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Jaiden's mom has exposed one reality of raising based children: It involves our own form of political indoctrination.Here's what's POSITIVE about the Gadsden flag school scandal
Conservatives across the country are infuriated by the recent incident at The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs, where Jaiden Rodriguez, a seventh-grade student, was told by the administration that he must remove the Gadsden flag patch on his backpack, as it was associated with slavery and therefore racist.
Obviously, the situation is outrageous, as the Gadsden flag is tied to the Revolutionary War and British tyranny and not slavery in any capacity. It also exemplifies the ever-expanding definition of racism as well as the censorship and virtue-signaling that’s unfortunately come to define the country.
However, Glenn Beck sees the silver lining.
For starters, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an organization Glenn has always been at odds with, ruled that “it's not a racist symbol,” and “even the governor of Colorado — a Democrat — said the Gadsden flag is a proud symbol of American Revolution and an iconic warning to Britain or any government not to violate the Liberties of Americans,” he says.
But what Glenn finds most encouraging is how Jaiden Rodriguez has handled this difficult situation.
“I love this kid,” says Glenn. “He knows what he’s talking about.”
“He’s back in school with the flag on his backpack today,” Glenn says, which is largely the result of Jaiden and his mother refusing to be bullied into submission.
Perhaps this situation hints that people have had enough of leftist policies and are finally taking a stand.
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The Gadsden flag is racist?! Teacher gets BRUTAL 'Don't Tread on Me' lesson
The Gadsden flag is known by most Americans as a symbol of colonial unity against British oppression.
However, it’s now considered “racist” by some, and a 12-year-old boy in Colorado Springs is standing up against that notion.
The boy, Jaiden, has a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack. His school apparently stated that he cannot wear the “Don’t Tread on Me” patch because officials have deemed it racist.
One teacher claimed that the flag’s origins were "with slavery."
Jaiden was then pulled from his classroom for refusing to take it off, before his mother came to the school to defend her son and educate school officials on what the flag actually symbolizes, which, of course, is not slavery.
“The only tie between the Gadsden flag and racism is that they happened concurrently,” Pat Gray tells “The News & Why It Matters” host Sara Gonzales and contributor Jaco Booyens.
“There was a Gadsden flag when there was slavery. That’s your deal? I mean, how are you tying that in, it had nothing to do with it,” he adds.
Gonzales is aware of the flag's actual origins as well.
“She clearly used the word origins. So, she’s saying it originated first because of slavery, which is completely inaccurate. It was of course the American Revolution, and I mean Ben Franklin, this was his brainchild,” she explains.
While it’s very clear that the flag is not racist but a symbol of the American Revolution, it seems to still be lost on the Colorado Springs school staff.
This is made obvious in a leaked email exchange between the school director, Jeff Yocum, and Jaiden’s mother.
“As discussed, I am providing you the rationale for determining the Gadsden Flag is considered an unacceptable symbol,” Yocum writes, before adding a link to a Washington Post article.
“It’s tied to the Confederate flag and other white supremacy groups, including Patriot groups,” Yocum continues, adding that it was “tied to hate groups” as well.
The mother wasn’t having it, responding, “Respectfully, everything can be considered racist and tied to white supremacy. It’s sad because when everything becomes racist, then nothing is. When we actually need to cry racism and oppression and it’s actually happening, no one will take it seriously.”
The mother then linked her articles that claim things like water and math are racist.
“To that mom I say fight, and then get your kid the heck out of that indoctrination camp,” Booyens says.
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Middle school student earns major win after school demanded he remove Gadsden flag from backpack
The Colorado school that admonished a middle school student for displaying the Gadsden flag on his backpack will now allow the student to display the flag.
What is the background?
The story of 12-year-old Jaiden, a seventh-grade student at the Vanguard School in Colorado Springs, went viral on Tuesday after video showed school administrators reprimanding him over a "Don't Tread on Me" flag patch on his backpack.
School officials claimed the flag is associated with slavery and racism, assertions to which the boy's mother objected.
"The reason we do not want the flag displayed is due to its origins with slavery and the slave trade," a school administrator told the boy's mother, claiming it was "disruptive to the classroom environment."
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In emails with the student's mother, school administrators also claimed the Gadsden flag is connected to "hate groups," the Confederate flag, and "white supremacy groups."
