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| Oregon Department of Education Bans Confederate Flag |
| 2020-09-20 |
| [OregonLive] The Oregon Department of Education issued a temporary ban on hate symbols — including the Confederate flag, swastikas and nooses — in public school classrooms in the state, officials said. The rule, which took effect immediately, requires school districts to implement policies by Jan. 1 that prohibit the hate symbols, except as part of the teaching curriculum. Officials said that many districts already had similar plans in the works and that the state would likely present a permanent rule in the coming months. "The Confederate flag is a symbol of treason, racism and white supremacy. It has no place in Oregon," Joe Bureaucrat said in a statement. "Don't get me wrong - we're OK with treason. It's the racism part we don't like. There's a place in Oregon for legitimate expressions of opinion, such as burning the American flag, marching down the street shouting 'Death to America', attacking United States government buildings, and throwing molotov cocktails at law enforcement officers. But a teenager putting the Confederate flag on his backpack just goes too far." |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #8 from wikipedia : "The Oregon black exclusion laws were attempts to prevent black people from settling within the borders of the settlement and eventual U.S. state of Oregon. The first such law took effect in 1844, when the Provisional Government of Oregon voted to exclude black settlers from Oregon's borders. The law authorized a punishment for any black settler remaining in the territory to be whipped with "not less than twenty nor more than thirty-nine stripes" for every six months they remained.[1] Additional laws aimed at African Americans entering Oregon were ratified in 1849 and 1857." |
| Posted by: 746 2020-09-20 14:38 |
| #7 Nike buckled and withdrew those shoes with the "Betsy Ross" flag. And the irony that this lunatic move is from the Oregon Department of "Education". Disgusting. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-09-20 14:12 |
| #6 It's OK, cause they're going to ban the American flag as well because it upsets 'some people'. (I'd put a sarc on that but its too close to call these days) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-09-20 13:52 |
| #5 pretty sure we're into 1st amendment territory here This is why the Dems and their SJW shock troops are trying to define speech as "violence." I.e. the Confederate flag, "MAGA," microaggressions etc are not "hate speech" but actual aggression : fighting words, unprotected by the 1A. Utter bullshit but they might get away with it before friendly left wing judges |
| Posted by: Angoluck Spelet6446 2020-09-20 13:31 |
| #4 The Confederates weren't traitors. They didn't advocate the overthrow of the Federal Government. That's why they weren't prosecuted. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-09-20 13:24 |
| #3 Che Guevaraâ„¢ and Mao/Lenin.Marxâ„¢ T-shirts? |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-09-20 13:12 |
| #2 pretty sure we're into 1st amendment territory here |
| Posted by: 746 2020-09-20 12:54 |
| #1 Hammers & Sickles are a-O.K., though. Free speech/expression going right down the toilet. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-09-20 10:38 |