Watch the featured video:
http://www.fox40.com/videobeta/?watchId=1ece9d19-68c9-48e3-8ecb-3894f4a8f6ca
Supposedly there is this 13-year-old American school kid that was recently told by school officials to take down his flag off of his bike here in the US.
Now, Cody has been riding his bike to school for months with the flag attached to his bike, but only on Veterans day he was told to remove it. It appears that some fellow students have been making complaints about his American flag (WTF REALLY?) and therefore it was no longer allowed in school property.
Cody explains that he wants to honor not only his grandfather, Robert a US Army Veteran, but all veterans as explains that in this great country we should have the freedom to acknowledge it therefore he has the right wave his flag where ever he wants to.
Should Middle Schools totally strip away their students' Amendment rights, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE F&*(^ING PROMOTING THE US IN THE FIRST PLACE??? The kids were complaining about the flag...wow really? you live in the country, if it really gives you a problem then suck that SH*T up and US CITIZENS shouldn't have to remove US flags to accommodate to your emotions.
Nowadays, I see kids as caring less about their country and what it stands for. Then you have this one kid that actually gives a damn and shows his pride, yet his own American School thinks otherwise.
What does that say about how the school officials feel about their own country?
What kind of example does that set up for the students for that school?
Do we really want those people head of our children's education system?
Oh and here are their emails:
Aaron Delworth - Principal - adelworth@dusd.k12.ca.us
Elise Domico - Guidance Counselor - edomico@dusd.k12.ca.us
Kathy Wade - Principal's Secretary - kwade@dusd.k12.ca.us
Jeannie Herrington - Receptionist - jherrington@dusd.k12.ca.us
Melissa Oei - Campus Supervisor - moei@dusd.k12.ca.us
does the school not raise a flag? such bs
ReplyDeleteI think that ultimately, kids will find a way to do what's right if they really want to. Check out this link I'm saving for next week:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dosomething.org/
i thought it was only religious stuff not allowed....wtf lol , thats dumb , ...really dumb...
ReplyDeleteSo what they (the school is saying) The kid can't fly his US flag, BUT we can fly ours outside of the school and inside all classrooms?. You know that all US schools fly the flags..... I would have told them to Eff off!
ReplyDeleteThat's bullshit. I bet they wouldn't have bothered if he was burning the flag. Awesome that our country has gotten to where its okay to burn the flag but its offensive to display it. Its the fall of Rome all over again.
ReplyDeleteThere's a new vid up there too, basically the superintendent got involved and said the kid could fly it....
ReplyDeleteThat's odd, perhaps school's managers are afraid that other kids do the same but with other flags. What happened with "Freedom of Expression"? =(
ReplyDeleteSilly Billy! It's California, he should have been flying La Bandera de la Raza.
ReplyDeletenice info
ReplyDeleteLmao, the Raza flag.
ReplyDeleteSchool restricting a boy's freedom of speech? Especially when it's the USA flag? That shows you how messed up the education system is in America.
ReplyDeletesad story
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of weird of the school, I don't get it
ReplyDeleteMake the kids who complained all go live in Afghanistan for a week and see if they still feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteHow the HELL did some kid(s) find that offensive? Like you said, it's the flag of the country they are in. I am speechless. (Which is what the government wants!)
ReplyDeleteOn the plus side, at least the family is not freaking out right to a lawyer. They will comply for now, talk to school officials...good on them.
I hope you follow up, comrade, because I would like to know how this pans out in the future, but I doubt I will remember. :(
Wow, I'm not even from the US, but this is ridiculous... And I thought schools were supposed to raise its country's flag everywhere in the world.
ReplyDeleteWe dont need no education.
ReplyDeletewow man, you must be kidding me. please post a followup, if you can, on how this turns out. honestly, it's really hard to believe a school in the US would do that, especially since schools are federally funded.
ReplyDeleteWow i can't believe they did that to the kid! He should have the right to express his pride for america!
ReplyDeleteinsane story
ReplyDeletesad..
ReplyDeleteNow THAT is some bullshit...honestly...good post man. Following for sure. :)
ReplyDeletelol, education's just a dumb way of making people obey, not learn.
ReplyDeleteeven thought im not american i still find this disgusting. whose the school to fucking say u cant wear your own country's flag anywhere. fuck u. gtfo out of the country school. or deal with it
ReplyDeleteCrazy world we live in. Now if the kid had the insane clown posse holding the flag – well that's a totally different story.
ReplyDeleteWow thats crazy.
ReplyDeleteThats so sad, if anyone dont like the flag of the country they're in, THEY SHOULD LEAVE IT !
