Land Of The Free?

By now, most people have probably heard about the kids sent home from a California High School for wearing clothing decorated with the American flag on Cinco de Mayo. That, of course, is a Mexican holiday. It was no coincidence that these five kids chose this day to be patriotic. They were doing it in protest to their Mexican classmates.

I don't care what you think about the kids wearing their flag gear on Cinco De Mayo. I don't care what you think about immigration or anything like that. The point is, the school had no justification in punishing the kids for wearing clothes that in no way violated the school's dress code, because of politics.

What the administrators of Live Oak High School have done is turned this into a cause. You can can now count on people all over the country making a point to show their patriotism on Cinco de Mayo or any other day or event where Mexican heritage is being celebrated, studied, or just acknowledged. In other words, they've basically made martyrs out of these kids.

I don't know. Tell me what you think.