Hundreds of Hispanic Students Leave School & Hold March Demanding Respect
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, May 7, 2010, 9:52 AM
What country are we in?
200 students left school and held a march today following the reports yesterday that 4 students dare wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo.
Hispanic students march down Monterey Road in Morgan Hill on Thursday morning asking for respect after Live Oak High School Principal Nick Boden ignited a controversy Wednesday by sending home five students who wore American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. (Photo by: MorganHill Times Staff)
MorganHill Times reported:
About 200 Hispanic teens are marching in Morgan Hill yelling “We want respect!” and “Si se puede!” in reaction to a controversy ignited when the Live Oak High School principal effectively sent four students home for wearing T-shirts with American flags on them during Cinco de Mayo.
Mexican-American students felt the students were being disrespectful on the only day they celebrate their heritage while students sporting red, white and blue said it violated their First Amendment rights.
Six police cars and a Morgan Hill motorcycle officer have been cruising alongside the large group as it marches.
The group – mostly high school students – walked out of school this morning after the story of four students who were sent home because they wore American flag T-shirts went viral on TV and online. Many wear red, white and green and two large Mexico flags can be seen at the front of the line.
The students say they want people to know they’re proud of their heritage and they believe wearing red, white and blue on Cinco de Mayo is disrespectful.
UPDATE: One of the disciplined students told FOX News today: “I Never Thought That I’d Be On National TV For Wearing An American Flag Shirt”
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 87 Comments
Rosey commented:
Cry me a freakin’ river…
Patman commented:
Stoooooopid.
If they want respect then stay in class, study hard, get good grades, get a good job, pay your taxes, stay out of jail.
Until that happens, who gives a crap about your “demands”.
So called “Respect” to a lot of these kids means shoot someone for giving the wrong gang sign.
Rosey commented:
Next May 5th, I’m burning a Mexican flag…see if my rights are upheld when I do?
Finncrisp commented:
I believe entering this country without documentation is illegal!
I believe tha allowing illegals who are also criminals who enter our country and shoot innocent ranchers and border patrol is disgraceful!
I would like to see one legal hispanic condemn the actions of these illegals against this country. That would earn some respect.
The sob stories about the hardships of deportation are tripe. Illegal means illegal…
Mark1957 commented:
Someone should remind them why they left their craphole country and came to the U.S.A. !
Just_Saying commented:
So, when did “respect” become the all-important word? Furthermore, doesn’t respect go both ways??
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Toaster802 commented:
ICE should be helping also, by loading these gangsters up on buses and shipping them back to the country they are so proud of. Oh, and issuing a shoot on sight order at the border…
But what the hell, it is only my country.
So if the feds are will to hand over our border states to Mexico, why should they care if my state votes for secession? If they won’t use force to prevent another country to “peacefully” remove our lands from our governace, why should the feds declare war on a state who’s citizens vote to leave the loving embrace of mother fedgov?
Ripped commented:
Shouldn’t the cops arrest them for skipping school? They should be locking them up not giving them an escort.
gail commented:
Precisely, Just Saying. You get respect when you give respect. These students should have respected other students’ rights, preferences, and allegiances; then their own flags and colors would draw more respect from others. Being pro-American is not the same as being anti-Mexican for heaven’s sake.
pm commented:
I have an idea we wouldn’t be too impressed with their parents either.
daryl commented:
Local School Suspends Student for Removing MEXICAN Flag
Location:
Spring, Tx. NNW of Houston
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http://www.ktrh.com/pages/michaelberry.html
logprof commented:
Very, very tempted to burn a Mexican flag . . .
iconoclast commented:
Punks who don’t deserve to live in this country. If they love Mexico so much, they should go there.
But we can see the little thugs who threatened the American students with violence for wearing the US flag on 5/5. If the school administration supports this gang-behavior then either the entire administration should be removed or a competing gang of Americans needs to form.
Remember November!!
Insufficiently Sensitive commented:
No respect for the American flag in America, senores y senoritas, then no respect for the Mexican flag in America either.
Oh, I forgot… they don’t teach logic in school any more.
redc1c4 commented:
obviously they are all members of the FFA.
“Future Felons of America”.
oh well, at least there won’t be a shortage of gardeners anytime soon.
Warthog commented:
The students say they want people to know they’re proud of their heritage and they believe wearing red, white and blue on Cinco de Mayo is disrespectful.
Well, now I know what to wear on May 5′th from now on.
(With just a little French tri-color flag pin to show who won that little war after the May 5′th setback…)
Viv commented:
You earn respect, you don’t demand it. These students are the ones who need to show respect. Respect to the country that gives them all the advantages the country they left does not. Respect to the country that allows them the freedoms their own country does not. Respect to the flag of the country they live in instead of treating it as offensive. If they are not happy they know where the border is!
Radegunda commented:
Lock the doors and don’t let them back in. Anyone who regards Old Glory as an insult to their Mexican pride has no moral claim on anything that America has to offer. If they have more loyalty to Mexico, that’s where they should be.
