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Hey I'm offended that they're offended...Screw them.
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Students at a Washington state high school wanted to mark the 20th year since the Sept. 11 attacks by wearing red, white and blue at a patriotic-themed game but were refused because the event could "unintentionally cause offense to some who see it differently," according to a report.
Jason Rantz, a host on KTTH 770/94.5FM, reported that the event was canceled by an unnamed staffer at Eastlake High School in Sammamish "at the last minute." A student told the show that he was informed that the "red, white and blue was going to be seen as racially insensitive and may affect people in a way that we will not understand and for that reason that we were to change our theme."
In this case 1 person made the decision to cancel the tribute because some "could be" offended?
What did that one person think would offend someone, the red white and blue? Our Flag? the show of Patriotism and remembrance for those that were murdered 20 years ago?
I say let them be offended. If you live in America then you should be American which means on our side. If you are not for us with something as simple as remembering the fallen then you must be against us.
Why are some people so weak that they become triggered by such things?
I'd say the only ones that qualify to be offended are those that lost family and friends on that terrible day. The tributes have to bring the horror to the forefront of their minds. They have the Right to be offended.
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All 3 of our kids went to Eastlake, and came out just fine, but there has been a big difference in the political makeup of this city since then. Mostly it's been a big increase in families from India, which I don't think accounts for this situation. More likely it's that we have a range of somewhat conservative to radically liberal, and it only takes one complaint to send schools or any other local government into a frenzy to prevent hurting anyone's feelings. Based on what I have seen here, it's mostly fiscally conservative, socially liberal.
So it seems that anyone that "could be offended" has more rights than those that want to honor the 9/11 anniversary.
If you are that weak and easily offended, stay home in your basement and shut out the world like creepy demented Biden.
We really do have a whole generation of milquetoast liberal anti-American pansies. I'll bet they weren't offended when BLM & Antifa were looting and burning down cities.
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So it seems that anyone that "could be offended" has more rights than those that want to honor the 9/11 anniversary.
If you are that weak and easily offended, stay home in your basement and shut out the world like creepy demented Biden.
We really do have a whole generation of milquetoast liberal anti-American pansies. I'll bet they weren't offended when BLM & Antifa were looting and burning down cities.
Keep in mind the today's high school student was not around watching the Twin Towers go down in 2001, they were born in 2003 or later. Our son is now the director of EMS for a local county, a career he chose after witnessing that event at age 14, the year he started at that high school. Apparently the real, serious history is not taught as much now as protecting personal "feelings."
Keep in mind the today's high school student was not around watching the Twin Towers go down in 2001, they were born in 2003 or later. Our son is now the director of EMS for a local county, a career he chose after witnessing that event at age 14, the year he started at that high school. Apparently the real, serious history is not taught as much now as protecting personal "feelings."
real serious history was never taught at the high school level...one has to go out and find the material oneself
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