re: VA. School demands teen remove American flags from his truck.

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In Bedford? Wtf? That is baw territory. It’s where the Bedford Boys are from and the home of the national D-Day memorial (which is fricking awesome if you ever are in the area).

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Exactly. The posters in here are clueless trying to make this about the American flag and hating the American flag yadda yadda

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reads in part, "The contract, which has been in place in all three of the high schools for over a decade, prohibits student drivers from flying large flags or banners on their vehicles, due to their potential to distract or obstruct the view of student drivers as they are navigating the school parking lot

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Horrible verbiage in the contract, define "large"

If the student had a topper on their truck it would be just as obstructive.

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And no, it’s discriminatory because as a parent I can put a flag on my truck go to the same parking lot and they can’t do shite.

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Yes, a visiting parent is usually treated differently from an enrolled student.

Code of conduct and dress codes usually do not apply in the same way.

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I’ve never discussed inside building or dress code. The issue is a non moving vehicle in a public parking lot.

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It is school property.

Usually the dress code and code of conduct apply anywhere on the school grounds.

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Even if kid was in the truck and cops came up, he can ignore them since he’s not breaking laws.

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A child unsupervised on school property isn't breaking the rules or the "law?"

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In Bedford? Wtf? That is baw territory. It’s where the Bedford Boys are from and the home of the national D-Day memorial (which is fricking awesome if you ever are in the area).

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Looks like you’ll have to move back to New Orleans

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You are going to have to show me a case law where students are constitutionally allowed to carry the American flag or gay flag with them while in school.

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Here’s where pride and all the other good little bundists out themselves. The way it’s supposed to work in America is rights are granted to the people and governmental authority is ceded to them by the people. Rights aren’t retained by the government and dribbled out to its citizens as it sees fit. So, the burden is on you to show why the government has the authority to bar this kid from displaying an American flag in the parking lot. Not a classroom. The parking lot.

It’s telling how all the goose-steppers approach topics like this. They always place the burden of proof on private citizens to prove they have rights. Not once will they ever question governmental power. Instead, like here, they will wholeheartedly support it.

If in the past, 10 years or so, there was an incident that proved a distraction to the school because of these oversized flags.

Would that be enough?

I went to highschool in Bedford County, VA

This is surprising because Bedford County really is baw country. When I was in highschool (graduated 2012), kids in my class regularly had the confederate flag flying on their truck.

Trying to look for the school, there are 3 high schools in that county. If I knew which one I’d look on their website for their policies regarding parking passes. I bet they can’t suspend a parking pass because of flags and it isn’t in their book.