Seems like a legit excuse in today’s society, right?
(Fox News) An Arizona teenager is protesting his school’s decision to punish him after getting into a fight with another student over a Confederate flag displayed on his truck.
Jacob Green, a junior at Millennium High School in Goodyear, tells MyFoxPhoenix he was suspended for five days after defending himself against a classmate who confronted him about the flag, which has flown his truck for six months.
“I’ve done nothing wrong,” Green told the station. “I’ve flown a flag on my truck. Somebody fought me because of it. I didn’t fight him.”
Sorry, Jacob, but you’re only allowed to display certain Government Approved flags, and, hey, if you offend someone and they assault you, you’re obviously the instigator. And, of course, the school is more worried about the flag
“Open display — bringing it in — it has been proven to be patently offensive to certain groups and the courts recognize that,” Agua Fria Unified School District Superintendent Dennis Runyan told MyFoxPhoenix.com.
Got that? If it offends someone, it Must Be Banned. I wonder what they would have said had it been an Islamist flag, Che Guerva, Socialist, etc?
Jacob’s parents are upset with the school district and also believe he has a right to fly the Confederate flag at school. They also believe Jacob was attacked by the other student and are calling it a hate crime and are considering filing a police report.
Um, why weren’t the police called in the first place, for what is assault? Schools seem to pull the trigger on calling the police if a kid brings a tiny, fake, plastic gun, but assault? The parents should consider launching a lawsuit, as Government has no right to ban the Confederate Flag. Free Speech, you know.
