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This has been a fun thread. It's not lost on me that you presented this idea earlier, and got dodged.

I think Lebell posted the same sentiments.

I, who consider the Confederate battle flag a statement of heritage, say she should not be permitted to wear the dress to the dance. However, the same goes for going in drag, or dressed as a vagina to "demonstrate that women are oppressed" or any of the other idiotic things you occasionally read about.

That's because dance attendance is a privilege, not a right or a requirement, and no one should be allowed to ruin the event for others.

If she wants to promote her opinions, there are better times and places.

I need to go on record as saying that just because I think she shouldn't be allowed to wear it at the dance, students who don't like the dress are not free to take matters into their own hands, no matter how many courts hand down bullshit rulings about "fighting words." Fighting words are a problem with the recipient, not the speaker. That's a whole new thread right there.

Other people, whom I can only describe as liberal (or at least, hard-core free speech advocates) are also saying she should not be allowed. One even posted a few times to that effect, and promptly reversed himself when he found out he was disagreeing with the ACLU.

If I have interpreted the posts correctly, some people want to censor her public statement of a dress, unless it embraces something they espouse, such as homosexuality or gay rights. In that sense, although I disagree with you about wearing the dress to the dance, I agree with your dislike of people who want to choose when the First Amendment applies.

Permitting free speech based on its content smacks of hypocrisy to me.