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[Commander8]

"Jesus and the Confederate Battle Flag: Banned From Our Schools But Forever In Our Hearts"
I love it.
Praise the Lord and Hoorah for Dixie!!!

[thatdewd]

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[billbears]

'This isn't an attempt to refute Southern heritage,'' said Mike McGowan, a Cherokee County schools spokesman. ''This is an issue of a disruption of the learning environment in one of our schools.''

Sorry Mike but it should read:

'This is an issue of the truth getting in the way of the good teachers in our government propaganda centers forcing lies of the north upon young impressionable minds here in the South. We can't have anything in this school except an abject worship of the 16th President and his total ignorance of the Constitution of these United States. You let that happen and these kids might actually start thinking they have rights!!'

[BIGZ]

Put reparations where the sun don't shine.

[PistolPaknMama]

Also, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit earlier this fall sided with a Washington, N.J., student who challenged his school's ban on a T-shirt displaying the word ''redneck.'' The student was suspended from Warren Hills Regional High School for wearing the shirt, which school officials said violated their ban on clothing that portrays racial stereotypes. The school's vice principal said he took ''redneck'' to mean a violent, bigoted person.

Hey, what y'all got against rednecks up there, eh? :-)

[Torie]

Ban all message clothing at secondary public schools. It is a distraction from the essential purpose of the place. Better yet, have uniforms. Call me a facist if you like. That is the way I see it. Folks can let it all hang out when they reach adulthood, and/or got to college. In the meantime, I don't hesitate in using the iron fist prudentially.

[yoe]

”...it is unreasonable to ask African Americans not to react to someone wearing the rebel flag.”

Is it unreasonable to ask Black Americans how they react to Senator Robert C. Byrd wearing a white sheet and hood?

For some unfathomable reason, only southerners and conservatives have no rights. I agree with Dewey Barber, the situation is very disturbing and even more disturbing that this rabble continues to force decent people to bow down for them. History, the part that is no longer in school history books, tells a very different story about the South and the blacks; many black Americans fought under that flag.

Seems to me that people had better turn their attention to the people who could care less if you are white, black, democrat, republican, liberal or conservative. They are out to kill you especially if you are a Christian, Catholic or a Jew anywhere in the world, but especially America.

These petty people call themselves American and all they can do is argue about trivial matters, not the preservation of their Republic. What a bunch of cowardly Idiots!

[shuckmaster]

Aw, Shucks!

[aomagrat]

Schools in states from Michigan to Alabama have banned the popular Dixie Outfitters shirts just as they might gang colors or miniskirts, saying they are disruptive to the school environment.

The only disruption I see here is being caused by those who are threatening violence against those wearing the shirts. I reckon its just easier (and PC) to ban the shirts than to deal with those who are making the threats. Its sort of like saying that ATM's cause crime because people get robbed while using them.

[Treebeard]

What is absolutely amazing is that this thread has gotten to almost 30 posts without being noticed by 'him-whose-name-must-not-be-mentioned'...you know "Lord Waltthebore"

[Hatteras]

Although there are a few D.O. shirts in my home, the kids go to school dressed like they care about going to school. No t-shirts and baggie pants. Golf shirts, sweaters and clean jeans or khakis. I told them if they wanted to make a statement in school, join the school paper and the student council.

I spent eight years of my youth being herded by an 80 year old, 5 foot tall nun with a 6 foot ruler, they're lucky I'm allowing blue jeans...

[JohnGalt]

''Since last year, we have gotten well over 200 complaints about the banning of Confederate symbols in schools,'' said Kirk Lyons, lead counsel for the Southern Legal Resource Center, a North Carolina-based public-interest law firm that works to protect Confederate heritage..."

Old friend Kirk Lyons of Andres Strassmeir/Dennis Mahon/Tim McVeigh/OKC Bombing fame fame. Having been chased out of the neo-Nazi movement, he has recast himself as a defender of Southern Heritage. Southern Heritage does not need this guy around.

[HELLRAISER II]

Southern Whites are a constant target for real racists who look for confrontations on an on going basis.

[ArGee]

The really amazing thing is it's all this flap is elevating the Stars and Bars from a symbol of a defeated revolution to a status symbol of pride. The first black daddy (I know, he probably wasn't around but we won't go there) whose kid came home complaining should have simply told his upset son, "Grow up, boy, and live with it. You won't always like the people around you. The best way to deal with it is to do well in school, then refuse to hire the bums in the business you create." If that had been the black reaction then the flag would be a symbol of a bygone era, nothing more.

I think it was Lenny Bruce who did a comic routine suggesting that JFK should introduce his cabinet saying, "n*****, n*****, greaseball, greasball, whop, honkey, ..." so that the words would lose their offensive power. The black community could learn a lot from that kind of thinking.

Shalom.

[Ima Lurker]

I find the term "African-American" itimidating and offensive. Can we ban that too?

[Zeroisanumber]

...it's days as a symbol of racial hatred and oppression are long gone

Tell that to the black kids in my classes, or the skinheads who live up the street.

[BaBaStooey]

Good grief, wear shirts with the American flag on them. Quit rocking the boat and just go to school to learn stuff.

[Woahhs]

Why is the Confederate flag still an issue? It's not because the yankee liberals have any particular concern for minorities. It's because that flag reminds us who whored the Constitution, and who didn't. They dont' want to remind anyone about the nature of the Constitutional conflict, so they throw rocks with the work "racism" painted on the side.