And as the state of California becomes more Mexican, look for those brats to be moving north as fast as they can.
ProLifer commented:
“Wearing red, white and blue on Cinco de Mayo is disrespectful.”
Perhaps — for an American living in Mexico!
Illegal Latinos,
May 5th is just another day in the USA.
If you don’t like it, Go Home!
Maria commented:
So? Let ‘em leave. Let ‘em keep walking back over the border. If the (Hispanic) principal had not called attention to the guys wearing American flags, thus getting media attention, those Mexican kids would never have noticed.
Did you know that in our public schools American History is not even required for graduation? At least that’s the way it is around here. They do require “World Studies”, though. So, is it any wonder these kids are the way they are?
Floyd Looney commented:
Respect is earned. Not handed out by government.
If you can wear the Mexican flag then you can wear the US flag too.
Its retarded to ban the US flag in the US while allowing Mexican flags everywhere.
Nahanni commented:
Sorry but after the actions, words and deeds of the Hispanic race warriors and their Corruptocrat allies I no longer have any respect for the lot of them. They can all go straight to hell as far as I am concerned, the sooner the better.
noislamocommie commented:
This is what left-wing patrician BUSH got started & Obama is mission-complete.
Sunspots commented:
And how is leaving school and marching on American soil waving the Mexican flag not disrespectful? I’d like to hear a logical answer from these kids, assuming they are capable of any kind of logic or non-victim identity politics kind of answer.
These “Mexican-American” students should be suspended for leaving school during school hours and marching around waving Mexican flags and for offending all the proud American kids that attend the school and all the American taxpayers that fund the school! They should also be taught by their teachers that Cinco de Mayo is a friggin’ fake holiday and that they are making fools of themselves by getting their undies in such a wad over it. Then they need to be taught that as long as they are on American soil, attending an American school, funded by American taxpayer dollars, that the American flag is appropriate to fly and respectfully depict on clothing at all times, including fake holidays of other countries and the only appropriate place to fly the Mexican flag is in Mexico!
ptgustan commented:
An outstanding suggestion, Warthog. Perhaps just a RW&B ribbon held in place with a fleur-de-lis pin.
Scott commented:
Let’s see if I have this right.
Four students who wanted to attend class were sent home because they refused to turn their shirts that displayed the American flag inside out.
So 200 hispanic students remain angry even though the 4 students were stupidly sent home. To vent their misplaced anger that 4 Americans were sent home from school for wearing clothing displaying an American flag, the 200 students decide to protest by walking out of class. But the story makes no mention the 200 hispanics who are cutting class will be punished in any way.
Multi-cultural, political correctness over-rules common sense every time and is destroying the country.
ClassicFilm commented:
Cinco de Mayo is not a holy day, and is barely acknowledged in Mexico. Only Puebla, Mexico honors it and the rest of Mexico pretty much ignores it. California celebrates it much like Oktoberfest is celebrated by Germans. It’s a big party day, which a tequila company pushed for some years back to help with tequila sales. It is NOT the equivalent of Mexican Independence Day or Fourth of July, and even if it was, non-Mexicans wearing clothing that shows American patriotism is NOT disrespect.
Blind, stupid, bogus outrage simply for outrage sake… these kids should all be suspended. I’ll bet if you asked them what Cinco de Mayo commemorates, they’d be hard-pressed to have an answer.
Additionally, the students who wore the patriotic clothing were sent home, disrespectful of THEM and their civil rights. These Latino student protesters are becoming “outraged” after the fact, likely fired up by local Hispanic community organizers. Teenagers will protest anything if they can ditch classes (and that isn’t a race thing, but an adolescent thing).
James T. commented:
the little leftists in training can blow it out their a$$. They demand respect for their flag but they certainly show no respect for ours. Hre’s a life lesson, if you want respect, you better give it in return.We are seeing 200 future McDonald’s employees with these students. Time for a lawsuit against the school
Barb_NC commented:
I remember when girls were NOT allowed to wear pants in school.. Anyone else? My ONLY effort at rebellion in school was to band together with EVERY girl in my high school to wear “koulocks”(shorts with flap to look like a skirt) to school on a chosen day. We were ALL sent home BUT girls wear pants to school now, LOL.
My point….
This is AMERICA and we should be able to DISPLAY the American Flag ANY TIME and ANYWHERE we want to…PERIOD! It should NEVER be considered a lack of respect…PERIOD!
So…..America LOVING kids should wear their AMERICAN FLAG T-SHIRTS on a set day ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY! Maybe THAT will SHUT THESE PEOPLE UP ONCE AND FOR ALL!
bman commented:
The other day in Dodge City (60% hispanic) I spoke Spainish to the check out lady in Dillons. She informed me that she spoke English, was a third generation American, and please don’t confuse her with the illegals that are showing up in her country.
