02-18-2019, 04:05 PM
(02-18-2019, 03:01 PM)Beaker Wrote: A sixth grader on his own doesn't decide that the pledge or the flag is racist. He is parroting something he heard, likely at home. The pledge itself and the flag are not racist, neither is what they stand for. There are racist people in America, but the pledge and the flag don't stand for that being acceptable.
That's your opinion, and also irrelevant. The student was exercising a constitutionally protected right, the teacher was apparently ignorant to that fact and initiated an altercation. Both of them should have handled it better, both of them seem to have faced some sort of punishment for their actions. The big question, that requires a lot more knowledge of the details of this incident, is whether the punishments fit the crimes, so to speak.
(02-18-2019, 03:43 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: There's a small problem with your assertion. Watch armed robbery surveillance camera footage and see how often the perpetrator pulls their hood up before initiating the crime. This is not race specific btw.
I passed several individuals with their hoods up on their hoodies while walking around campus, today. None of them robbed me.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
