The intolerant Marysville school district is the group showing their ignorance of both history and culture in this case. I wonder how many students have been suspended by Marysville school officials for displaying the American flag - or the Christian cross - which have been the symbols of choice used by hate groups in America, including the Ku Klux Klan, throughout the past 150 years.
The KKK marches in Washington DC in 1925 - no Confederate flag in sight.
Here's the story from KING 5 News in Washington State:
By ELISA HAHN
MARYSVILLE, Wash. - At least three students were suspended from Marysville-Pilchuck High School after flying the Confederate flag.
The students say the flag is a symbol of culture and heritage, but the school district says it's also a symbol of hatred.The district says it warned the kids, talked to their parents, and when the flag appeared again – the suspensions occurred.
Eighteen-year-old Ethian Allen is a senior at the school. Over the past few months, he and his friends have been flying the Confederate flag on their cars. To them it's not a symbol of racism -- but of heritage and the redneck culture, which they embrace.
"I think as a right of free speech we should have whatever flag we want," he said. "Nobody has come up to us and said it offends them in any way, besides the administration."
After they brought it on school grounds, a few of them got 10-day suspensions.
See the full story here: http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_011409WAB-flag-marysville-ks.4526b7f.html
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