Losers love losing. Deniers love denying. Traitors love treason. The GOP loves Trump’s shit-crusted cock, but denies being his bottom.
Why does there need to be any flags in the classrooms to begin with? Even putting up the flag of the country seems a little odd to me. Use a flagpole.
The effect would be felt by both LGBTQIA+ clubs and GSA’s in the schools, at a bare minimum. They would be unable to utilize the pride flag, for example, in any kind of advertisement, logo, banner, etc.
I don’t think school is the place for ads either… I’m not saying it should be banned from posters about events or such but having a confederate or pride flag in the classroom just for the sake of it feels really weird to me.
So, if there is a school club they can’t let people in the school know about it with posters, even though that’s the only people they are trying to attract?
C’moon now… Surely you can read the whole message before replying.
What do you think posters about events are if not ads?
I guess they count as ads aswell. I just don’t get why deem necessary to ask me about event postest when it’s the exact exception I already addressed in the message you’re replying to.
In the past, rainbow flags were used as a sign to students that you as a teacher were available for anyone to come talk if they needed support, and that your classroom was a safe space. This was especially important for some of the most stigmatized and marginalized groups in the US.
So there is a bit of history behind it.
This may only be anecdotal, and I can’t quote statistics on how effective or important pride flags are to that type of support now, but a close friend of mine who came out in high school first came out to a trusted teacher. They ONLY did this because the pride flag to them meant someone who might understand. It was a year or so later when this person came out to our friend group, and only because of the guidance of that individual who help them through some serious shit, and got them the support infrastructure they needed.
That is actually a valid point. I didn’t really think about it from that perspective.
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Dude, I mean high school clubs advertising to other high school students, like this one: https://www.coolidgeshs.org/ourpages/auto/2023/5/3/45488112/image _2_.jpg
So the exact thing I used in my message as an example of what I didn’t mean?
Right, but that’s what the language of the bill is intended to silence.
To remind those people of their place.
For when even “If you get yours then we get ours!” is too far left for your snowflake traitor ass.
Nashville has had a pride festival for the past thirty five years. They were a member of the confederacy for almost exactly five years.
BuT iTs our hiSTorY!!!
It’s history they want to repeat, not the present they want to accept
Tennessee: We’re not all bigots, but you shouldn’t feel safe.
Tennesseean here, this is absolutely the case. I wish there was more I could do to welcome marginalized people, but the best advice I have is to get out of here as soon as possible because things are going to get worse before they get better.
I came to say the same thing.
But I’ll say this- the nazis in Nashville the other week were only able to escape unscathed because we didn’t know they were there.
Let’s proudly expose our slavery heritage while banning a symbol of individual freedom and diversity.
…while claiming to support “freedom”.
Done in one.
It’d be nice if legislators could just let people have whatever flags they want up.
Neither the Confederate flag nor gay pride flags are religious symbols, so it shouldn’t really violate the church-state separation rules.
You could make a very easy case about one promoting discrimination.
Um, except one is an (inaccurate) symbol of oppression and hatred and the other represents freedom and expression…
Well, it was one of the battle flags, so it still is a symbol of oppression and hatred, with an added bit of violence thrown in.
It wasn’t even a battle flag, just a portion of one. That’s what I meant by ‘inaccurate’, but I don’t want to get into the nuances because that could detect from the point.
Just to be clear, the point is: fuck racists and bigots. Their bullshit only detracts from civilization.
symbol of oppression and hatred
symbol of freedom and expression
centrists:
Ha, I don’t have a middle finger big enough for that BS.
I learned a bit about how Tennessee legislature works after the expulsion last year. It’s frighteningly undemocratic, and it’s scary to think that it’s gotten even more undemocratic since then. Such a shame, I enjoyed my visit to Nashville a lot.
Same here on all accounts. We have been to Nashville a few times for concerts and we really don’t like the fact that now we can’t go back. We don’t want to support the state. We still have cups we took home from the peg leg porker.
One is unconstitutional to ban, while the other is treason.
I was honestly taken aback that the confederate flag is allowed to be displayed in public schools.
Those 4 years that they were treasonous to get rid of state rights to ban slavery is very important to their state history.
The only Confederate flag that represents the Confederacy is 🏳️
Anything else trying to represent the confederacy is akin to a fucking high school class ring. Like “Gratz, bud. Got anything to show for it?”
The union jack that you see flown (just a union jack) isn’t even the flag of the confederacy, it’s specifically the flag for the army and navy of the confederacy. You are identifying yourself as enemy combatants with that flag.
The real flag of the confederacy changed a couple times. The first iteration looks like a knock-off of the US flag with 3 stripes and 7 stars in a blue field in the upper left. The second iteration had the union jack in the upper left hand side (where the US blue field and stare are) and the rest was white. Eventually they realized that it looked like a flag of surrender, so 36 days before the end of the war, the confederacy added a vertical red stripe on the far right side of the flag.
If their “heritage” was so important, you’d think they’d at least get it right!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
The only Confederate flag that represents the Confederacy is 🏳️
It’s actually even cooler than that. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_515980
If by cooler you mean “belongs in the kitchen”
(I only say this to emasculate those that would feel emasculated by that).
It does look like a fucking tea towel.
That’s literally what it is.
Also a dishrag that belongs in a kitchen: 28th Virginia Battle Flag
But… they’re showing you the class ring. That’s what they got to show for it.
(This was entirely meant as a joke.)
Woah dude what year was that?
Seems premature, totally on brand for Tennessee.
…oh I meant the legislation. We haven’t had the general election for the GOP to steal yet.
It’s a heritage of hate.
The quiet laws are being written out loud now.
I went to grade school in Mississippi, (Air Force brat, 1970’s) and here are some fun facts:
- The day started with the class reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and then singing “Dixie.”
- Every classroom had a paddle hanging near the blackboard. The principle and many of the teachers also had a paddle handing off of their belt.
- The "That’s a Paddlin’ " bit on the Simpsons was a 100% accurate representation of my first day in school
- The Mississippi schools were about 6 months ahead of the Utah schools I came from and they made me do a lot of the homework assigned before I got there.
My god, how far behind must the Utah schools have been for Mississippi schools to be ahead!
Right? It shocks me to this day. They were at least 6 mos behind the MS schools.
Because of course they did, gotta live up to that deplorable label
