So here I go again, got something in my craw. The sad thing is that this stuff is brought to my attention by non-trolls. You know the type, the people who post things on Facebook and other places just to get a rise out of people (like Fox News :P). This one is about an oldish story, from earlier this year, about kids not being able to wear American Flag tshirts to school on Cinco De Mayo.
It's going around that now, in America, kids can't wear the American flag on their tshirt at all to school, and this is not what happened at all. It just so happens that this one town in California has a very high percentage of Mexican immigrant kids in the school (something like 70% or more back in 2010), and there are a lot of gang problems in the school. In order to keep the kids from fighting, four white kids were sent home who went to school wearing American Flags on their shirts to prevent violence and it has been upheld that schools have the right to make determinations on this.
Here's the thing, the day was probably meant to be a day celebrating the heritage of most of the kids to who go there, kind of like the Fourth of July celebrates the USA. So the kids wearing American Flags knew they were going to cause problems, in the way of violence, and went to school anyway, then their parents got pissed that they were sent home to change cause hey, it's America and A) we should be able to wear whatever we want and B) it's the American flag damnit. Normally I would agree with both but A) this is a high school and B) they had realist and serious concerns about gang violence so were probably trying to protect those kids.
Is it ideal? No. Does it mean that no kid in America can wear the American flag to school? NO!!! This is a very unique situation!! So let's not generalize this incidence to the rest of the country. I mean the USA is HUGE! :D
Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays
Then there is the whole Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays crap going on, just like every year. Here is an example:
First of all, except for some work locations, no one is going to tell you that you cannot say Merry Christmas. Some places like Walmart have told their folks to say Happy Holidays, but they can also tell you what to wear and to not swear. Happy Holidays encompasses Christmas, in case folks didn't know. So you are very unlikely to be walking around in normal world
Second of all, just because a large group of people here in the USA are Christian, does not mean that we cannot also be respectful towards other points of views, religiously. I know Christians believe their way is the one true way, and everyone else is going to hell (at least some sects do, wow... how depressing and negative and hateful). But so do some sects of Muslims. And Buddhists just want people to be at peace. I always like to think that it is more about your actions than what religion you say you follow. Maybe you go to church every day, but if you are a horrible person the rest of the week, you just suck as a person.
I refuse to apologize for my level of tolerance for diversity. Get over it.
PEACE! :D
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