Quote:A New Hampshire teenager said she felt ashamed and embarrassed when her high school principal reportedly told her she needed to cover up the “Make America Great Again” T-shirt and hat she wore for a patriotic celebration.

Ciretta Mackenzie, a freshman at Epping High School, told Boston 25 she had to borrow a friend’s sweatshirt and took off the hat after being reprimanded for wearing the “MAGA” gear on Monday – which was “America Pride Day” at school.

“It’s just a shirt, and it only says 'Trump: Make America Great Again.' It doesn’t say anything like 'build a wall,' so I don’t get how it could be offensive, how it could be disrespectful,” Mackenzie told the news station.

The school’s principal said the iconic red hat and T-shirt violated the school’s dress code policy, which according to Mackenzie, doesn’t say anything about political clothing.

“If it said no political gear, I could understand why it was dress code, but it didn’t say that, so I feel like I’m obligated to have my own opinion and other people can have theirs,” she said. “We don’t have to agree, that fine.”

The Epping High School superintendent told Boston 25 that two students were asked to change what they were wearing that day. The school was celebrating “America Pride Day” as part of its spirit month.

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Doesn't even surprise me anymore.

And nothing will be done about it.

(04-14-2019 05:35 PM)king king Wrote:  Doesn't even surprise me anymore.
And nothing will be done about it.

Some parents need to sue some school boards. Right now they have gotten sued by the left, but not the right. So their lawyers focus on how to avoid suits from the left. Make them start defending some suits from the right, and they'll start getting different legal advice.

I agree that they should bring suit based on freedom of expression.

(04-14-2019 05:58 PM)king king Wrote:  I agree that they should bring suit based on freedom of expression.

As a civilian the girl had every right to wear those things. It wasn't pornographic or insulting to any race but unfortunately it was insulting to the pink headed tribesman.

She should sue or get the school board to give the guy a well deserved week off to cool his heels...the heel.

(04-14-2019 05:58 PM)king king Wrote:  I agree that they should bring suit based on freedom of expression.

Right now, if they let the kids wear the items, some lefty nutcase is going to get triggered and sue. So they make them take them off or hide them to avoid getting sued. But if doing that gets them sued too, then they have to male some decisions instead of just taking the easy way out.

Simple solution to cut down on all this bull****. Uniforms. Everyone wears the same clothing to school. The end.

She should have worn a Che Guevara shirt.....

The principal probably would have had to wipe the drool off his face.

All kidding aside, as said before, what needs to happen is for a few parents to start filing lawsuits against the administration, the board, and the district.

Some people need to get hit upside the head before it sinks in.....

Simple question. Would a student be asked to remove an Obama or Hillary themed tshirt? If the answer is anything other than "yes", then there's a problem. If school policy states no political/gang/bart simpson, etc designs then that's one thing, if the dress policy doesn't forbid political themed tshirts then that's an issue. From the quoted text political t shirts don't appear to be forbidden.

So if a kid wore a "Black Lives Matter" shirt, should the school ask that student to cover up?

(04-15-2019 09:22 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  So if a kid wore a "Black Lives Matter" shirt, should the school ask that student to cover up?

I'd venture to say if a kid wore a BLM shirt the silence would be deafening..... They wouldn't risk the backlash from the progressive left.

As for my opinion.... What's good for the goose....

Quote:The ACLU also spoke up for the student’s right to wear the Trump items.

“We are deeply concerned about the actions of Epping High School in censoring this peaceful political speech in support of the President. T-shirts — as well as hats, buttons, and other wearable items — are a common way for students to express their views on everything from political races to social issues. Unfortunately, schools have a long history of trying to censor this form of peaceful expression. Public schools should create an environment where the free exchange of ideas is fostered, not silenced,” the group said in a statement.

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(04-15-2019 11:21 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:The ACLU also spoke up for the student’s right to wear the Trump items.

“We are deeply concerned about the actions of Epping High School in censoring this peaceful political speech in support of the President. T-shirts — as well as hats, buttons, and other wearable items — are a common way for students to express their views on everything from political races to social issues. Unfortunately, schools have a long history of trying to censor this form of peaceful expression. Public schools should create an environment where the free exchange of ideas is fostered, not silenced,” the group said in a statement.

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Surprising. ACLU has mostly given up on supporting free speech. Unless its by a leftist.

What really needs to happen is that DOJ needs to bring criminal actions against these martinets for violating the first amendment civil rights of these students. That would get somebody's attention.