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[Steelrails]

It's silliness like this that makes me seriously concerned about the Homeland.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36981179/

Good grief.

[djsmnc]

The principal should be hung for treason against the United States in a public square after being chastised and humiliated by the local population.

[Fox]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

The students are over-sensitive, and the school administration is simply pandering.

My question to the students:

"Why do you find that American students, living in America, going to an American school, wearing clothes that display the American flag so offensive?"

The whole hypocritical thing about these Mexicans, is that they are running to America for freedom and a better economic opportunity yet when they get to America, they start telling the Americans how to live.

I am by no means "pro-American" (in fact I'm Canadian), but I am with the American students on this one.

If you want to celebrate your Mexican heritage, you are free to do so. Just don't tell yoru fellow classmates that they can't celebrate their heritage in their own country.

[pkang0202]

[CentralCali]

I wonder if the school had the American flag flying or did they switch to the Mexican flag for that day?

[mises]

[geldedgoat]

If that article is accurate and those boys did nothing other than simply wear flag shirts and bandanas, then I would hope the administration in that school will need to start looking for new jobs soon. That's beyond ridiculous.

[mises]

http://www.morganhilltimes.com/news/265420-hispanic-students-march-through-downtown-for-respect

[mises]

Roger Ebert:

http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/statuses/13488948134

[thecount]

This is a very simple matter. You can observe the effects of radical demographic change through Europe, as well as the subsequent push-back by an increasingly dwindling traditional demographic that is feeling culturally threatened.

You see it in traditionally liberal countries such as France, banning the Burqa and Niqab.

Ideological conflict is decided by one factor and one factor only: population. True, we may have laws in place to restrict the rule of the majority - but those laws are written by legislators, elected by the POPULATION. True, perhaps a large portion of the population would be illegal and ineligible to vote - but the fact that they trend largely toward a single party means that the party will do everything in it's power to give larger numbers of that demographic voting rights (you saw it with the Democrats in the US trying to manipulate the census so that they could include illegal immigrant population in the consideration for house member representation / electoral college votes for states such as California that are very liberal and would receive a huge boost in political power from those numbers).

As Christopher Caldwell put it, "You cannot have the same Europe with different people."

The same is true of America. Unless we are able to integrate this growing number of self-described hyphenated Americans who are loyal to other countries first, the values of this country will become diluted.

[moosehead]

so I suppose no one sees the absurdity in this reaction by the students who wore the american t shirts etc. and how other countries also celebrate heritage events/holidays in the u.s. such as:

Octoberfest - Germany
St. Patrick's Day - Ireland
Columbus Day - Portugal and Italy

not a country now, but in Texas (which was for a short time a country) there are 2 very significant days, San Jacinto Day and Independence Day which are celebrated en masse.

those of you who wrote/reacted before thinking about it are obviously as racist as the boys who foolishly try to insist they were "only celebrating their patriotism."

once more, for those who just don't get it or for whatever reason, seem unable to mentally digest it - the U.S. is founded on the principles of freedom and equal rights for all. to wit - a LOT of people from different backgrounds, countries, ethnic origins make a life in the U.S. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with celebrating one's heritage and there is NOTHING wrong with the fact that sometimes that heritage happens to be Mexican or another Latin origin.

oh, and newsflash, the people of the U.S. are NOT the only Americans in the world, tho sometimes they seem to think so (!) - Mexico is also part of the Americas, as is ALL OF LATIN AMERICA and ironically enough, Canada.

viva la difference

[tiger fancini]

I love the fact that in Korea, and a lot of other Asian countries, there is none of this PC bull$hit going on. The western world seems to be getting ever more afraid of patriotism, and of offending newly-arrived immigrants. Immigration is a good thing, but immigrants need to realise that they have to make concessions.

Now in this case, maybe the students who wore the flag on their clothing were douchebags. Maybe they did it deliberately to try and get a reaction from the Mexicans. Pretty lame if so, but a low-key response would have been more appropriate.

[djsmnc]

[Fox]