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"A Northern California high school's decision to order students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during a celebration of the holiday Cinco de Mayo was appropriate, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the school officials' concerns of racial violence outweighed students' freedom of expression rights. Administrators feared the American-flag shirts would enflame the passions of Latino students celebrating the Mexican holiday. Live Oak High School, in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill, had a history of problems between white and Latino students on that day.
The unanimous three-judge panel said past problems gave school officials sufficient and justifiable reasons for their actions. The court said schools have wide latitude in curbing certain civil rights to ensure campus safety."* Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down.
Our Notes: First, the language in this broadcast is well beyond belief. The arguments are interesting, however, fail to point out that we are in the United States. If anyone is offended by this flag, then please, by all means, move out of this country and go somewhere else. Anyone wearing any other flag such as the flag of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Japan, China or any other country was probably okay? We understand the safety issues. In the US, no other flag is raised before the US flag, period. None. The war for your mind rages on.
