tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post597077351352787284..comments2024-03-28T16:58:17.705-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Slippery SlopeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-77441367726490042982015-08-26T21:47:20.155-04:002015-08-26T21:47:20.155-04:00Girls were certainly sent home to change out of sh...Girls were certainly sent home to change out of short dresses - but dresses that were less short, not to burqas. People got detention occasionally for armbands or not saying the pledge, but usually it was scolding. It was not forbidden in the same sense.<br /><br />This is different.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2818893329291086302015-08-26T15:05:56.600-04:002015-08-26T15:05:56.600-04:00It's a sad sight, parents keeping their kids i...It's a sad sight, parents keeping their kids in schools like this.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-78732958799441589052015-08-26T03:33:19.229-04:002015-08-26T03:33:19.229-04:00I suppose that's a nod to 'content neutral...<i>I suppose that's a nod to 'content neutrality'</i> <br />Is that what they call cowardice now?<br />Keep your head down, CYA. That's what they teach 'em now.<br />If your going to oppose me, at least stand up and own what you're standing up for.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-87384827403490474652015-08-25T21:46:05.101-04:002015-08-25T21:46:05.101-04:00Well, it's always been this way in schools, at...Well, it's always been this way in schools, at least since the 1950's. Controversies over the length of dresses, (I seem to remember Cass talking about that), the pledge of allegiance, black armbands, etc etc etc...<br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-35795713400829919252015-08-25T14:52:03.108-04:002015-08-25T14:52:03.108-04:00We can't raise functional American citizens li...We can't raise functional American citizens like this.<br />That's a feature, not a bug.<br /><br />William sends.Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49812533689480081312015-08-25T14:34:49.097-04:002015-08-25T14:34:49.097-04:00I suppose that's a nod to 'content neutral...I suppose that's a nod to 'content neutrality' -- we aren't banning this flag or that flag, we're banning all self-expression. :)Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61837847957185370082015-08-25T12:52:24.013-04:002015-08-25T12:52:24.013-04:00Interesting that the story says this started as a ...Interesting that the story says this started as a desire to ban the Confederate flag. The legalistic mind in action: "We can't ban just one flag! We have to ban them all!"<br /><br />(Please note that this is not an evaluation of the propriety of banning the Confederate battle flag.)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-82998603052525037052015-08-25T11:03:40.451-04:002015-08-25T11:03:40.451-04:00The intent is not to educate them on their rights ...The intent is not to educate them on their rights as citizens but to indoctrinate them about the supremacy of the state.ravennoreply@blogger.com