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Chicago-area school board member defends likening American flag to ‘toilet paper’
The Washington Times ^ | Sept 28, 2017 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 09/28/2017 9:55:41 AM PDT by jazusamo

A Chicago-area school member says she isn’t backing down from comments she made on Facebook equating the American flag with toilet paper, saying the flag is a meaningless piece of cloth and “a false symbol of hope” for black people.

In a post on her personal Facebook page supporting NFL players who kneel during the national anthem, School District U46 board member Traci O’Neal Ellis wrote, “That flag means nothing more than toilet paper to me,” The Chicago Tribune reported.

“And I promise you, I would take #TakeAKnee at school board meetings if my doing so would not be disruptive to kids and a distraction to the work we need to do for them,” she wrote.

School board member Jeanette Ward, of West Chicago, shared a screenshot of Ms. Ellis‘ post on Facebook, calling her comments “despicable and disgusting.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; americanflag; chicago; patriotism; traciellis
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Ellis uses the First Amendment to show her ignorance but that's her right.
1 posted on 09/28/2017 9:55:41 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

OK, “in my face”, I get it, you Ho!


2 posted on 09/28/2017 9:56:39 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: jazusamo

Please, is there somewhere else on this earth that holds more promise for you? Then by all means, get out or shut up.


3 posted on 09/28/2017 9:58:39 AM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: jazusamo

In days gone by, ignorant people like this wouldn’t be quoted across the nation.

This type of ignorance is viral.

The mental insanity is adopted by others.


4 posted on 09/28/2017 9:58:54 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
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To: jazusamo

...so one group of feral negroes waxes another group of feral negroes every weekend in Chi-town, and you blame the flag???


5 posted on 09/28/2017 9:59:53 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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U-46 covers Elgin IL and is one of the worst performing school districts in the State.

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6 posted on 09/28/2017 10:00:06 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

This is a symptom of what is wrong with Chicago. If the boss of the teachers feel this way, imagine what the teachers are telling the kids about America.


7 posted on 09/28/2017 10:00:11 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: jazusamo

First they came for the Confederate Flag.......


8 posted on 09/28/2017 10:00:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jazusamo

This is Michael Obama’s opinion of our country’s Flag as well.


9 posted on 09/28/2017 10:01:18 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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U-46 covers Elgin IL and is one of the worst performing school districts in the State.

I wonder why. They probably just need more funding.

10 posted on 09/28/2017 10:01:47 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: who knows what evil?

...so one group of feral negroes waxes another group of feral negroes every weekend in Chi-town, and you blame the flag?

________________________________

Why not?

Just weeks ago, these people were blaming Confederate Statues.


11 posted on 09/28/2017 10:02:19 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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12 posted on 09/28/2017 10:02:58 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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To: treetopsandroofs

I’m sure it is and am not surprised.


13 posted on 09/28/2017 10:04:13 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Jack Black probably agrees with them.


14 posted on 09/28/2017 10:04:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jazusamo

I want them to keep saying this. As often and as loudly as possible. The response of Patriotic voters will also continue.


15 posted on 09/28/2017 10:05:12 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government)
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“a false symbol of hope” for black people.

OK. She can go to Zimbabwe. Or Sudan. Or Somalia. Or Rwanda.

We don't need her here, and she would certainly be more at home there.

16 posted on 09/28/2017 10:05:32 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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Seriously, why is nobody proposing another “Back to Africa” movement?

Marcus Garvey almost made it happen. In modern times, we have the ability to make it practical and desirable.

1) The US should lease a large enclave in an African nation, fence it (to keep the locals out), build infrastructure and buildings and make it a nice place to live.

2) Every American who moves there can take a year to decide if they want to stay, which is a one-shot deal. If they are happier there, they get citizenship in their new nation, and surrender their US passport.

3) The city is divided with half the city for nonviolent offenders currently in prison, who can be voted in by the other half.

4) Free water, electricity and food, as well as other consumer items. A large local marketplace is set up outside the fence to help the Americans adapt to their new homeland.

5) After 10-20 years of professional city management, the city is turned over to elected leaders.


17 posted on 09/28/2017 10:06:45 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Hitlers Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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Meh,who cares what this thing thinks. She has options to leave but she never will because she has it very good under the flag that she wipes her ass on. The teacher and activist racket pays extremely well especially in Chicago. The best thing to happen to HER PEOPLE is America.


18 posted on 09/28/2017 10:10:17 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: dfwgator

Yep!


19 posted on 09/28/2017 10:12:26 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Responsibility2nd

Speaking of statues; you see where the City of Baltimore is considering security for the statue of Ray Lewis? ‘Idiocracy’...we’re here!


20 posted on 09/28/2017 10:15:31 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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