John Gargano commented:
Where in the entire history of civilization has any group of people entered a foreign country and placed their demands for respect above their respect for the people of the country they have entered?
This situation only serves to accentuate why so many of us have so little respect for these people in the first place. How did they develop such huge fragile egos that brought them to place their demands so forcefully upon us and then to subsequently issue threats and behave abhorrently if we do not comply?
People who forcefully project their identity are simply insecure people who are making a futile effort to tell the world how they believe they should be looked upon. Unfortunately for them, they often create a self-fulfilling prophesy because no one likes people that are arrogance and defiant. People are fully able to determine on their own who they wish to respect or not.
When I see displays of disrespectful behavior like this – especially having to do with our flag and other symbols of our nation – it only crystallizes my intense distaste for these people. They have done little but imported their culture of conflict to our nation. I believe we would be better off if we sought to diversify our immigrant population because these hateful angry people are going to be nothing but trouble in the long term.
Chip Bennett commented:
So, I’m wondering if Principal Rodriguez*, who threatened to suspend, on the grounds of defiance, the four American flag-wearing students if they tried to return to class rather than turn their shirts inside-out or else return home to change them, likewise will be suspending these Hispanic students for blatant truancy?
What? You mean, no, he won’t be?
No; I’m not really surprised.
* Yes**, I am accusing Principal Rodriguez of exercising bigoted behavior throughout this incident.
** And, Yes, I am channeling my inner Moe Lane. (Anyone who reads RedState will understand.)
gus commented:
They can go straight to hell. Get these pigs out of my country.
Chip Bennett commented:
By the way, as much as I can understand the sentiment behind those who say they are tempted to burn a Mexican flag, I can’t condone it.
First, flag-burning is intentionally inflammatory – which is not the basis of the conservative message.
Second, as someone who has spent a great deal of time doing mission work in Mexico, I cannot fault the good people of Mexico for the actions of either the criminal Mexicans who are here illegally or idiotic, naturalized Mexican-Americans who are showing their ignorance and petulance.
The latter – with whom we have our disagreement – in no way represent or resemble the former.
Stuart commented:
They are not demanding respect. Let us be perfectly clear about that.
They are demanding obeisance.
ClassicFilm commented:
FYI: Access to the MorganHill Times site, via the link provided here and on Google searches, is currently producing this error message: Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)
Meltdown at MorganHill Times methinks. Glad Jim was able to get the scoop before all Hades broke lose…
ClassicFilm commented:
To Chip Bennett:
Moe Lane rocks the house! Thanks for the laugh, sir.
Respect? commented:
Assimilation fail.
aprilnovember811 commented:
They want to steal the country from the very people whose ancestor’s founded it. I’ve had it with Obama, inciting civil unrest everywhere. Kick that Kenyan despot out!!!!
Respect? commented:
If they want respect they should stay in school, study, and make the most of the opportunities that are theirs for the taking.
They could have staged this after classes were out for the day.
Loco!
HeidiM. commented:
Being a teacher, I can guess that these are not the the best and brightest that the school has to offer, but rather, students who found this protest as a good reason to ‘take the day off’. It was good for these kids to get out of the classroom, as I suspect, they probably are the ones who are the most disruptive in class. I’m sure the teachers and other students did not miss them.
CT commented:
Demand RESPECT NO! Earn CONTEMPT YES!
Tom63010 commented:
Unfortunately these students missed Social Studies or they would have learned what the word assimilate means.
I used to work in Miami back in early eighties, and the immigrants from Cuba loved America and would NEVER act like this. Admittedly that was a long time ago so perhaps the generation there would now.
The people I worked with loved Ronald Reagan, we sure could use a president like him now!
DINORight commented:
Si se puede…….be suspended! Every one of these students should be suspended for 3 days minimum. The 5 boys were punished for what MIGHT happen. These students need to be punished for what they ACTUALLY did! Anything less, and the school should lose funding for failing to maintain discipline in the school.
texas commented:
Wearing Red, White & Blue in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is NEVER DISRESPECTFUL!
I say celebrate your holiday but, respect the Country that you are living in. THIS IS NOT MEXICO!
Melody commented:
Can you say, deport thier illegal parents and the principal should be let go who started this crap..
Bobbi commented:
Some0ne posted the wrong phone number for the principal’s office. Here is the right on (408) 201-6100
Soros commented:
“Mexican-American students felt the students were being disrespectful on the only day they celebrate their heritage”
Really. celebrate your heritage on Easter, Christmas, Columbus Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, etc … and if you dont see your heritage there, as an American, you must not be in the right country.
They are engaging in Leftism, and they earn condemnation not respect for that.
respect is earned.
KG commented:
So we can’t wear our own colors on any other nations “holiday” now because we might offend them in OUR country??? This world has gone mad.
Soros commented:
“Can you say, deport thier illegal parents”
No can do. Nobody enforces the law, and those that do are deemed the problem not the solution.
We are becoming a nation of outlaws.
