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Originally Posted by Rekna
If I wore a shirt to school that stated "I support Al'Queda" or "Thank God for 9/11" do you think that would be apporpriete?
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I prefer the "9/11 was a Faith Based Initiative" and "Support Our Troops" (with pictures from Abu Ghraib) t-shirts, personally. If you wore any of these shirts out on the street, do you agree it should be okay for the police to arrest and/or detain you? Hopefully not.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
How about if I wore a shirt that said "Hitler had it right, kill all the Jews" Or what if it was a shirt that said "It's time to clense the races kill all the N*ggers" There is a point where free speach stops and that is when it becomes inflamitory.
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Correct. And if you cross that line, it doesn't matter if you're a student or not. Since I presume you agree in most circumstances the State has no authority to supress the use of the confederate flag by citizens, it's clear the flag is not across that line.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
Wearing a confederate flag is simalar to these statements above to some people.
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There is no text with a confederate flag. A shirt that says "Kill the Kikes and Niggers" is not the same a shirt that is brown... though they can both be used to say the same thing. It would be ludicrous for a school to ban the wearing of brown shirts on the off chance that someone might make a Nazi association and offend themselves.
Just because people will choose to be offended by a confederate flag does not mean the school has any grounds to supress inoffensive speech using the confederate flag.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
This is why the school said don't wear it, this is why she should have listened, and this is why she will have no case.
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You're assuming the school has the authority to make such judgements. If it does not, then it's not The School issuing orders to A Student. It's one citizen talking to another. And if the second decides not to take the first citizen's advice, the first citizen doesn't get to exploit an irrelevant relationship (I.E. the school/student thing) to coerce the citizen.
I agree it's a bad idea to wear a confederate flag, even with the best intentions. You will be misunderstood and probably upset a number of people. But people are Free to make mistakes- and learn from them (or not). That goes for the people trying to use the confederate flag inoffensively AND for the people who choose to be offended by its use.