Here’s a story about schools that doesn’t necessarily have a happy ending, but at least it doesn’t end with a blanket ban on American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo due to the “threat of a potentially violent disturbance.”
Agitators in San José recently proved that it doesn’t matter what you wear — just leaving a Donald Trump rally was reason enough to throw eggs and sucker punch supporters as they left the venue. So one doesn’t have to be on the Trump Train to hand it to a Fresno third-grader who let his school know, “The 1st Amendment says I can wear my hat.”
CA school says third-grader's @RealDonaldTrump hat stirred 'substantial disruption,' but wasn't banned https://t.co/MDflDhQyq6 @LATimes
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) June 6, 2016
The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that 9-year-old Logan Autry was told to remove his favorite hat, a “Make America Great Again” cap, because the school both feared for his safety and expressed concern that it could cause “negative emotions.”
Third-grader barred from wearing Trump hat at California school https://t.co/i8SS9UurBP
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 6, 2016
@latimes Which side is silencing dissidents, again?
— Khal Ripskin Junior (@KhalRipskinJr) June 6, 2016
@latimes kid is learning an important lesson that it's not the bathroom you use that matters, but the hat you wear
— HDEsq (@TenPercentNinja) June 6, 2016
@latimes While I dislike Trump freedom of speech is more important and critical for children to learn. This isn't good.
— Negotiate This (@InSourced) June 6, 2016
Despite the wording of the Los Angeles Times’ own tweet, Superintendent Michael Hanson of the Fresno Unified School District said that Autry wasn’t banned from wearing the hat, only asked to remove it temporarily. In fact, Hanson said he’s “proud” of the school for letting Autry wear the hat for several days before it was deemed an interruption to school operations.
@latimes so I guess in America we now silence political dissent
— Alex (@bjjgb72) June 6, 2016
@bjjgb72 @latimes were talking about 3rd graders
— Hal Stewart (@jocylean) June 6, 2016
@jocylean @latimes exactly so 3rd graders are going to get violent over a trump hat??
— Alex (@bjjgb72) June 6, 2016
Where would kids get the idea to act like that? From a hat? Or somewhere else …
(Yes, we censored that one.)