Mary Ellen/Nunly commented:
They should keep on marching…all the way to Mexico. Showing the American flag or any sense of patriotism toward the United States should not be punished. If the Hispanic community want respect, those who are living in the US legally should be speaking out against those who are here illegally.
I have to wonder of those Hispanics who walked out of school will be suspended or punished, as the kids who had the “audacity” to wear a shirt with an American flag on it. Something tells me that they all got away with this scott-free….because heaven forbid should they be punished for breaking the rules.
KG commented:
Hurry up, somebody make a list of all the nations holidays so we can be sure not to offend anyone. Hurry up before riots and protests break out. Good grief.
Freddy commented:
Vice Principal Rodriguez is using his position in the school system to foment hatred of the US flag and ALL it stands for!
People, like RODRIGUEZ, will not rest until these students, and as many others as he can influence, grow up and learning to HATE the USA and ultimatly DEMAND its destruction.
These teachers have NO INTEREST in teaching assimilation, instead they teach HATE.
It is the liberals in California that call anyone that points out this invasion by a foreign government, RACIST!
SeniorD commented:
Cinco de Mayo isn’t celebrated in Mexico as it is here. GO BACK and see if you can get the same level of education in Mexico.
KR commented:
Sadly ironic that the schools have abandoned educating students. It seems to be about just hanging on to “not inciting violence”.
When La Raza is educating them, this is what you get, ignorant, arrogant people.
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=23044
Venezuela has Chavez because the majority are ignorant and believe Chavez’s hype about giving them the “material stuff”.
jonyjoe101 commented:
when the great illegal obama does this tho the american flag
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c3WtQv44wGc/S1YaHaNXxVI/AAAAAAAACJU/A4a2x25xZas/s1600-h/obapee2.gif
All the rest of the illegals want to do the same.
My advice to the Mexicans, go back to Mexico and wave your cowardly flag there. The mexican flag has never been to foreign battlefields, it’s never been to the moon, it’s never hunted down pirates, it’s never defended freedom. It should never be displayed anywhere near an American flag.
Patriot commented:
Let the school know how you feel. Here’s their contact info.
Contact Live Oak High School’s Principal and Assistant Principal!
408-201-6100 + “1″ + extension
Principal Nick Boden
Email: Nick.Boden@mhu.k12.ca.us
Extension: 40102
Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez
Email: Miguel.Rodriguez@mhu.k12.ca.us
Extension: 40105
nelli commented:
Sunspots #25, if these kids were respected, they’d get exactly what you laid out. But they are being disrespected, not by a few kids wearing flags, but by a system that expects less from them than from others, and that tiptoes around their feelings as if they can’t handle even the most minor non-incident like this.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
JonyJoe #58
“My advice to the Mexicans, go back to Mexico and wave your cowardly flag there. The mexican flag has never been to foreign battlefields, it’s never been to the moon, it’s never hunted down pirates, it’s never defended freedom. It should never be displayed anywhere near an American flag.”
I wish we could have a comment-rating system.
BIG KUDOS for that.
Aitch748 commented:
OK, this ticks me off. If I wasn’t inclined to tell these kids to go jump into the Rio Grande, I am now.
I’m not typically a big flag waver, but I’m getting sick and tired of hearing that displaying our own flag, the U.S. flag, Old Glory, is somehow disrespectful or racist or liable to provoke riots. These [bleep]holes want to walk into our country and take our resources from us and tell us we have no call to display our own flag on their holiday — a holiday that apparently isn’t even celebrated in Mexico! And now they’re organizing into bands and marching down the streets — why?
Hey kids, this will make us like you LESS, resent you MORE, and end up even LESS inclined to want to show you “respect.” I would just like to exercise my First Amendment rights to state that you Mexicanista kids are all a bunch of freeloading swine, and that if your flag is the Mexican flag and if you’re offended at the sight of the American flag, then you’re in the wrong country. You’ll never be Americans in my eyes with the attitude you have; you’ll always be unwelcome squatters, unless you either learn to respect the country you’re in or pack up and move to the country you prefer.
pm commented:
I can’t get beyond what looks like the children running things. This is a recipe for disaster.
When a home, or a school – or a nation – has the immature and rebellious taking control, you’ve got trouble.
These kids need to be put in their place pronto just like this administration needs a boot out of Washington.
ProLifer commented:
I heard last night on Fox News that there are over 140,000 illegals in Pennsylvania. And that we are trying to pass the Arizona Law here.
I hope it passes. I live in a city and, in my neighborhood, English is rarely heard!
The illegals seem to take over an area and try to force others out. When they behave badly, I ask God to bless them — and peace is usually restored.
Yes — This really works.
“When we ask God to bless those who curse us,
deliverance occurs!”
The illegal invasion is a threat that grows daily.
God save us.
Militant Conservative commented:
No more 5th of May celibrations. I’ll burn the Mexican socialist flag so they can show me some respect.
powder is dry.
pamlinson commented:
If their so PROUD of Mexico, why are they living HERE?
