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Texas students sue to carry purses decorated with Confederate flag
The Kansas City Star ^
| February 9, 2007
| Martha Deller
Posted on 02/10/2007 3:04:28 PM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat
Although I'm a Yankee Northerner and am trapped in the People's Republic of Washington StateTrapped? The people in East Berlin were trapped. You're just not really interested in leaving.
To: Gunslingr3
Although I'm a Yankee Northerner and am trapped in the People's Republic of Washington StateTrapped? The people in East Berlin were trapped. You're just not really interested in leaving.
Nope, I have responsibilities which keep me here. I would have left long ago if it were not for that.
Things won't always be this way however, and I will one day be able to find the Promised Land :-)
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posted on
02/10/2007 5:48:52 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: StoneWall Brigade; L98Fiero; RFEngineer; DarthDilbert; James Ewell Brown Stuart; Fairview; ...
Dixie Ping
Thanks for the flag, stoat
To: Libertarianchick
These school administrators have just messed up. You don't mess with a girl's purse...ever.I've combined the elements of this situation to form an equation:
(Brain-dead, politically-correct, leftwing school administrator)
+
(plus)
( X )
(Ladies' purse multiplied by pride in our Nation and it's History)
=
(equals) (She-Ra, the Warrior Princess opening up a can-o-whoopass)
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posted on
02/10/2007 6:04:15 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: dandiegirl
That is the point as I see it.
I bow to no one in my loathing of that flag & symbol. This is not about the flag (or at least it should not be). It is about the 1st amendment.
The 1st amendment was designed to protect UNpopular speech. By definition, popular speech needs no defending.
It was not vulgar. I was not clothing like an aggressive t-shirt aimed at creating controversy. It was the BF symbol on a purse.
I hope the school loses big. If they have not already, the kids should contact the ACLJ.
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posted on
02/10/2007 6:08:55 PM PST
by
NucSubs
(Islam delenda est.)
To: ConservaTexan
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posted on
02/10/2007 6:10:38 PM PST
by
MissouriConservative
(Libertarian = aid and comfort to the democratic party)
To: stainlessbanner
Thanks for the flag, stoat You're quite welcome and thank you for pinging your list :-)
Hopefully our prayers and good wishes will help these young ladies toward victory in their noble cause.
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posted on
02/10/2007 6:18:56 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: trek
What is interesting to me about all this is why the left wing elites are so obsessed with destroying the noble legacy of the confederacy.
It's not slavery that bothers them it's the idea that the US Constitution means what it says and greatly limits the federal government's authority.
To: burnitup
The wrong side won the civil war.
Yes. Unfortunately we'll all either end up as slaves or fight the war over again until we get it right.
To: burnitup
Here is a quibble that will drive the victims of a government education crazy. I raise this question of language only because I was amused by the recent dust up over Bush calling the Democrat Party the Democrat Party.
Don't concede the Unionist position by calling the War Between the States a "Civil War." By calling it a "Civil War" you presuppose the conflict to have been an internal struggle between one people bound together in a single indivisible nation. But in a very real sense the proposition that the United States were one nation indivisible was the fundamental issue in dispute between the parties.
Referring to the conflict as the "War Between the States" is a relatively neutral way to describe accurately the conflict. If you want to give the unionists a taste of their own medicine refer to the conflict as the "War of Northern Aggression" or the "War for Southern Independence." These monikers are the Southern equivalents of calling the conflict the "Civil War."
It is a measure of how deeply the unionist view has permeated the culture that any reference to the conflict other than the "Civil War" is now considered strange and confusing even in the South. But this only reflects the fact that history is written by the victors.
Again, in a very real sense, the assault by the PC left on Southern history is just the modern day incarnation of Reconstruction.
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:06:03 PM PST
by
trek
To: freedomfiter2
"It's not slavery that bothers them it's the idea that the US Constitution means what it says and greatly limits the federal government's authority." Yes indeed.
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:10:45 PM PST
by
trek
To: xrp
I wonder what would have happened had they shown up with La Raza/Aztlan propaganda on their purses?Or gay/lesbian symbols?
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:19:38 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: silentreignofheroes
,,,we don't have a problem with the Battle Flag around here,,yet..but then we also have verbal Prayer in our school...South Alabama...Sounds like a nice place to live.
<<< Adding "South Alabama" to my list of places to visit.
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:38:33 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: trek
You have some of the sanest responses I've seen when this subject comes up! I'm surprised that the "usual suspects" haven't found this thread yet!
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:42:53 PM PST
by
swmobuffalo
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
To: MissouriConservative
I hope the girls take the district to the cleaners. They allow swastikas. I'm also sure that they allow African heritage/centric clothing. More than likely anything Mexicali is allowed to be displayed. It's about damn time that someone stood up and screamed ENOUGH of this politically correct bullsh*t.Agreed, and I'm delighted that it's a pair of young-uns who are doing it. This shows their detractors that the principles that they are fighting for are fresh, relevant and timeless, and not antiquated canards that only people from another era are interested in.
The school district should have paid attention to the slogan "Don't mess with Texas!" :-)
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:46:39 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: ElkGroveDan
If course, it would have been just fine if they wore shirts depicting Che Guevera or Mao.The article states that the school allows swastikas, so I'm guessing that Che or Mao shirts would have been embraced with the sort of warm fuzziness that Leftists reserve for 'young fellow-travellers".
I haven't been to this particular community and I don't know what their ideological demographics are like. I've heard some Texans here at FR refer to Austin as "the Berkeley of Texas" and so I guess even the Great Lone Star State has it's pockets of Leftist insanity.
Here in Western Washington, Che or Mao T-shirts wouldn't be given a second glance. "sigh"
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:55:14 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: swmobuffalo
Amen!! Look's like this crowd can handle'em.
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:56:21 PM PST
by
Plains Drifter
(America First, Last, and Always!!!)
To: vetvetdoug
The 6th Federal Court of Appeals has ruled on this issue a couple of times in favor of the kids that wished to display the Confederate Battle Flag. The NEA supporting leftist Democrat pOs that run the schools have to be taught a lesson, most believe that the liberal judges will side with them as in the 9th Federal Court of Appeals. Not in the SE US. The ACLU only defends the leftists and Democrats.
That's good to hear, and hopefully these young ladies will be victorious. Such a win might motivate them to pursue careers in law or politics, and we would all certainly be Blessed if they did.
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posted on
02/10/2007 7:59:36 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: cripplecreek
Southern culture gets this Michigan Yankee's support.
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posted on
02/10/2007 8:05:42 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Good luck to the Texas sweethearts from one of the few flying
the stars and bars in MN!
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posted on
02/10/2007 8:12:28 PM PST
by
Fireone
(Homeland security is 10,000 rounds of dry ammo and 10 cords of dry firewood.)
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