{"id":2015718,"date":"2023-08-29T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-kid-kicked-out-of-class-for-gadsden-flag-patch-told-it-has-origins-with-slavery\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:04:16","slug":"12-year-old-kid-kicked-out-of-class-for-gadsden-flag-patch-told-it-has-origins-with-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-kid-kicked-out-of-class-for-gadsden-flag-patch-told-it-has-origins-with-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old student expelled from class due to Gadsden Flag Patch, citing slavery origins."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F12-year-old-kid-kicked-out-of-class-for-gadsden-flag-patch-told-it-has-origins-with-slavery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A 12-Year-Old Boy Stands Up for His\u200d Beliefs<\/h2>\n<p>A 12-year-old boy in Colorado Springs was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-trashes-harry-potter-as-anti-semitic-claims-goblins-represent-jews\/\" title=\"Jon Stewart Trashes 'Harry Potter' as 'Anti-Semitic,' Claims Goblins Represent Jews\">recently kicked<\/a> out of his class for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-conservative-sport-5-ufc-stars-who-dont-hide-their-right-wing-opinions\/\" title=\"\u2018The Most Conservative Sport\u2019: 5 UFC Stars Who Don\u2019t Hide Their Right-Wing Opinions\">proudly displaying<\/a> a Gadsden flag sticker on his backpack. The school\u2063 claimed that the flag had &#8220;origins with slavery&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-moms-score-win-in-lawsuit-against-schools-over-gender-identity-indoctrination\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Moms Score Win in Lawsuit Against Schools Over Gender Identity Indoctrination\">violated district policy<\/a>.\u2064 However, the historical facts tell a different story.<\/p>\n<p>The Gadsden flag, named after its designer\u2064 Christopher \u2062Gadsden, was a symbol of American unity during the Revolutionary War in 1775. It featured a coiled\u2063 rattlesnake with the slogan\u200b &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tread \u200dOn Me&#8221; beneath it, representing the\u2062 colonists&#8217; determination to protect their freedoms and rights.\u200d There was never \u200bany connection to slavery when it was introduced.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the school administrator cited a 2014 decision by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that stated the flag could be viewed as racist if someone feels it is racist. The EEOC acknowledged that the flag originated in a non-racial \u200bcontext but claimed it \u2062has \u2063been \u2063&#8221;sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged\u2062 messages.&#8221; Based on this ambiguity, the school argued that the\u2064 flag was racist because some &#8220;hate groups&#8221; have used it.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2062many people, including Colorado Governor Jared Polis, defended the \u200bGadsden flag as a proud symbol\u200d of the American \u2063revolution and a warning against government overreach. It is even featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-prepared-to-step-up-forces-if-serbia-kosovo-tensions-escalate\/\" title=\"NATO Prepared to Step Up Forces if Serbia-Kosovo Tensions Escalate\">car license plates<\/a> in several states. The school&#8217;s decision to punish the student for expressing his beliefs\u2062 sparked outrage on social media, with\u200c many criticizing the school&#8217;s ignorance of \u200cU.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>This incident highlights the growing trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-kid-kicked-out-of-class-for-gadsden-flag-patch-told-it-has-origins-with-slavery\/\" title=\"12-year-old student expelled from class due to Gadsden Flag Patch, citing slavery origins.\">left-wing\u200d activists silencing conservative voices<\/a> in schools. While students are \u2064allowed to \u200ddisplay LGBT pride flags, showing pride in America and its history is often met with punishment. It\u2062 raises the question of whether anything can be labeled as\u200b &#8220;racist&#8221; based solely on someone&#8217;s feelings, rather than historical facts.<\/p>\n<p>It is important\u200d to have open discussions and teach students about the true meaning and historical context of symbols like the Gadsden flag, rather than suppressing their freedom of expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old boy in Colorado was expelled from his class for having a Gadsden flag sticker on his backpack. The Vanguard School, a charter school in Colorado Springs, claimed that the flag&#8217;s association with slavery was the reason behind the expulsion, according to the boy&#8217;s mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2015719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}