Auntie Em commented:
So basically, these students are freeloaders too…..GREAT!
We are raising a country full of foreign moochers.
squeaky commented:
July 4th is the country’s birthday. not having listen to much of what these protestors say i
refer to a comment by another that the complainants made reference to july 4th being
“your” holiday. obviously they have no alligance
to this country.
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Elly commented:
Rolls eyes… haul their ingrateful behinds back to class or home, courtesy of ICE.
Mrgoodwench commented:
Anchor – babies have grown up !!!
Look what our taxes paid for
These mexicans exist because of the American taxpayer funding their birth, medical, education, housing, clothing, food and public defenders. And they find American flag disrespectful ?
They are parasites who not only feed on our country but will ultimately contribute to its death.
BTW where are the parents of these mexicans ?
Candido commented:
FOXNews.com – Should the American Flag Be Banned — in America?
This is absolute bull, please vote and let people know this can never happen
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/06/american-flag-banned-america/
Kitty commented:
This Far Side cartoon comes to mind:
http://keepyourhead.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/school-for-the-gifted_farside.jpg
…
Audacity commented:
These students do not respect this country. This is not Mexico. If we don’t do something about illegal immigration NOW we won’t recognize our country or our flag in 10yrs.
CLN commented:
Check their papers and send the “undocumented” back home…ASAP
john commented:
I don’t wear green on saint patty’s day, and i’ll wear red white and blue on the 5th of may from now on.
Respect us – this isn’t Mexico.
ps – I certainly won’t patronize Mexican restaurants on the the 5th of May anymore, and I used to.
BigJ commented:
Hey, amigos! If ya love Mexico so much, why don’t you move your whiny nalgas back there? In fact, please do. We don’t need “Mexican-Americans” (or any type of hyphenated Americans) here; we need real, patriotic Americans.
Don Rodrigo commented:
What IS the deal with Cinco de Mayo? It celebrates the defeat of a French army by a Mexican one. Sheesh, what’s to celebrate about that? No wonder Mexicans in general ignore it.
Besides, after that “victory,” the French tried again and took over Mexico. One of the primary reasons the French eventually lost Mexico was because the U.S. was finished with its Civil War, and had this huge army ready to invoke the Monroe Doctrine. The French decided to cut-and-run like true cheese-eating surrender monkeys. So, thanks to America, Mexico regained its freedom. You’re welcome.
Corporal Vere commented:
You want respect?
Earn it.
Start by doing your best in school and carry forward a hard work/positive attitude in everything you do.
Traipsing around screaming “Si se puede.” won’t get you anywhere.
Who do you think you are, Al Sharpton?
Lenore commented:
Parents should have been sueing the schools all along for the kind of crap we have been seeing. I blame parents for the mess the schools are in with all this anti white political correctness. Parents created this problem by their inaction.
Seansie commented:
Demanding respect? Did I just see a sign stating “I CUT YOU MANG”?
Will commented:
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?
Seriously, one of the girls was quoted saying, “I wouldn’t do this on the 4th of July.”
As if that’s the same thing right? Considering the 4th of July is the celebration of the independence of the country that THOSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE PLEDGING THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO. They have this perception that they are Mexicans in America, and American shouldn’t disrespect them for being Mexican. Guess what?! THEY’RE NOT MEXICAN. THEY’RE AMERICANS.
As far as I’m concerned if they’re so proud of Mexico they can all go live there if they’re going to “disrespect” the country that gives them independence.
I guarantee no more than 5% of them know what Cinco de Mayo is even celebrating.
Joe commented:
Looks like diversity isn’t such a strength after all.
TED commented:
“Hundreds of Hispanic Students Leave School” FANTASTIC! A step in the right direction, NOW STAY GONE!!
Jesusland commented:
Let the deportations begin (and I say that as a hispanic American).
TimT commented:
Pefect opportunity to round them up and ship them back to Mexico..let’s see, 200 kids x 2 parents each…it’s a start!
I’d like to see a poll taken by one of the news outlets (unbaised outlet if you can find one) out there asking these misfits what the meaning of Cinco De Mayo is and what exactly it’s significance is…I’ll bet less than 20% can answer.
Georgia commented:
They should have locked the school doors right after they exited and not allowed them back in.
Seriously, will any of these hooligans be suspended for skipping school? NO.
This incident that the political left cares less about education than it does about brainwashing our precious children to be life long democratic party voters.
WHEN oh WHEN will people stand up, speak out, and TAKE ACTION? Vote the entire school board out. Sue the principal into smithereenes for violating constitutional rights.
And BUILD A FIFTY FOOT HIGH, TWELVE FEET THICK FENCE on our border with land mines for two miles north of it.
If you want to come to America, come through the front door and leave your former country behind. Keep your traditions, but move your loyalties. Just like the rest of our immigrant forefathers and mothers did.
