i think that shirt would be the definition of protected political speech that our supreme court purports to defend.

Merry Christmas

so its ok to display a puerto rican flag anywhere anytime, but an American flag (yes a confederate flag is an American flag) in any form is punishable by death. ok seems fair to me after all this is only America.

I Agree, The turban and yarmulkes are religious! I can see the comparison of them both coming from what you believe or stand by, but the Confederate flag? That just means that you or your daughter stand by point of that flag or the Confederate States of America in 1861, which is slavery or the depletion of the African Americans rights.

Symbols are symbols Bebe. You either have to ban them all, or allow them all. To do otherwise is discrimination.

indeed. China will own our a$$ in 50 years.

Actually Heavy, you have no idea that is why that woman let her daughter wear that shirt, and yet you somehow make a claim that she probably did it to offend minorities just because you “feel” it? Pathetic!
This girl should continue to wear her shirt proudly…indeed other students should join her, maybe even create an OCCUPY THE HIGH SCHOOL movement?

The answer is you can’t. the turban/yarmulke represents devotion to your religious faith while the flag represents your tacit support for the ideals & principals of the southern states as they relate to slavery during the civil war. while i ultimately disagree w/the school on constitutional grounds i do agree this woman’s analogy was, as you put it ,,,,Dumb.

What does the Confederate flag represent? What makes you think so? Do you even have a clue what the “Confederate flag” is?
The Confederate flag represents people who fought an army that invaded their country with no provocation. What is wrong with doing that?

No, everyone doesn’t “know” what it represented or continues to represent. That is obvious from many comments on this site. However, we do know what the present Marxist-revisionist politically correct academic hacks WANT you to BELIEVE it means. If you wish to be made a fool of and follow after lies and propaganda, by all means continue to think ill of Confederate symbols, heroes and heritage. But that does not change the truth – it merely makes it obvious that you believe the lies.

You realize saying “It’s a slippery slope” and then equating things that are quite different is a logical fallacy, right?

Court has ruled on this. Kids wore american flag shirts to school on Cinco De Mayo day in a southern California school. They told to turn it inside out or get suspended. I forgot what they chose but hehy took it to court and lost. Student safety is paramount.

What makes St Andrew’s Cross hate speech? Tell me, have more racist acts been committed under the Confederate flag or the Stars & Stripes. You can bet they fly that racist symbol at that middle school.

Go smoke more crack and bugout on some conspiracy theories.

Well said. Nobody who truly loves America would every wear a Confederate flag!

I guess your ancestors that “lived in Texas since before the revolution” saw the forefathers as traitors as well??? They started a war of seccession from UK long before the South tried it….
Also, ask Native Americans how they feel about the US flag. Make you think yet??

I question why the editors chose to celebrate such ignorance. Before Lincoln’s aggressive invasion, secession was certainly legal. The states entered the union voluntarily, and by the same token could leave the union. New England held a Secession Convention during the War of 1812. Monroe never sought to destroy them for doing so. Virtually every president up to and including Lincoln (before his election) had agreed on the legality of secession. The War of Northern Aggression did not endear love from citizens of those states the union troops destroyed, and in which they raped, stole, burned and left in a state of penury. Finally, the South did not wage war on the United States, rather the US waged war on the South. This individual may live in Texas, but without doubt his mind is that of a Yankee. Know the truth, Yankee, and it shall set you free.

A Texan you are so right on the money I get a kick out of people you claim American pride with the bars and stars.The fools celebrate a group of people who turned away from America to start there own nation.

It is certainly pat of American history, AND it is something to celebrate. It’s a symbol of a bunch of patriots who turned their back on a form of government which no longer represented their best interests. The United States of America waged war on them. It is the same as wearing a shirt of George Washington.
Frankly, I feel that anyone celebrating the symbol of the Confederates has the greatest respect and love for their country.
Strange how there are always two ways of looking at something!

I guess you seemto have forgotten which side Texas was on in the war. I seem to recall John Bell Hoods Texas cavalry as one of the most herioc units in the war. You sir are what was known as a Copperhead in those years.