ReplyDeleteThis is just stupid
ReplyDeletethats outrageous
ReplyDeletewah? who cares, you yanks are way to patriotic
ReplyDeletelul what the hell...
ReplyDeletef**cked up story
ReplyDeleteno way
ReplyDeleteusing children for politics is just sad
ReplyDeleteI raise my own flag every night. with help of a lady firend it goes down in about an hour or 2 though
ReplyDeletewhat a shame!
ReplyDeleteRemember though that this is Fox news. This may not be the whole story. If it is not the school may have a ligitimate reason to ban a flag. However the way it is reported their is no reason for this ban. Then again school's are always stripping the rights of their students with no apparent problems so this is not all that shocking.
ReplyDeletePeople put too much thought and weight into a flag imo.
ReplyDeletethis is going to make the next generation stupid
ReplyDeleteit all depends on the parents... parents give their kids the correct values to enable them to learn
ReplyDeleteThis site is like gorgeous women.
ReplyDeletethat's a unique perspective on it
ReplyDeleteamericans are so patriotic...
ReplyDeletethat's messed up.. this is the USA dammit
ReplyDeletethat's what happens when you have free speech... haters gonna hate
ReplyDeleteshit happens man education kinda sucks over there!
ReplyDeleteI would have spit in his face
ReplyDeleteI raged and I lost over this
ReplyDeleteThe school is a publicly funded government institution. It IS the government so the flag outside is literally a mere representation of itself. An individual with a flag is slightly different.
ReplyDeleteA citizen walking around with a flag might be offensive to other citizens who have been wronged by/or are critical of the government (African Americans in the South's disliking of the Confederate image on State flags for example). This act might also be offensive to people who have no qualms with their government but an adverse reaction to blind patriotism/nationalism in general.
"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
- Albert Einstein.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nationalism
That's absurd
ReplyDeleteit sounds like this kid needs a lawyer :P
ReplyDeleteBack when I was in school, I constantly refused bullshit like this. I would get in trouble, and then my parents would rain down hell upon the school for the next few months. Take this to the local news and papers, then sit back and watch the fireworks.
ReplyDeletetoo much patriotism isnt good, america takes it too far imo
ReplyDeleteThis site is like cake for everyone. and its not a lie!
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty fucked up.
ReplyDeleteoh hai emails
That is messed up. I am not one for nationalism but that just isn't right.
ReplyDeleteFuck that school.
ReplyDeleteWave that flag proudly, kid, wherever you are!
Wow what kind of kid complains about something like that?? So sad.
ReplyDeletethere must be more to the story than this... i know the American education system is all backwards, but this makes no sense.
ReplyDeletewow kids
ReplyDeleteThis is rage inducing.
ReplyDeletelol terrible of you to give out the emails.
ReplyDeleteMeh, its pathetic what some people can complain about. I try to just ignore them.
incredible reading
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA "Oh and here are their emails"
ReplyDeleteI giggles so hard, what a closer!
the fuck ?!
ReplyDeleteFreedom of speech.
ReplyDeleteNow THATS fucked up.
ReplyDeletei will send very bad e-mai to them
ReplyDeletebastards not cool
ReplyDeletewhats next 4lokos?
ReplyDeleteWe dont need no education.
ReplyDeletei knew america had alotta stupid rules/laws/lawsuits, but this one is by far the most ridiculous.
ReplyDeletesoon their gonna forbid wearing band t-shirts cause the band on the t-shirt has a political message or something -.-
if i was that kid i would have sued for tons of money under the first amendment. and cmon the american flag??
ReplyDeletethis is so retarded.. if I were the boy I would give a shit about the school officials
ReplyDeletenice post i like it !
ReplyDeletelooks awesome
ReplyDeletewow thats crazy. nice post comradejoker
ReplyDeleteI don't care either way, but it doesn't surprise me.
ReplyDelete*Controversial* crazy stuff
ReplyDeleteive actually seen a few posts about this. its interesting, yet sad =/
ReplyDeleteso stupid
ReplyDeleteWhat a damn shame.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious dude?
ReplyDeletegood read, most definitely
ReplyDeletedude wtf? people seriously had a problem with this happening?
ReplyDeletethats just downright unamerican
ReplyDeletehere's the thing with government schools: they just want everyone to do what they say very orderly without complaint. y'know, making perfect little government subjects.
ReplyDeletewow, now that's bad...
ReplyDeleteThat is really dumb, it just doesn't make any sense. I'd try bringing in a Iraq flag, see what they say then.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to america
ReplyDeleteNOO HOW COULD YOU. THIS RUINS THE PLEDGE OF Allegiance. FUARKKKKKK whyyyy AMERICA!!!
ReplyDeleteI thins it's stupid !
ReplyDelete