Carbon Monoxide commented:
Tomorrow is “Hard Hat Riot Day”, a REAL reason to celebrate!!
Sandy commented:
I know where these students can display the Mexican Flag everyday–MEXICO.
Darwin Akbar commented:
I’ll bet the overwhelming majority of these snotty brats were not born in Mexico and have never been to Mexico. I suggest that they be sent over to Juarez for a weekend “field trip” with a backpack and $25 cash….perhaps, when they are clamoring to get back into the U.S., assuming they survive, they’ll appreciate why their parents or grandparents risked all they had to cross the border and start up a new life.
When your “heritage” is a lawless, dirty, festering, corrupt, inefficient, poverty-striken, murderous drug-infested stinkhole that hasn’t been able to get out of its own way for a hundred years, I wouldn’t be so proud, by the way.
iconoclast commented:
Oddly enough, my letter to the school’s principal and vice-principal castigating their actions on May 5th never generated a response.
They are probably in fear of their lives from the mexican juvie gangs that seem to run this school. Sounds like a good school to just shut down and replace with vouchers.
Jerry C commented:
Time to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance. Also, bet this came from a public school.
Chesire Cat commented:
Just curious, if the HS Mexican Vice Principal thought it was perfectly okay to send home students for where clothing that had an American flag on it, does he also think that these students should be reprimanded for being truant and not in school without a parental note?
Do they have a permit to protest? Do they have a note from mom to be out of school?
Unreal, tax payer $’s having to be spent on a police presence following these malcontents.
I hate to break it to you … THIS IS AMERICA!
Sandy commented:
These kids have no clue how lucky they are to be in this great nation where they have the opportunity to be all that they can be.
Most immigrants come to this nation to integrate themselves in our culture. This group thinks we should change our culture to suit them. In this case its the fault of teachers who spend their time nursing future Libs. Hopefully, teachers like this will be fired when Republicans enact new standards.
Sandy commented:
A caller to Rush made a good point–did the High School fly the American Flag on Cinco De Mayo? If not, that might be grounds for dismissal.
LiberalsPlotToMakeAmericaWeak&Poor commented:
Sounds like they have not learned the basic truth ‘respect is earned’, not demanded, yet.
bartdp commented:
Considering that Corona Beer, is responsible for all the hype about Cino de Mayo this is amazing its not even a major holiday in Mexico…….this is silly!
Sandy commented:
Why hasn’t Mexico built a wall to keep their citizens from leaving? Their leaders seem perfectly content to leave their problems to Uncle Sucker.
S. Wolf commented:
When Vietnamese came here they didn’t make a point of flaunting the flag of Vietnam.
seven commented:
Cinco de Mayo is a huge deal. For me. I prepared refritos frijoles and celebrated my 30th anniversary with my job. My great grand parents were mexican but not Hispanic. Great granny moved to Bolivia. They came from Russia.
Just a perspective. The kids need to be taught which sie of the border they are at.
Threatening and hurting people is not how you get respect. It is like scrooing for chastity.
Sandy commented:
Chuck Schumer asked the Governor of Arizona to delay implementation of Immigration Bill for a year while Congress pushes through their own bill. Her answer — NO.
Funny how the only politicans with cahones seem to be women.
George F Somsel commented:
These students are showing no respect for this country. My family came from the Czech Republic. While I have a certain affection for it, this is my country and this is the country whose holidays I celebrate. If they are legally present, they should do the same. If they are not legally present, they should go home and make application to enter legally. I have no respect for those who show no respect for this country.
Chippy commented:
Might as well close the school down. Kids aren’t learning anything.
Patriot commented:
Ridiculous!
This is America. I would advise those kids to wear an American flag every day!
Better yet all the parents that have children in ANY public school should get them out!
Why have your childreen indoctinated with vile, anti-American, atheist, socialist/marxist rhetoric?!?
Bad enough they teach junk science, but they’ve gone too far in banning the flag!
IOpian commented:
If they want respect then sit down, STFU and do your homework. It is impossible to ‘demand’ respect, it is something one earns through ones actions. Then perhaps they would learn to quit using the respect when they actually mean fear.
Karen commented:
Estos son los Estados Unidos de America, si usted no quiere ver nuestra bandera vayase para Mexico
Doggy commented:
These kids are breaking real school rules and state laws requiring children to attend school, not made up rules about the American flag. But see if THEY get disciplined!
If showing pride in one’s country is offensive, then there should be no celebrating Cinco de Mayo in the US, as it would offend every non Mexican. You can’t have it both ways, amigos.
Funny how Mexicans risk their lives sneaking into the US to say how much they hate it here and love Mexico. No one’s keeping you; go back anytime, if you’re so freakin’ proud of the place. It would be a win-win situation, you don’t want to be here, and we don’t want you here (illegally, that is). Simple solution: LEAVE! Problem solved, everyone’s desire is satisfied, no?