Let me ask you something, do you remember back in the 1980′s when blacks were waking all over the place with their (Malcolm) “X” t-shirts on? Did you have anything to say about THAT symbol of hatred? And before you arch your eyebrows and act like you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll have you know that I’ve viewed several Malcolm X speech tapes. This guy talked about the white race like we were a collective pile of trash, calling us “CRACKERS” and “HONKEYS” and all kind of other disrespectful and racially charged names. My guess is that you sat there quietly while they wore THIS symbol and said NOTHING. And if you said nothing THEN, then don’t say anything NOW. I am not affiliated with ANY racial groups but I am a white American that is so sick and tired of this DOUBLE STANDARD where whites get jumped all over by people like YOU when the ‘race’ issue comes up, but when the blacks show their hatred, and you know DAMN WELL that they do, people like you sit there quietly with their tails tucked neatly between their legs. My name is Vincent Donelan and I live in Middlesex, N.J. and I really don’t care WHO doesn’t like what I’ve written here because it’s the TRUTH!!

I am a proud American, born in Jennings La.. Served in the USAF, flew for one of our intl. airlines, graduated Univ. Cal. Irvine, traveled the world, used my talents and have always respected the culture and history of the area I was in. It saddens me to hear Americans being dis-respectful and ignorant of the history of the USA. Maybe the reason this happens is that people are lazy and they let TV “talking heads” think??? for them. That is OK because this is America and we have the right to say what we feel, just engage the brain first.

Traitors? I don’t care where you have lived, the Confederate soldier was no more a traitor than were the colonists that seceded from England and fought the Revolutionary War to gain America’s freedom. The Confederacy did not wage war on the US, it was the other way around, but you’ve got to learn history and have a desire for truth to find it out. Political Correctness is ruining this country!

Sad you don’t know your own history, and that flag’s. It has more to do with the Constitution. No slave ship flew that flag. The South was no more fighting for slavery than Lincoln was trying to emancipate it. Lee freed his slaves before the war, Grant did not till after the war. The Stars and Strips had slavery under if for close to 100 years. The North were slave states too. The North voted to expand slaves. The South went to war also due to the fact the North was taking upwards of 87 cents to ever dollar earned in Southern states for its factories being built for child labor. If a child was lamed they were put out in the streets. The slaves were taken care of cradle to grave. Lincoln said the war was to preserve the Union be it if the slaves were free or not. Grant said if the war was about freeing the slaves he would fight on the other side. Lincoln in 4 years killed 650,000 people, 50,000 of them civilians. The South also went to war to defend itself from a Northern Aggressor coming to invade their states. The Stars and Strips through Sheridan, Sherman, Grant, and Custer systematically went out to kill every woman, man, child of the Indian nations under the guise of Manifest Destiny. They coined the phrases, ‘final solution’, that Hitler used when exterminating the Jews. Yes, after the war America genocide the Indians. The Southern Armies had blacks, whites, Jews, Indians and Europeans fighting for its Independence. The States had a right to Succession.What I have learned through the years is a bunch of ignorant people, North and South who have desigrated (sp) a flag where men fought and died under with honor. My gg father was a Confederate General at Gettysburg, but also a Congressman after the way. I think this school and the rest of the North and the country should really learn what this flag stood for. Instead of being upset about this flag, America better should be upset that the Mexican flag can be worn in Schools in Ca. on the Cinco De Mayo which is not our holiday but a American flag cannot be worn, by court order. In all honesty, I have found the North to be more racist than not since it is easy to point fingers due to ignorance and the fact less blacks lives around them. They should learn about the war criminals called Lincoln, Sherman and Grant too. Sherman was raping and burning everything that was both black and white 60 miles wide and 1000 miles long. Also, Robert E. Lee. never wore a hood and did not belong to any hate group either. This school should take the opportunity to learn what this flag truly mean and that includes the Stars and Strips too. In other words, in the South we have two heritages and I am tired of the ignorant people form all areas hating mine. My heritage was close to what the founding fathers contemplated then what America is today, all a product of the North. II like to point out this last fact, that flag is American history and the men who fought and those who died under it are also Americans. They are also designated by the Supreme Court as American Veterans too. The Northern Armies and Vets would be dismayed at how the Southern Vets, and the Cross of St Anthony would be treated too. Yes, that flag is the cross of St. Anthony.

The feature comment is rather lame and there simply because someone opposes it saying they are form Texas. How about taking the opportunity in what the flag really stands for. God how the true history has been rewritten by the winners.

