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In reply to the discussion: Missouri student loses driving rights for flying Confederate flag [View all]MFrohike
(1,980 posts)This story is missing some key stuff I would love to know. If it's just a ban on the flag on school grounds, I don't care. Flying that piece of trash is inherently disruptive to keeping order in the school, so banning it makes sense. You can argue the 1st amendment, but it has to be balanced against the purpose of the school, which is to educate in a controlled setting. It's kind of hard to do that when there's an uproar over Hillbilly, Jr. and his stupid flag.
I can't tell if he lost his license and if the school is somehow involved in the licensing process from this article. If he did lose his license, that's just ridiculous. Tell the kid to keep it off campus, discipline him if he disobeys, but that kind of penalty really would be an attack on speech.