Teardrop commented:
Georgia
May 7th, 2010 | 12:56 pm | #92
“If you want to come to America, come through the front door and leave your former country behind. Keep your traditions, but move your loyalties. Just like the rest of our immigrant forefathers and mothers did.”
Amen to that one!!! I am all for remembering your heritage, but this is going way too far.
Sandy
May 7th, 2010 | 1:28 pm | #106
“Chuck Schumer asked the Governor of Arizona to delay implementation of Immigration Bill for a year while Congress pushes through their own bill. Her answer — NO.
Funny how the only politicans with cahones seem to be women.”
This is just sooooo true lately. What is up with that?? I am glad to see women stepping up to the plate the way that they are. It is about time!!!
You go girls!!!!!
Betsy Ross commented:
Not understanding why these punk-@ss turds are even in the United States of America….go back to good ol’ mexico….sounds like you all don’t even like it here…just get the h#ll out and leave us alone….respect, my @ss! Where’s my RESPCET and THANKS for taking my hard-earned tax money so you all can live comfortably here in the great USA…..gah, this is incredibly annoying.
mcnorman commented:
I can only imagine trying this in Mexico. I can see a quick escort to prison y pronto.
Jack Smith commented:
So it’s not OK for students to wear red, white, and blue in America, but red, white and green is fine? I’d sure like to know what would happen if some American kids tried this in Mexico? Of course, who would want to go there–that’s why all of them come here and cost us millions each year to take care of them.
Opaobie commented:
I wonder how many of these “Cinco de Mayo” celebraters took part the next day in the National Day of Prayer.
For you Liberals, unlike the non-holiday “Cinco de Mayo” that these anarchists want to FORCE US to observe, (from Wikipedia,) “The National Day of Prayer (36 U.S.C. § 119)[1] is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are simply asked ‘to turn to God in prayer and meditation’. The law formalizing its annual observance was enacted in 1952″. Unlike the non-holiday “Cinco de Mayo”, people from ALL religions, ALL races, and ALL ethnicities are INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. A specious challenge has been filed against it, but just like the specious challenges to “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on our money, it will fail.
By the way, Cinco de Mayo is not even celebrated as a holiday in MEXICO.
…next on the expose list, KWANZA!!
Opaobie commented:
Jack Smith, an American High School student who went to Mexico just last weekend came home in a COFFIN, remember?
A_Nonny_Mouse commented:
See? Another reason to seal off the border…
If they’re so dang proud of Mexico and its corrupt third-world culture, they need to GO BACK to the ancestral homeland. Maybe if they STAY they can find a way to fix it. Or not. Don’t really care much as they’re not here demanding that we accommodate illegals.
Sigh, I suppose we can’t REALLY make them go, BUT — if their teachers had any balls, the next day’s lesson plan would include a full afternoon reading and discussing Mexico’s immigration policy and why THEY deal so harshly with illegals….
Joanne commented:
Proud of your heritage – then move back to Mexico or be proud of being American….jerks.
Rhymes With Right commented:
Wasn’t the deal that Cinco de Mayo was their day and we Americans get the rest. Seems to me like they broke that one, so Cinco de Mayo is canceled for next year –
Actually, what they need to realize is what I wrote yesterday about this whole issue — Nobody, of any race, ethnicity, or national origin, has the right to not be offended by the speech of members of other groups that treads upon their sensitivities. I’ll concede that May 5 may be a special day for you when you express your pride in your ancestry, but you have no right to demand that others hold their tongues on that day. They cause you no harm whatsoever by the display of their flag or symbol. They take no property that belongs to you, they inflict no physical harm upon you, they interfere with no right that you have to express your pride. They simply express pride in something else — their ethnicity and their national pride — and you have no right to stop or interfere with that expression on what you consider to be “your day” any more than they have the right to suppress yours on May 5 or any other day of the year.
http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/301314.php
blinker commented:
How about the day after 9/11. By the same silly reasoning, any Muslim in Muslim garb that was worn in NYC that day should have taken it off. A real sign of disrespect. Didn’t happen though did it. The PC police weren’t around.
The Caffeine Talking commented:
Well, kids make mistakes and are easily manipulated by their leftist teachers – only the smart survive the all pervasive leftist indoctrination that is the modern public school. I blame the leftist teachers for inciting these divisions in the first place…
Lisa commented:
I am so disgusted at what the left is doing to this country. These punks aren’t worthy of anyone’s respect! This is our country and the first salvo at taking this country back begins in November! We can’t ever let up or ever forget how progressives, open-borders zealots, and Crime, Inc. have all but destroyed our nation.
Not racist, not violent, just not silent anymore!
Lisa commented:
My friend, Vic Sanchez, appeared on the Glenn Beck show yesterday and talked about how he came to this country LEGALLY. He said it best when he said these illegals streaming in from Mexico act entitled and we owe them. We don’t owe them squat! They need to take their sorry butts back to Mexico and make their own government work for them. I for one have had enough!
