Friday, May 7, 2010

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.


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  1. UnknownMay 7, 2010 at 12:27 PM

    If they were truly wearing the cloting to be patriotic then being sent home is stupid. If they were wearing the clothing as a jab at their mexican-american classmates on "their" holiday then being sent home is STILL STUPID. Freedom of speech, thank the gods, still includes mocking, deriding, and generally being disrespectful. If they were trying to start fights, as has been implied and seems reasonable to expect from a group of students that would pull this type of thing, then they would be infringing on other's right to life/liberty/pursuit of happiness and being sent home is reasonable. Not being privy to all the facts I find it hard to question the administrator's call. BTW how awesome is it that such a whimisical phrase as "pursuit of happiness" is right there in the beginning of our founding document.

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  2. Brian GodinezMay 11, 2010 at 9:34 PM

    Sounds like we got us a turf war. Jets on one side, the Sharks on the other. I wonder if they meet in the quad to rumble by dancing and snapping their fingers at each other.

    Chohnson, as a made guy in The Soldiers Of Darkness, you know how out of control gang activity can get in a school atmosphere. I think the Principal had to stamp out this fire before he had a modern day Zoot Suit Riot on his hands. This story only reinforces my memories of high school as jail with a lunch break.

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  3. UnknownMay 13, 2010 at 1:07 PM

    Glenn Beck is a necrophiliac?

    There is a question mark, so it's not slander.

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