Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash

[Air Jordan]

if you're celebrating cinco they mayo, people there and other countries are more open minded then the stupid ethenocentric americans. in case you forgot, white British owned only 13 colonies and the rest belong to mexico and some to native americans. spanish is US's 2nd language even though they may not see it. and lastly, US is the one that boasts about freedom of everything, mixing pot/salad and all that mumbo jumbo. but when those people try celebrate their heritage, you see this bigotry and ethnocentric americanism, so i guess all that "freedom" crap is only on paper or lip service.

What ethnocentric action was on display here? Does the story even say the ethnicity of the flag absconder?

You are also a bit over the top of the deprivation of freedom angle. It was the spontaneous and unauthorized action of a single physical education coach at a junior high school, not the organized persecution of a group of people. He was probably within his authority in taking the flag to avoid disrutpion of his class but he should not have thrown it in the trash. Still, I suspect nobody else will be waving flags in his class.

In any event, it hardly rises to the level of "Big Brother"

 

[barney]

if you're celebrating cinco they mayo, people there and other countries are more open minded then the stupid ethenocentric americans. in case you forgot, white British owned only 13 colonies and the rest belong to mexico and some to native americans. spanish is US's 2nd language even though they may not see it. and lastly, US is the one that boasts about freedom of everything, mixing pot/salad and all that mumbo jumbo. but when those people try celebrate their heritage, you see this bigotry and ethnocentric americanism, so i guess all that "freedom" crap is only on paper or lip service.

Cos a guy threw a flag in the trash and it made the headlines all over teh interwebs proofing taht teh USA R teh wurst PPl evar LOLOLOLOLOLO

 

[Woodrow]

Just my opinion, but this is a rediculous argument over a very vague issue.

The thead is not worth any of us getting our blood pressure elevated over.

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