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Title: Texas Middle School Students Suspended for Two Days for Taking Confederate Flag Selfies
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Daily Sheeple/The Austin Statesman
URL Source: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/texa ... onfederate-flag-selfies_042016
Published: Apr 29, 2016
Author: Melissa Dykes
Post Date: 2016-04-29 22:27:02 by Deckard
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Views: 1037
Comments: 8
Round Rock, TX — Seven middle school students have been suspended for two days for taking a picture of themselves with a Confederate flag. According to The Austin Statesman, a parent of one of the 14-year-olds who was suspended might sue the Round Rock school district over it: Andrew Birdwell said staff at Ridgeview Middle School had no right to give a two-day suspension to his son, and that he and his son deserve an apology. “Any and all teachers would find out, hopefully … the school made a mistake and know my son isn’t a racist,” Birdwell said. The school district released a statement Wednesday stating there were a series of incidents at school involving a group of students posing with a Confederate flag and speaking “hateful language.” The district would not comment any further to ensure the privacy of students, the statement reads. “Please know that Ridgeview and Round Rock ISD value student voice; however, the top priority for all schools, including Ridgeview, is to provide every student with a safe and secure learning environment. Safety and security is contingent upon a culture of tolerance, as well as student voice,” the statement reads. The assistant principal found the picture after going through his son’s phone, because modern American public schools are like prisons where students have no right to privacy whatsoever. “When I asked my son, ‘Exactly why would you take a picture?’ he said, ‘Dad, I just really liked the colors,’” Mr. Birdwell told Fox 7. “I called up there yesterday asking for a copy of the disciplinary action and [the principal’s] statement was to me that the boys were holding up a Confederate flag and that is a sign of slavery.” And then there’s this: “It was kind of tough for me to explain why he’s getting assignments from school with a Confederate flag on it, yet he can’t hold one,” Birdwell said. Birdwell, who thinks his son was motivated to take the picture because the students are currently learning whatever version of Civil War history that school decides to teach its students, was told by school officials that his son did not say any “hateful language,” so the suspension was due solely to taking the picture. History is being warped and sanitized in our public schools to fit a politically correct agenda, cursing our nation’s students to be dumbed down from being able to actually draw anything from its lessons. What do you think these kids will learn from this event? “There was nothing more to the picture,” Birdwell told the Statesman. “They weren’t smiling, didn’t look sad, didn’t look happy; just taking a picture.” Two days suspension… for taking a selfie with a flag. 
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
This whole Anti-Confederate movement is absurd / stupid! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Ok,this is Texas,so you KNOW there has been kids take photos of each other waving the Mexican flag or various African flags. How many of THEM were suspended? Especially for waving an African flag because that's where slavery began,and it is still legal there today. BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO! ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Not if you are looking for a tool to make whites look evil so you can dis-empower them and seize power yourself. BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO! ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Not if you are Willie, the sites very own libtarded racist negro. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
You mean Choo Choo ? Well, he can just call me cracker. Remember to save your Dixie cups, cause the South is gonna rise again! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Not if you are looking for a tool to make whites look evil so you can dis-empower them and seize power yourself. " Well, to para phrase Ted Nugent: They can suck on my shotgun! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Don't feel bad. No one can explain it. Be thankful you don't have to explain why writing "Trump-2016" on a sidewalk with chalk sends college students into a panic attack.
The staff deserve to get their asses kicked ! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
" Texas Middle School Students Suspended for Two Days for Taking Confederate Flag Selfies "
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
The school district released a statement Wednesday stating there were a series of incidents at school involving a group of students posing with a Confederate flag and speaking “hateful language.”
#3. To: Stoner (#1)
This whole Anti-Confederate movement is absurd / stupid!
#4. To: Stoner (#1)
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This whole Anti-Confederate movement is absurd / stupid!
#5. To: GrandIsland (#4)
" Not if you are Willie, the sites very own libtarded racist negro. "
#6. To: sneakypete (#3)
" This whole Anti-Confederate movement is absurd / stupid!
#7. To: Deckard (#0)
“It was kind of tough for me to explain why he’s getting assignments from school with a Confederate flag on it, yet he can’t hold one,” Birdwell said.
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
" Andrew Birdwell said staff at Ridgeview Middle School had no right to give a two-day suspension to his son, and that he and his son deserve an apology. "
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