I am sorry this child has to go to school in a state where there is already so much ignorance. If I were her parents, I would find away to bring her back home where she can get a real education considering how bad N.J. is per their lack of.

Just because I celebrate the confederate flag doesn’t mean I do not love or respect our country. There is different connotation of the symbol. To a southerner, it is a symbol of heritage and southern pride..It represents the hard work of us. We (“confederate flag people”) don’t all support slavery, nor do most of us think it’s right.

Were the Texans who fought for their independance from Mexico traitors? No, they were patriots. Were the Texans who CHOSE to JOIN the U.S. traitors for subjecting our nation’s citizens to the authority of another nation (the USA)? No again.

Get a clue buddy. Texas has contributed way more to the Union than we have gotten in exchange for the bargain. God wanted us in the Union or the Shouth would have won, but don’t think that there aren’t a lot of people who wish Texas had never joined the USA. I sure as heck am one Texan who believes this and that does not make me a traitor. It makes me a realist and a loyal Texan.

Who waged war on whom? You seem to forget that it was Mr Lincoln who did the invading in that war.

This Texan clearly does not know his US history. It was the Union that attacked the Confederacy, not the other way around. Mr Lincoln promised he would not inaugurate war, and then he went and invaded several Southern states. He not only made war on the Confederate army, but against civilians. Today, if a leader did what Mr Lincoln did he would be called a terrorist.

You ARE absolutely ridiculous.The confederate flag wasn’t created out of hatred.Are you offended by country music,southern rock music and the Dukes of Hazard “General Lee” car as well?..You’re not Texan..You’re a wanna be.

Well said Mr. T

Traitors? You obviously don’t know your history – of Texas or the United States. That’s like saying the Americans were actually British traitors because they wanted independence.

If you read the Declarations of Causes of Secession and the Ordinances of Secession that were issued by the first seven states of the Confederacy, there were several reasons these states wanted to be independent and that most of the reasons had nothing to do with slavery.

The South’s long-standing opposition to the federal tariff was a major factor that led to secession. The tariff was inefficient and redistributed wealth from farmers and planters of the South to manufacturers and laborers in the North AND overall made the country poorer.

Another major point of contention between the North and the South was the issue of the size and power of the federal government as defined by the Constitution. From the earliest days of the Republic, Southern and Northern leaders battled over this issue.

The South actually had a love and respect of this country as the Founding Fathers envisioned it – that’s a far cry from being traitors.

Learn your history, “Texan”.

I ve lived in texas before the war is hardly a credible line. I grew up in Texas and I can tell you this Texas has gone as a whole state yankee period. I spent the last few years listening to Texas people talking about how theres a right way to do things they sound worse than yale liberals.

I may return one day to Texas , but not until it’s people pull thier heads out of ….

You are welcome to your opinion sir, but the Yankees whom you love don’t want that same liberty to apply to others who feel differently. My whole family come from New England and New York and I have studied the matter sufficiently to overcome the “winner’s version of history” that we now must endure.

The Confederacy fought for the principles that founded this nation; the Union fought for collectivism, statism and the socialist/communist tyranny originating in Europe at that time. Unfortunately, the Republic lost and the Empire won. If you believe that this latter creation of Lincoln and his radical Republican myrmidons constitute something to love and respect, that is your right, but obviously you believe that you have the right to censor the liberties of others. Sounds pretty “Yankee” to me.

So if a kid gets threatened for wearing the Stars & Strips this school will ban it too?
Student safety is paramount.

i think that would be too progressive. they’re prolly still calling them “coloreds”

No one was ever called a negro or colored under the Stars & Stripes?

The Confederate flag is NOT a symbol of support for the US Constitution but a symbol of rebellion against it!

Actually it represents the Confederate States of America and its fight to save and secure States Rights, something that we are fighting right now in the form of Obamacare.

How does it represent slavery? Which flag flew over slavery? St Andrew’s Cross sure did not. Go back and study some American history Jason.

nothing new here, tell us something we all dont know

my what a clever antisemite you are. is it time for your clan meeting yet or do you have time to spray paint some swastikas ?

Finally an intelligent comment!!! I agree +1 Let the kid wear the shirt and get over it.