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Title: Elementary Student Suspended For Anti-Obama Shirt
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Published: Sep 26, 2008
Author: myfoxcolorado
Post Date: 2008-09-26 07:42:58 by freepatriot32
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Keywords: libertarians, jackbooted thugs
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AURORA (MyFOXColorado.com) - An 11-year-old in Aurora says his first amendment rights are being trampled after he was suspended for wearing a homemade shirt that reads "Obama is a terrorist's best friend." The sixth grader at Aurora Frontier K-8 School wore it on a day when students were asked to wear red, white and blue to show their patriotism. The boy's father Dann Dalton describes himself as a "proud conservative" who has taken part in some controversial anti-abortion protests. Dalton says the school made a major mistake by suspending his son for wearing the shirt. "It's the public school system," Dalton says. "Let's be honest, it's full of liberal loons." According the the boy's father, the school district told the student, Daxx Dalton, that he had the choice of changing his shirt, turning his shirt inside out or being suspended. Daxx chose suspension. "They're taking away my right of freedom of speech," he says. "If I have the right to wear this shirt I'm going to use it. And if the only way to use it is get suspended, then I'm going to get suspended." Daxx's dad agrees with him and is encouraging his son to stand his ground. "The facts are his rights were violated. Period." Aurora Public Schools Superintendent John Barry says the suspension was not because Daxx Dalton wore a shirt with a political message. It was the result of a dispute that began on the playground before school started that spilled into a math class. He says no student is allowed to wear anything that becomes a distraction in the learning environment, regardless of the political message. Administrators say in this case, the shirt caused a distraction. Barry says Daxx's sister also wore an anti-Obama shirt to class that day. She was not suspended. He also says the district "Respects a student's right to free speech, such as the right to wear specific clothing," but administrators say they review any situation that interrupts the learning environment. Paperwork submitted by the school district says Daxx Dalton was not suspended for wearing the shirt, but for willful disobedience and defiance. The boy's father says he intends to pursue a lawsuit against the district Aurora fifth-grader suspended for home madetshirt reading "Obama is a terrorist's best friend."
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#1. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
No, someones bad reaction caused a distraction. That's what needed to be dealt with.
Disagree. I certainly want the school to which I send my children to have a dress code. But then, it's a private school.
“It seems fair to regard negroes as on the average inferior to white men.” -- Bertrand Russell “Race! It is a feeling, not a reality: ninety-five percent, at least, is a feeling." -- Benito Mussolini But then, it's a private school. Dress code is one thing. This shirt didn't violate the code until someone reacted badly to it. So what was taught? It's ok to violate someone's right to free speech if it is speech with which you don't agree. Lessons learned in childhood carry on into adulthood.
Boy Suspended for Wearing Anti-Obama T-shirt Written by Selwyn Duke take a gander at this and tell me you still support nobama he is known by the company he keeps and his company is authoratarian jackbooted thugs that will not allow political disagreement with thier (and your?) lord and saviour hussien obama
http://s5.gladiatus.us/game/c.php?uid=77290 I like Barack Obama and am doing grass roots work for him. That will not change, there isn't even a remote chance of that happening. I have also donated the max I can and have bundled some friend's contributions for him.
Administrators say in this case, the shirt caused a distraction.
"You have delusions of adequacy."
#2. To: farmfriend (#1)
No, someones bad reaction caused a distraction. That's what needed to be dealt with.
#3. To: Tauzero (#2)
Disagree. I certainly want the school to which I send my children to have a dress code.
"You have delusions of adequacy."
#4. To: Tauzero (#2)
Thursday, 25 September 2008 23:42 As an example, consider how different the reaction would be if a student displayed a pro-homosexual message and was taunted by his peers. There is little question the harassers would be disciplined, and they might even be charged with "hate speech." Yet what happened in Daxx's case? The onus wasn't put on the shouters and screamers — those who truly created the disruption — but on the target of their wrath.
"You have delusions of adequacy."
#5. To: ferret mike (#0)
click the pic
#6. To: freepatriot32 (#5)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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