{"id":2017512,"date":"2023-08-30T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T02:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-student-from-viral-video-tells-ben-shapiro-school-tried-to-tread-on-his-rights-but-failed\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T02:46:24","slug":"colorado-student-from-viral-video-tells-ben-shapiro-school-tried-to-tread-on-his-rights-but-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-student-from-viral-video-tells-ben-shapiro-school-tried-to-tread-on-his-rights-but-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado student tells Ben Shapiro school attempted to infringe on his rights, but failed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fcolorado-student-from-viral-video-tells-ben-shapiro-school-tried-to-tread-on-his-rights-but-failed%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=2017512&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 Colorado\u2062 Middle-Schooler Stands Up \u200dfor His Rights<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colorado\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  middle-schooler who was kicked out of class for \u200dwearing a patch of \u200bthe Gadsden flag on his backpack said that his school \u201ctried to tread\u201d on his rights \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1799-there-s-no-such-thing-as-free-medicine-member-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during an interview<\/a> with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Symbol of Freedom\u2064 Misunderstood<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jaiden Rodriguez, a 12-year-old who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/colorado-7th-grader-kicked-out-of-class-for-gadsden-patch-because-of-slavery-origins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled from class<\/a> at The Vanguard School in part for having the iconic flag on his backpack, told Shapiro that other kids at his school are allowed to display Pride-themed pins, but that he was punished for his Gadsden flag \u200dpatch because a \u200cteacher thought that it was associated with slavery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey don\u2019t know what they\u2019re talking about at all.\u2063 It\u2019s a revolutionary flag. It has nothing to do with slavery,\u201d Rodriguez told\u2063 Shapiro on his \u2062podcast. \u201cIt was meant as a warning\u200c sign not to\u200d tread on our rights in the revolution. Which is funny because they tried to\u2064 tread on my rights and then they found out they [could] \u200d not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Gadsden flag, a yellow flag depicting a coiled rattlesnake with the words \u201cDon\u2019t Tread \u2062On Me,\u201d was flown during the Revolutionary War. The flag was designed in 1775 by U.S. brigadier general \u2062Christopher Gadsden, who critics have pointed out was a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tigerprints.clemson.edu\/all_theses\/2949\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">slave owner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Controversy That Boosted \u2063Popularity<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rodriguez said that he expected to win \u200ba\u200d race for student\u2064 council in a \u201clandslide\u201d due\u2064 to the controversy and \u2062that he was now \u200d\u201cMr. popular\u201d at his school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, Vanguard School Director of Operations \u2063Jeff Yocum emailed\u2063 Jaiden\u2019s mother an explanation that cited several news articles about the flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yocum cited a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/08\/03\/wearing-dont-tread-on-me-insignia-could-be-punishable-racial-harassment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by the Equal\u200c Employment\u200c Opportunity Commission, which said that while it is \u201cclear \u200dthat the Gadsden\u2062 Flag\u2064 originated in the Revolutionary War\u200c in a non-racial \u200bcontext,\u201d nevertheless, \u201cit\u200b also has since been sometimes interpreted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-won-student-booted-from-class-over-dont-tread-on-me-flag-scores-quick-victory-over-administrators\/\" title=\"Student triumphs over administrators after being kicked out of class for displaying 'Don't Tread on Me' flag.\">convey racially-tinged messages<\/a> in some contexts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The school board \u200bof Vanguard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaa.com\/news\/covering-colorado\/colorado-springs-mom-says-son-kicked-out-of-class-over-gadsden-flag-patch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> a decision to allow Rodriguez to wear the Gadsden patch after\u200c a board \u2064meeting on Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLast week, a student came to school with patches affixed to his \u200bbackpack, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-student-from-viral-video-tells-ben-shapiro-school-tried-to-tread-on-his-rights-but-failed\/\" title=\"Colorado student tells Ben Shapiro school attempted to infringe on his rights, but failed.\">half dozen patches depicting guns\/weapons<\/a> and one referencing alcohol,\u201d the school told parents, adding that one of the\u200c patches was the Gadsden flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFrom Vanguard\u2019s founding we have proudly supported our \u200bConstitution, the \u2062Bill of Rights, and the ordered liberty that all Americans have\u2063 enjoyed for almost 250 years,\u201d an email from the school board reportedly said. \u201cThe \u2062Vanguard\u2062 School recognizes the historical significance of\u2062 the Gadsden flag and its place in history. This incident is an occasion for us to reaffirm our deep commitment to a classical education in support \u2062of these American principles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The school\u200c added that the district had informed school administrators that the flag was not allowed. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a Tuesday statement from Harrison \u2063School District 2, another issue \u2062was several patches that referenced guns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe student returned to class\u200b without incident after\u200b removing the patches of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-if-it-saves-one-life-why-doesnt-the-lefts-logic-apply-to-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"\u2018What If It Saves One Life?\u2019 Why Doesn\u2019t The Left\u2019s Logic Apply To Illegal Immigration?\">semi-automatic weapons<\/a> from the backpack. The Vanguard School and Harrison School District 2 worked in collaboration to resolve this matter,\u201d \u200cthe district said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rodriguez said that\u2063 other\u200b kids were allowed\u200b to support \u201cPride,\u201d but he wasn\u2019t allowed to wear the historic Gadsden flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s kids with \u200bpride pins and the teachers don\u2019t say a thing. But I wear a Gadsden flag and it\u2019s the end of the world. I see them in the hallways. It saddens me that they can do whatever they want,\u200c but I \u200dcan\u2019t wear a Gadsden flag,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked by Shapiro if he had any political ambitions, Rodriguez said that he would hope to run for governor of Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old student from Colorado&#8217;s Vanguard School, Jaiden Rodriguez, was removed from class for wearing a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack. In an interview with Ben Shapiro, Rodriguez expressed that his school infringed upon his rights by attempting to suppress his expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2017513,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2017512","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}