A viral video of a 12-year-old Colorado student being told to remove a patch depicting the "Don't Tread on Me" flag prompted the governor to respond.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4249593

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis called the Gadsden flag ‘a proud symbol of the American revolution’ after a a Colorado student was told to remove a patch of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag from his backpack.

  • xerazal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    The straw grabbing is getting desperate here.

    I’m not for banning the glasden flag, I’ve said that multiple times. They asked him to take off the patch because of the unfortunate adoption by an authoritarian, violent movement. They didn’t throw him in the gulag, they didn’t expel him, etc. They told him to take it off, that’s all.

    Istfg you people are making a bigger deal out of this than needed.

    • diprount_tomato@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 year ago

      Yes, and my example is about the exact same thing. I never said they’d “send him to a gulag” just that they’d ban it by “asking him to remove it”

      • xerazal@lemmy.zipEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t realize the glasden flag was a religious symbol used by many different countries and cultures. Oh wait, it’s not…

        Also if your definition of ban is that loosy goosy then wow.

        Tell me you didn’t read the article without telling me that you didn’t read the article, because it ends with the school allowing the student to display the patch after a meeting because they knew of the historical significance… They just made sure he couldn’t wear the other patches, which had semi-automatic firearms on them…

        So why tf are you here arguing about a ban that didn’t fucking happen?