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Old 10-19-2018, 09:45 AM
 
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Another wanna be hero looking for attention.

She was free to pull her stunt, he was free to make a comment.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/stud...122638574.html

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A 14-year-old girl is accusing her teacher of violating her First Amendment rights after he allegedly “mocked and shamed” her for not standing for the Pledge of Allegiance during class, Connecticut’s Hartford Courant reports.

According to a federal lawsuit filed Monday, the unidentified student, who is black, joined a group of classmates in sitting out the pledge in protest. The lawsuit calls her non-participation a “peaceful and non-disruptive expression of their belief that African-Americans suffer from racial discrimination in the United States.”
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Old 10-19-2018, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Somewhere gray and damp, close to the West Coast
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Gotta love Common Core.
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Old 10-19-2018, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Freedom of speech works both ways.
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Old 10-19-2018, 11:07 AM
 
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SCOTUS has ruled that no one must participate in the pledge. The stupid teacher should have kept his mouth shut.
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Old 10-19-2018, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Cape Cod
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The teacher should have turned it into teaching moment and asked the girl what she is protesting and why.

I think it would have been a very interesting debate.
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Old 10-19-2018, 11:21 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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SCOTUS has ruled that no one must participate in the pledge. The stupid teacher should have kept his mouth shut.
If it's a public school, correct. The government cannot compel speech. The student doesn't have to stand for or say the Pledge.
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Old 10-19-2018, 11:37 AM
 
Location: Eastern NC
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Good for her. She has the Constitution and the Supreme Court on her side.
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Old 10-19-2018, 11:38 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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One of the best win-win situations I have seen here lmfao.
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Old 10-19-2018, 12:10 PM
 
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Since when did minor 14 year old children have full 1st amendment rights at school? Only when they are being un-American. She needs to be told she's un-American and shameful. Children don't have full rights to begin with.

The teacher did nothing wrong, and didn't violate any of her rights that she doesn't really have. This is another set up by a black person. The real racism in America is a white person can't ever even question a black person.
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Old 10-19-2018, 12:31 PM
 
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Since when did minor 14 year old children have full 1st amendment rights at school? Only when they are being un-American. She needs to be told she's un-American and shameful. Children don't have full rights to begin with.

The teacher did nothing wrong, and didn't violate any of her rights that she doesn't really have. This is another set up by a black person. The real racism in America is a white person can't ever even question a black person.
Color nor age don't matter, no one can be forced to say the pledge. As it should be. No different than making someone pray.
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