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Originally Posted by inBOIL
I think this is an accurate analogy if you're describing the wearing the Mexican flag in Mexico on July 4.
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...in a school with a large American population?
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I just don't see how wearing the U.S. flag in the U.S. is ever inflammatory. To say that this is inappropriate is saying that you can't express patriotism in your own country on certain days.
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I would say that there are indeed times and situations when expressing patriotism is inappropriate. I could imagine how it could be inflammatory as well.
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