The school defended itself on Tuesday after receiving national media attention, claiming the story was "incomplete," according to a statement shared with KOAA-TV.
The Vanguard School said the Gadsden flag patch "was part of half a dozen other patches of semi-automatic weapons" on the backpack, but acknowledged that Jaiden removed those firearm-related patches. However, the statement failed to explain why school administrators demanded the removal of the Gadsden flag patch and falsely associated it with slavery. The patch does not violate the school's dress-code policy.
What is happening now?
The Vanguard School board of directors held an emergency meeting late Tuesday and decided Jaiden can sport the "Don't Treat on Me" flag patch.
In an email to parents of the Vanguard School, which was shared with TheBlaze, the board of directors explained:
From Vanguard’s founding we have proudly supported our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the ordered liberty that all Americans have enjoyed for almost 250 years. The Vanguard School recognizes the historical significance of the Gadsden flag and its place in history. This incident is an occasion for us to reaffirm our deep commitment to a classical education in support of these American principles.
At this time, the Vanguard School Board and the District have informed the student’s family that he may attend school with the Gadsden flag patch visible on his backpack.
The student's mother, Eden Rodriguez, told KOAA that she is proud her son took a stand.
"I do want him to stand up for his rights and [not] say 'bow down to the government,'" she told the news station. "I'm proud that he just chose the hard route."
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American, Gadsden flags forcibly removed from college dorm, even as pride flags reportedly remain: Video
Two American college students were outraged the other day when school officials forcibly removed the patriotic flags that they had hung outside their dorm room, even as pride flags outside other dorm rooms were left unmolested.
On Monday, the Twitter account Libs of TikTok shared a video, filmed by one of the unnamed students, showing a disgruntled woman climbing a ladder to remove the flags from outside a dorm room at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Though some of the dialogue on the video is difficult to hear, the woman who removed the flags told the objecting students that they had already been warned about the flags.
"You were directed to take it down," the woman said.
The young men then continued to protest the removal of the two flags — a Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flag and an American flag with colors indicating support for first responders — which they had hung outside their dorm window. Eventually, the frustrated woman ordered them to stop filming her.
"[P]ut your phone away," she demanded.
The students, however, refused to comply.
"Absolutely not," one student stated. "I have every right to record, and you know that. This is America. We have the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, freedom of expression. I don’t know why you’re taking our flags down."
When the students continued to argue, the woman directed them to take their grievances to the dean.
\u201c.@TrinityCollege forcibly removed a student\u2019s \u201cdon\u2019t tread on me\u201d American Flag and a red, blue, and green line flag. Meanwhile pride flags are allowed to stay hanging.\u201d— Libs of TikTok (@Libs of TikTok) 1667253941
At one point in the video, the camera panned to an older woman who is reportedly the director of housing operations. Her role in the incident is unclear, but she appears to approve of the flag removal process.
The woman who removed the flags then attempted to confiscate them and told the students they could retrieve them from the dean's office. One of the students took the flags back though, claiming they were his property since he had purchased them.
"This is stealing," he told her.
Despite the aggressive removal of the students' patriotic flags, reports indicate that Trinity has permitted other flags to fly on campus. According to a screenshot of an old tweet ostensibly issued by the college itself, Trinity College has openly displayed pride flags on campus in the past. In fact, the students on the video alleged that other flags in the vicinity remained on display, even as their patriotic flags were removed. Libs of TikTok indicated in the tweet that those other flags were pride flags.
The seemingly lopsided enforcement infuriated the students.
"[Other students are] being asked, but ours are being ripped off," one of the students asserted.
The Daily Caller claimed to have spoken to one administrator who admitted that the rules have been enforced unevenly.
"The event [on video] has highlighted the need for more consistent enforcement of handbook rules," said Kristen Cole, a senior director of media relations at Trinity College, "and the college is working with the student body to create awareness and compliance. The dean’s office will directly work with students for more consistent enforcement."
The Trinity student handbook does forbid "objects of any type (including liquid)" from being "thrown, dropped, pushed out of, placed outside of, or allowed to fall from any residential building window."
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech organization, sent the school a letter on Tuesday to inquire about the incident.
"[W]hile [Trinity] may impose reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on the display of flags and other expressive material on campus," FIRE wrote, "the free speech promises it makes to students preclude it from selectively enforcing those policies based on the viewpoint expressed."
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