Posted on 01/09/2013 12:45:05 PM PST by rottndog
A high school teacher in South Carolina is under investigation and has been placed on long-term administrative leave after he allegedly threw an American flag on the floor and stomped on it in front of his students.
Scott Compton, an English teacher at Chapin High School in Chapin, S.C., reprised the unpatriotic deed in three classes over the course of one day, reports local NBC affiliate WIS.
One parent, Michael Copeland, said he heard his teenage daughter discussing the incident and asked her to tell him the whole story.
“He drew a couple of symbols, like one of them was a cross, and he said, ‘What does this represent,’ and everybody said, ‘Christianity,’” Copeland explained to WIS.
“Then he proceeds to take down the American flag, and said, ‘This is a symbol, but it’s only a piece of cloth. It doesn’t mean anything,’ and then he throws it down on the floor and then stomps on it, repeatedly,” Copeland continued.
“I asked what was he trying to get, the point across? And she said, ‘I don’t know,’ and he said, his explanation was there would be no consequences, it’s just a piece of cloth that doesn’t mean anything.”
Perhaps ironically, however, Compton would soon face consequences.
Mark Bounds, a spokesperson for the school district, told WIS that the district frequently cautions teachers to avoid introducing personal opinions in the classroom.
“Our superintendent served in the military, I served in the military for 20 years, our flag is a symbol of our freedom, and so many people have fought and died for that liberty, and so we take this action very seriously,” Bounds added.
According to FITSNews, a South Carolina-based conservative news and entertain website, people in the Chapin High community describe Compton a “good teacher” who is “very liberal” and “wears it on his sleeve in the classroom.”
A substitute teacher will fill in for Compton for the remainder of the school year, according to WIS.
The ACLU will defend him and get him reinstated with back pay. The student will be suspended.
I buried some good men under that flag, including my Dad. You want to make a point about how unhappy you are with the country, dance on a photo of the President.
“..........who is “very liberal” and “wears it on his sleeve in the classroom.”
So there ya are the answer to the question. It comes from their noses.
>>I buried some good men under that flag, including my Dad. You want to make a point about how unhappy you are with the country, dance on a photo of the President.<<
I suggest we throw this guy on the ground and stomp on HIM.
And then send him to Venezuela, where he will be happy.
What a great piece of political free speech that would be...
that woouldn’t be very protected.
THAT’s OFFENSIVE!!
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great comment
No worries. A job awaits him in the SC Community College system. Only rabid lefties need apply. And, for crying out loud, this is SOUTH Carolina!
Why just him? He’s merely done in reality what the public school system has been effectively doing for decades.
In other time the flag would not have been the only thing stompted at the school.
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In all fairness to balanced presentation, they ought to have some Marine veterans from WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan come in and talk a bit about what the flag represents. (sorry if I did not name all of the applicable wars/conflicts that should be represented.)
The kind of guy that should come up rejected on a gun background check....a progressive and mentally unstable!
Balance...something the Left is incapable of.
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