Michigan student disciplined for protesting against war on Gaza reaches settlement with school

>After the pledge, DK said that a teacher told the class that “anyone that was sitting down was being very disrespectful to soldiers, to America”. DK said she tried to explain her view to the instructor but was told that if she did not like the US, she should go back to her own country. DK later left the room in tears. Always amazed that they use soldiers as an excuse for this without a hint of self-awareness.

I stopped standing for the pledge when they added "Texas, One State Under God" to our second pledge we had to say growing up. For the most part, nobody bothered me about it, except this one dumbfuck hyperchristian woman who taught my speech class. Forcing children to stand with their hands over their hearts to pledge allegiance to a flag is *nazi shit*

Nobody who thinks you can legally compel speech should be running a school. The Supreme Court case is very famous, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette

>As a part of the recent settlement, the Plymouth-Canton community schools district has pledged to provide diversity, sensitivity, and first amendment training for staff. The district has also agreed not to punish DK, remove any indication from school files that suggest her protest was inappropriate and provide needed counseling.

Good for her.

So much for land of the free.

I personally always say f*** the troops. I have military family members and that still hasn’t changed my opinion. I can’t name a single time in my life after seeing every war since 1990 where the troops have protected my freedom. It’s just about hegemony and government interests. It’s even more upsetting cause my family are all immigrants and some of them truly bought into that bullshit while many others have dedicated themselves to teaching or healthcare or true service of our country. I believe in serving your community but when people start to hit me with “disrespecting the troops” you lost me.

Bitches who don’t allow the free and vocal criticism of the ruling party should go back to their own shithole country and stay there. Or wait, she was born here? Then ban her from interacting with children and put her on a terrorist watch list.