flag from his truck. Nope and became home schooled.
Case in point: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4178668/posts
In what other country is the national flag offensive? This is nuts.
Oops - the Bee. Getting too much like reality.
Had me going for two sentences!
In fact, I'm not sure it was at all beyond the previous story I read about Fatty Willis and her Black-Panther-Communist dad.
Got me briefly that time. I think things similar to that have already happened some places.
I also was stung by the bee on this one!
More proof that:
The only good communist is a dead communist...
It is our duty as citizens to help everyone be as good as possible...
If we are unwilling to do our duty, maybe we should not complain...
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