School ‘Correct’ to Ban U.S. Flag T-Shirts for Campus Safety

[Carrikature]

Then...I'm an asshat.

Tell us something we didn't know.

[Chrs]

Then, at least for the latter, I'm an asshat.

[Carrikature]

yeah - restricting the US Flag, while allowing the waving of the Mexican flag on US soil just... yeah.

I suspect it had more to do with fears of minority discrimination accusations. It's too bad school administrators can't get through their head how to handle that stuff properly.

[Cow Poke]

My guess is that they were wrapping themselves in flags to express racism. There being a history of racial violence, plus the given day it occurred, points strongly towards that conclusion. That said, the school's measures were only half of what they needed to be. It shouldn't have been "just cover up the american flags", it should have been "put all that crap away I don't care who you are".

yeah - restricting the US Flag, while allowing the waving of the Mexican flag on US soil just... yeah.

[Sparko]

What kind of asshat wears an American flag t-shirt in the first place?

apparently someone who doesn't like dressing up like a cat.

[Carrikature]

I guess that's what bothers me... if you (they) are "wrapping themselves in the flag" to express racism -- I have a problem with that. I guess it goes to motive. If they were sincerely attempting to show their loyalty, it would, in my opinion, be wiser to do that on a day that couldn't be as easily ascribed to inciting trouble.

My guess is that they were wrapping themselves in flags to express racism. There being a history of racial violence, plus the given day it occurred, points strongly towards that conclusion. That said, the school's measures were only half of what they needed to be. It shouldn't have been "just cover up the american flags", it should have been "put all that crap away I don't care who you are".

[Cow Poke]

4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. The US Flag Code is a set of advisory statutes on the proper uses and treatment of the flag.

Exactly. And, therefore, not illegal at all, technically or otherwise.

A good question, since doing so is technically illegal (though there is no penalty for violating that particular law).

[Outis]

(* But, as I said, if you wear a t-shirt with or fly a national flag you're kinda a asshat anyway.)

Then, at least for the latter, I'm an asshat.

[Outis]

Here I am about to betray my ignorance again...

I confess I'm not familiar with the law you're referring to.

4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. The US Flag Code is a set of advisory statutes on the proper uses and treatment of the flag.

[Cow Poke]

I commented before I saw your comment. Sorry buddy!

I know --- i wouldn't pick on ya if I didn't love ya!

[Cow Poke]

Anyway, it seems entirely clear that it's possible to wear a flag T-shirt as an inflamatory statement* (given the timing and racial make-up of the community.)

I guess that's what bothers me... if you (they) are "wrapping themselves in the flag" to express racism -- I have a problem with that. I guess it goes to motive. If they were sincerely attempting to show their loyalty, it would, in my opinion, be wiser to do that on a day that couldn't be as easily ascribed to inciting trouble.

[Zymologist]

It HURTS me when you don't TRUST me!

I commented before I saw your comment. Sorry buddy!

[Cow Poke]

Get your icky nationalist crap away from me

At least my Country isn't shaped like a sock.

[Cow Poke]

Wikipedia says, "This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech."

Source

It HURTS me when you don't TRUST me!

It's a stipulation of "flag etiquette", with no provision for punishment. More or less, a "guide".

[Chrs]

Sounds like the statement of a sore loser.

Get your icky nationalist crap away from me