13 Year Old Asked To Remove Flag At School
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDo8Q545z1U


Hundreds of bikers etc rode to school with Cody yesterday morning in support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0CjUGQBOFc

Cody has now been allowed to fly the flag again.

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A case of a 13 year old being smarter then the principle.

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And I was impressed with the boys attitude as well. It sounds like he is a all around winner.

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Racial tensions???
What?
It's an American flag, an American school....where's the racial tension.
Good grief.

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Excellent attitude. Everyone involved should take a lesson from that young man.

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One of the news reports said that racial tensions were rising again that had started back around the time of cinco de mayo.

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Send the principal to sensitivity training.

This case is another example of political correctness dominating stupid decisions.

Had this been a Muslim kid with his fav flag, there would have been no comment from the PC party.

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So, this boy wanting to fly an American flag in America on his little bike was somehow going to be responsible for further racial tensions? :crazy

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I can remember a time when Cody would have been applauded for displaying his American flag.

Our country is in a mess.

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There's more to this story than meets the eye. Without getting too specific, I'll just say that this situation and I are very close neighbors and it has been in our local papers on a daily basis.

There are two factors that were involved, here. One, the principal reacted to what was probably bad information. He wasn't taking an act against the flag, so much as trying to protect the boy. His understanding was, the boy was in potential danger and he felt the obligation to protect him.

Secondly, this really was the fallout from May 5 of this year when many people were flying the the flag of Mexico for the Cinco De Mayo celebration, which is a very big deal here in California. In that case there was some reaction from locals (and it happens every year) who were taunting those flying the Mexican flag. There was a ruling then that no one could fly the Mexican flag, which was understandably very hurtful to the local Mexican culture.

The school district made a big mistake on Cinco De Mayo. So when this young fellow decided to fly his flag now, many people responded by saying, "Wait a minute...you wouldn't let us fly our flag, why are you allowing him to fly his?"

A campus supervisor feared problems, reported it to those in charge, and the district followed up a bad ruling with another bad ruling.

This is NOT a case of an American establishment being anti-American. It's a case of a local school board making two bad decisions.