Confederate flag banned at one southern school
 

I saw a news story about a school which has banned the wearing or displaying of the Confederate flag at all hake: , the reason being that it is "racist, and intimidating" hake: yet people can wear a Malcom X t-shirt and call it ethinic pride oOo: this is just another case of political correctness going to far.

Re: Confederate flag banned at one southern school
 

[quote="Pfc.Green":ec136]I saw a news story about a school which has banned the wearing or displaying of the Confederate flag at all hake: , the reason being that it is "racist, and intimidating" hake: yet people can wear a Malcom X t-shirt and call it ethinic pride oOo: this is just another case of political correctness going to far.[/quote:ec136]

I'm not sure on this Green. What does the confederate flag represent, and what does Malcom X reperesent.

Well if they use the 'racist and intimidating' arguement then thats what Malcom X was racist and intimidating. Why dont the ban white shirts, cause hey the KKK wore the color white right? why dont they ban the displaying of the British flag, cause hey they intimidated us?

[quote="Pfc.Green":c69d7]Well if they use the 'racist and intimidating' arguement then thats what Malcom X was racist and intimidating. Why dont the ban white shirts, cause hey the KKK wore the color white right? why dont they ban the displaying of the British flag, cause hey they intimidated us?[/quote:c69d7]

I have to go to work now, but I strongly suggest reading up on Malcom X. I think you might be suprised.

The point is that, why should people, wearing t-shirts of Malcom X, or other parts of there heritage be allowed to do so when people wearing shirts or displaying the confedrate flag not be allowed to do so? I am in no way a supporter of what the south was fighting for,hell all my anscestors fought against it, but I just dont think its anyones right to say "you cant wear that, cause i'm gonna say it itimidates me", I bet if a kid came to a school wearing a shirt with the intimidating and not very peaceful Black panthers on it nothing would happen.

You rednecks love that confederate flag, don't you.

I tend to agree with pfc green here. If someone can say that the confederate flag intimadates them, then who is to say that a Malcolm X shirt doesnt intimidate someone else. Who gets to decide? What are the criteia? Are they written and published, or is it one persons interpetation? Are they applied equally and fairly? Where will it end?

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That sucks, so if one of the students managed to afford to buy The General Lee, he wouldnt be allowed to take it to school to show it to his mates.

Take a look at what the CONFEDERATE FLAG embodies. Would you have ANY problem BARRING a german immigrant family from being told to take down their NAZI flag, even IF it is a part of their history they refuse to give up.

The CONFEDERATE flag belongs in the past, with alot of the mistakes of this country, and is one of the greater symbols of its greed and narrow mindedness. I cant think of ONE reason why anyone would even bother to wave that flag other than because it's been beaten into their heads that its a part of the "Souths" proud history.

As far as Malcolm X is concerned - look at who the man BECAME, not who he was. Then you might understand Low Sparks objections to using him as a point of reference.

I say this to everyone but PFC GREEN. It should be obvious by now that hes got a death grip on his NRA card, and has a permanent blush on his neck.

WHITE POWER!

Are you talking about the man Malcolm became right before he was killed by the black panthers for becoming that man?

That isnt the man the X shirts and hats are celebrating.

Free speech, whether it is spouting offensive (intimidating) drivel on the internet or displaying the battle flag, needs to be administered evenly and fairly. Thats all I ask. Affirmative action has become a crutch and an enabler. It needs to be abolished, in all its forms.

I am so fucking sick of you Ed, I am no racist, I am just against this pc shit that says you cant wear a Confederate flag if you want to. I did not come up with the malcome X point, that was on the news, although it is a good one. And Ed this fucked up arguement about me being a redneck is laughable, I dont own a gun, I'm not part of the NRA, I live in Seattle, and the farthest south i have ever been is Maryland. Most people who display the Confedrate flag, arent doing so because they support the idea of racism or slavery (some do I admit) most do it because its in there familys personal history and there heritage. No a family may display a Nazi flag, I may not like it, but hey its free speech right? What makes it right for someone to say you cant display your southern heritage, but we can display our black heritage.

Slow down.. relax. I don't know why they banned the confederate flag, for sure. But I can imagine some dumb redneck kid wearing it and preaching his little white superirority ruining it for anyone who might were becuase they think it's cool. And by the way Green, I have met very few people that display the Confederate because it's part of their heritage.(But I have met a few).. I have met a lot of wanna be rednecks that display it because they think it makes them better then someone...

[quote="Low spark":ed233]I have met a lot of wanna be rednecks that display it because they think it makes them better then someone...[/quote:ed233]

Their words or yours?

Thats a mighty hateful, prejudiced thing to say. (See how easily this stuff can be flipped?)

There is no such thing as FREE SPEECH at a school. It is a government building. SO - if they say a Confederate Flag promotes racism, and is a sad reminder of times past - they can take it down 100%. If you want to be an ass and display one on your lawn - go right ahead.

Green. You'd make Joe McCarthy blush.

Heres the difference between Black Heritage and "so-called" white heritage - blacks dont go around espousing the teachings of Farakhan and "pre-saved" Malcolm X. They wear African clothing and celebrate the history of their people. The CONFEDERATE flag has ZERO positive connotation to it. ZERO. It belongs to a devisive and terrible time in American history. Asking for someone at a public facility to be comfortable with that, is like asking a Jew if hes alright with having a Swastika hung over a schools name, simply because the school is in a predominantly German area. Its ludicrous. You arent celebrating ANY kind of history that DESERVES to be celebrated.

I mean if ANYONE can give me ONE thing that that flag represents, one thing that casts that history in a positive light - then I'll say fine. Go wave it. That's something to be proud of.