Conservatives/libertarians need to stand up and be heard and stop taking this garbage!
C+M commented:
Guarenteed most of these student only did this to get out of school.
Sojourner commented:
..It seems Live Oak High has bigger problems with race and culture that are condoned by the school’s administration.
Meet MECha: A Student Club: Live Oak High…Nationalist Movement..Seeks to Free their People from Oppressive Society.. that Occupies..their Land.
…”One of the school’s clubs, along side the Chess Club and Drama Guild, is a club called M.E.Ch.A.
MEChA stands for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán).
According to their national organization’s Web site, MEChA is. . .
Essentially, we are a Chicana and Chicano student movement directly linked to Aztlán. As Chicanas and Chicanos of Aztlán, we are a nationalist movement of Indigenous Gente that lay claim to the land that is ours by birthright. As a nationalist movement we seek to free our people from the exploitation of an oppressive society that occupies our land. Thus, the principle of nationalism serves to preserve the cultural traditions of La Familia de La Raza and promotes our identity as a Chicana/Chicano Gente.
The Mexican Nationalist group is very protective of its members and structures and clearing states when referring to “infiltration”:
. . . we cannot believe in unity for unity’s sake since there are many opportunistic organizations, groups, and/or individuals who care only for themselves and not for our people. Just as we would expel FBI or CIA agent provocateurs from our organizations, such opportunistic organizations, groups, and/or individuals must be exposed and expelled to strengthen our Movement.
(While Live Oak also sponsors clubs such as the Black Student Union, and the Asian Student Union, those groups foster and “promote activities of common interest” rather than seeking to free their people “from the exploitation of an oppressive society that occupies our land.)
http://concrave.com/content/00127-tensions-rise-live-oak-high-mexican-students-revolt
(MECha is one radical host spreading the disease, hate.. and to me, is the real story…. it needs to be exposed to the bright light of day).
Opaobie commented:
…and what would they do with all the property that the United States developed into prosperous, productive, thriving centers of civilization?…turn it back into cesspools and monuments of human sacrifice like their ancestors did or into anarchist drug and human trafficking havens like their peers are doing in Mexico today? MUCUS GRAB-US (sometimes pronounced MUCUS GRAB-A$$).
Martha commented:
Respect can only be earned.
Opaobie commented:
By the way, what flag did the school fly on the flagpole on May 5th? If it was the American flag, the school officials are hypocrites for demanding that the students remove theirs. If it was the Mexican flag, they should be disciplined for violating the law that requires flying the American flag at all public schools. Will the media ever contact the school officials and then publish the answer?
dirtmonkey commented:
I say if they don’t like it here so much, and feel a sense of disrespect for our AMERICAN flag, then they are free to leave.
Soloman commented:
They should be grateful for the right to wear their “red, white, and green” in the land of red, white, and blue!!
Linked to this piece with more opinion at Wisdom of Soloman.
greenfairie commented:
Time to toss out the anchor babies.
AuntieMadder commented:
Are they marching south? Cool. Have them keep marching until they’re home.
AuntieMadder commented:
Karen #112 – Right on. (Google Translate sure comes in handy.)
Cromagnum commented:
I wonder if next year, they will wear a 14th Amendment T Shirt?
Radegunda commented:
Lisa #126, Unfortunately, libertarians are not going to stand with conservatives on this, because they tend to reduce everything to an economic transaction, and to think that as long as employers are willing to hire illegals, there’s no good reason to keep them out of the country.
I’ve actually heard some dimwit libertarians argue that it’s hypocritical to want better enforcement of our borders and immigration laws because that’s “more government” and conservatives are supposed to want “less government”!
So, don’t expect libertarian help on the immigration problem.
Dennis commented:
Apparently they think their heritage is incompatible with America.
Maybe us conservatives should espouse the same view and see what happens…oh wait, that would be pointless, because everyone already knows.
PhatKickr commented:
Everybody calm down.
Americans first lock the doors and then be nice to the ones present. 12 million is dealable but don’t ask for more problems.
Mexicans/hispanics please become nicer – please leave your bad ways to mud because it’s time to be nicer and change the world together.
American101 commented:
Wag of the finger to both sides of this ridiculous issue!
It scares me that these students would feel so strongly, to try and inflame nationalistic (and racial) tensions and incite needless hatred, for no good purpose. Let the Mexican Americans celebrate their heritage in peace. I would only hope that the Mexican American students are equally, no, more patriotic to their actual home (United States).
And Mexican Americans – don’t hurt your cause by protesting that this was “disrespectful”. That just counter-feeds right into the incitement of hatred and in-your-face controversy that serves no legitimate purpose.
All of these participants are acting, well, like kids. Hmmm…
American101 commented:
PS – all the pseudo patriotic flag waving and not so thinly veiled hatred here is disgusting! It’s very un-American and absurdly hypocritical to criticize someone for exercising their free speech rights while you do the same, yelling at them to leave if they don’t like it.