Dearborn Students' Freedom of Expression
We, the undersigned, are greatly concerned about Dearborn student Bretton Barber being forbidden to wear an anti-Bush shirt. Asking our students to be politically aware should go hand in hand with all... continue reading »
"If the report that your student is not allowed the freedom to protest the policies of the government is true, then your policy indeed violates American values. What kind of tyrany is being taught at your school?"
"He should absolutly be able to wear that shirt. It freedom of speech and he's practicing his freedom of speech!We all should!!Its the right thing to do!! Bush should be the one thats going into war not other people. He just wants to be a good president1 B"
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"None of the laguage or images on the banned t-shirt were vulgar or incendiary, therefore the shirt shouldn't be banned!"
"you declare the truth"
"The young man is living in the tradition of the men who founded this Republic. God Bless America. Cause lord knows it needs it."
"FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!! BUSH IS A TERRERIST!!!"
"Actually, I'd like one of those t-shirts to wear, myself!"
"I'm planning on ordering one of mine own as a means of Thoreauian civil disobedience at my own high school."
"There must be balance: If Dearborn students are prohibited from expressing anti-Bush/ anti-war sentiments, then comparable pro-Bush /pro-war sentiments must also be banned. Is that the way we want American to be?"
"Keep up the good work, so you can all be slaves like me."
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"People don't know all the horrible things bush is doing, I think he has a right to warn his fellow youth, You know we get this country next, and if bush has his way, I certainly won't want it"
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"Have the little cocknipper wear the shirt on his head. Lefty maggot."
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"Ah, a future stooge of the the UN and the international terrorist orgs. This lad's just what we need. Get him a suicide belt."
"I think he should be allowed to wear the t-shirt, everyone has the right to free speech."
"It is amazing how many ostensibly educated people have a profound lack of knowledge of the First Amendment and the ideals of true democracy."
"if it had usama binladen's picture on it you would let him wear it and you know it"
"Let us not just teach children that there is a constitution, but let us teach them that Americans have rights as guaranteed in the constitution, such as Freedom of Speech. It is not the province of school administrators to decide what people should say or"
"I BELIEVE that students should speak their mind. I do!"
"I think he needs to be the POSTER CHILD for the DEMOCTRATIC PARTY.... Freaking Commie."