Quote:I have no problem with schools setting policies against clothing, backpacks, lunch boxes, accessories, whatever that depict a realistic firearm on them. I wouldn't necessarily push for those policies in a school district that my hypothetical kid went to, but I wouldn't be standing outside screaming, "How dare you not let my son wear a shirt with a gun on it to school!". Being a child of an NRA members has jack [BAD WORD REMOVED] all to do with it, and even being a military child shouldn't qualify the kid for special treatment under existing dress codes. Isn't being treated exceptionally kind of counterintuitive to the whole mindset of the military?

 

I'm not even going to touch the left wing comment, because I could point to a dozen instances of the Trump Party unilaterally having its way while liberals screamed. Not going to waste my breath on it, though. Both sides are convinced that they're morally in the right, especially when they're morally in the gray.

 

Your hypothetical questions are all thought-provoking, and here's my answer: the elementary/middle school I went to had uniforms. Solid-color polo shirt and khaki or navy slacks. That might be a little too extreme, but maybe saying "solid color clothing only" would work. It'd at least shut the NRA drones up about making a kid with guns on his shirt change, and it'd shut the Thought Police up about kids being allowed to roll into school with guns on their shirt. Both sides sound more ridiculous by the day.

 

First of all, when I addressed children of military members, I was referring to this, although in this case the boy's older brother is the military member.

 

Is this t-shirt threatening?  Does it "depict violence" as outlined in the original story?

 



 

 

 

Second, when I referred to the NRA, I was talking about kids who are actually members of the organization.  Here are a couple of quotes from the the article that are kind of ironic.

 

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WEST VIRGINIA — Near the entrance of Logan Middle School is a statue called “The Doughboy” — a World War I soldier carrying a firearm in one hand, and in the other a grenade.

 
The bronze figure is indicative of West Virginia’s gun culture. As is the state flag — which features two firearms — and West Virginia University’s mascot, the musket-toting Mountaineer.

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According to the complaint, Marcum’s shirt complied with the school’s student/parent handbook, which prohibited clothing that displayed profanity, violence, discriminatory messages or sexually suggestive phrases. The policy also banned clothing that advertised alcohol, tobacco or drug products.

 

So given the rules in bold above, does this shirt violate that policy?

 



 

As far as my comment regarding liberals... can you honestly say with a straight face that the school administrators that thought this shirt violated school policy could possibly be conservative?

 

And now we have a kid getting reprimanded for a Star Wars t-shirt...  think about that...

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