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Texas high school silences Valedictorian's microphone during speech on Constitution, report says
Fox ^ | 06/08/13

Posted on 06/08/2013 7:45:18 AM PDT by AtlasStalled

A Texas high school silenced its Valedictorian’s microphone during his speech when he diverted from his pre-approved remarks and instead spoke about the Constitution.

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To: AtlasStalled

Typical liberal moves. If you don’t like what you are hearing you silence it. They want to tell you how they want things and ban or silence what they don’t like. Terrible.


21 posted on 06/08/2013 8:01:58 AM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: NohSpinZone

This is not a blog.


22 posted on 06/08/2013 8:03:13 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: AtlasStalled

The person who silenced the mic. should be fired. I do not care what the rules are. If we lack the courage to break stupid rules like these, it will be absolutely be the end of this country. We will get what we deserve and our children will spit on our grave for it.


23 posted on 06/08/2013 8:04:10 AM PDT by formosa
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To: AtlasStalled

I think anyone in the audience can bring suit. The right to “Hear” what someone is saying is covered under the First Amendment. I forget the complete Supremem Court cite...Va. Pharmacy v. something.


24 posted on 06/08/2013 8:04:20 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The PC people that silence the patriots who speak about the Constitution will wish they hadn’t once those onstitutional rights have been stripped. It’s coming.


25 posted on 06/08/2013 8:04:30 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Fine, “forum”. Happy now?


26 posted on 06/08/2013 8:04:40 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: AtlasStalled

I am not kidding this time... People need to be horsewhipped over this crap.


27 posted on 06/08/2013 8:04:51 AM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell)
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To: txrefugee

it’s not just public schools. There is a very big push to turn Texas back into a blue state. Many parts of it already are. I lived in San Antonio for 6 years and honestly am happy to be gone (except for missing fabulous TexMex) Castro is doing his best to turn the city of the Alamo into a liberal mecca of dependency that can be counted on for democratic votes.


28 posted on 06/08/2013 8:05:18 AM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: AtlasStalled

Would have been way cool if somebody in the crowd tossed him a big honking bullhorn megaphone.


29 posted on 06/08/2013 8:05:34 AM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Amen. We have allowed the left to define the debate for far too long. They have been far to successful in overreaching and seeing us meet them “midway.”


30 posted on 06/08/2013 8:05:38 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: JRandomFreeper

Amen, Johnny.


31 posted on 06/08/2013 8:05:42 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: NohSpinZone
Prior-reviewed material where you trap the child who scored the best in academia achievements defeats the purpose of academia/speech in the first place.

The convoluted “censor” requirements deserves all kinds of civil disobedience in the public forum, especially from a guy who will risk his life defending what he wants to speak about passionately.

Senseless laws should be met with pinpoint ridicule, read your own tag line, lol.
32 posted on 06/08/2013 8:07:17 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

If he had wanted to speak on diversity or tolerance then I’m sure he would have been praised by school officials and the volume on the mic turned up.

If I were him I would have used the opportunity to talk much much louder after they turned the mic off to show how what they were doing is precisely what the Constitution forbids.

The government cannot hand someone a mic and then turn it off based on content or viewpoint discrimination.

I’m sick of the “rules are rules” crowd. No! The Constitution IS THE RULES when it comes to government conduct towards the citizens that its power is derived from. Screw these people! I would sue their ass in a heartbeat if they did this to my son.

Only if he went off in such a way as to breech the peace or other unprotected “speech” should they be able to do this.


33 posted on 06/08/2013 8:10:13 AM PDT by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: NohSpinZone

Yeah, because rules are more important than principles.


34 posted on 06/08/2013 8:13:01 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: cripplecreek
The problem is;
We sit and determine things based on OUR perspective and reality .. which is 40 plus years OLDER than a high school grad with memories that the grad WILL NEVER experience or know about, thus;

In the sixties "they" were afraid of the Abbie Hoffman's and the black raised fist salute ... today, it is conceivable Achmed calling for the triggering of the bombs that are under the gowns.


But in fairness to your comment .. I would like all speeches to be whqatever the valedictorian wants to say ... he/she didn't GET to be Valedictorian by being a radical and stupid.

35 posted on 06/08/2013 8:14:50 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I can't prove it, but they're true)
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To: AtlasStalled

Well so much for Texas being the greatest state to move to.


36 posted on 06/08/2013 8:16:00 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: bandleader

Any well run place (usually leaning right) will be prosperous, drawing in many from the poorly run places (i.e. California) who hope to do well...problem is, the newcomers bring in their old style politics (which caused the problem in the first place), infecting the new place with the old crap.


37 posted on 06/08/2013 8:16:44 AM PDT by Imnidiot (This space for Rent)
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To: AtlasStalled

Don’t mess with Texas.


38 posted on 06/08/2013 8:17:16 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: AtlasStalled

Obviously the school powers that be understand neither the Constitution nor its First Amendment.


39 posted on 06/08/2013 8:17:27 AM PDT by lightman (Buzzed and buggered bath house Barry: the Benghazi bungler.)
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To: AtlasStalled

Went to my brothers college grad and remember the speaker glorifying liberalism...guess that’s the only speech ok in academia. A student can’t mention how God and the Constitution influenced life.
Sad!


40 posted on 06/08/2013 8:17:55 AM PDT by RginTN
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