11 Year Old Boy Suspended For Wearing Anti-Obama T-Shirt
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An eleven year old fifth grader at the Aurora Frontier K-3 school was suspended for wearing an anti-Obama t-shirt. Here’s a picture of the shirt.
AURORA (MyFOXColorado.com) – An 11-year-old in Aurora says his first amendment rights are being trampled after he was suspended for wearing a homemade shirt that reads “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.”
The fifth grader at Aurora Frontier K-8 School wore it on a day when students were asked to wear red, white and blue to show their patriotism.
Sounds like the boy did a great job of showing his patriotism. And what the shirt says is absolutely true. Obama refuses to put his hand on his heart for the national anthem. He’s chummy with Bill Ayres and his ugly wife. He’s backed by Ham-Ass. And he wants to negotiate with that Iranian monkey dictator Ahmadinejad without any pre-conditions.
The boy’s father Dann Dalton describes himself as a “proud conservative” who has taken part in some controversial anti-abortion protests. Dalton says the school made a major mistake by suspending his son for wearing the shirt.
“It’s the public school system,” Dalton says. “Let’s be honest, it’s full of liberal loons.”
G-d bless that father, and his son. He’s absolutely right about the liberal loons. If only there were more men in America like him.
According the the boy’s father, the school district told the student, Daxx Dalton, that he had the choice of changing his shirt, turning his shirt inside out or being suspended.
Daxx chose suspension.
“They’re taking away my right of freedom of speech,” he says. “If I have the right to wear this shirt I’m going to use it. And if the only way to use it is get suspended, then I’m going to get suspended.”
Daxx’s dad agrees with him and is encouraging his son to stand his ground. “The facts are his rights were violated. Period.”
Again, the father is absolutely right. Do any of you think for a minute that this boy would have been suspended for wearing a pro-Obama shirt? Or how about a “Bush Is Hitler” shirt?
Not in a million years!
It sounds like the school didn’t want any “pesky” student opposing their beloved Obama messiah.
Aurora Public Schools would not talk about the case but said the district “Respects a student’s right to free speech, such as the right to wear specific clothing,” but administrators say they review any situation that interrupts the learning environment.
Paperwork submitted by the school district says Daxx Dalton was not suspended for wearing the shirt, but for willful disobedience and defiance.
By interrupting the learning environment, I believe this bolshevik goon squad means that the boy’s shirt blatantly contrasted the leftist, multicultural, terrorists loving, America-hating, p.c. bullshit they constantly shove down the throats of those poor child captives.
The boy’s father says he intends to pursue a lawsuit against the district.
Nice try, but that’s not going far enough. Along with suing the district, the father should sue the school too. He should also sue the principal and the teacher PERSONALLY.
These people don’t belong anywhere near children. Let them flip burgers at McDonalds.
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 pm
amen sista. this is totally unacceptable. I bet that same day a dozen kids were wearing shirts critical of bush… but then that’s not disruptive since it’s a hollywood – endorsed fashion statement.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
His (or his father’s) intentions were clearly hatred (much like your blogging).
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Srini,
Thanks for the anecdotal bit of stupidity. That’s why there’s no place for democrats in politics. Rather than address the issue of Obama being friends/associates with terrorists and convicted felons, you simply label the opposition full of “hatred” which is no different than the democrat – standard label of “racist” , “stodgy white men” or any other useless label applied to Republicans. Want hatred? Jump off a cliff and save us the future welfare payments to your useless butt.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
There’s nothing wrong with being anti-Obama, but the fact that it has the word “terrorist” is taking it too far (at least, for a school setting.) If he was told to leave a public place because his shirt was offensive, that would be a violation of his first amendment rights. True, this is a public school- but the school district can enforce a dress code; therefore, they should be able to determine whether a piece of clothing is offensive.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Hey michelle, what part of their dress code are they trying to enforce?Is it the fact that no one can wear an anti liberal shirt yet it is perfectly fine to wear anti conservative shirts?
September 24th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Thank you Johnny Wonder. Your post further illustrates the point I was making about unneccessary hatred coming from the (jaded) political stance of this blog. All attack with zero calorie ideas.
I agree with Michelle that viewpoint critical of Obama should be allowed in the classroom, but there is no basis for associating Obama with terrorism. That type of blasphemy should not be tolerated and fifth-graders should not be exposed to it.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:52 am
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E6D6173CF935A15751C0A9659C8B63
I tried to respond yesterday but I couldn’t post for some reason… in response to danny boy, he’s not the only person who’s been suspended for wearing a political t-shirt. In 2003, a high school student in Michigan was sent home after wearing a t-shirt with the face of George Bush and the words “International Terrorist”. Please see the link above.
Personally, I think terrorism is a subject that need not be discussed in a K-8 school, so I can see why the district feels that it’s interrupting the learning environment.
And, to refer to the New York Times article link, “Education lawyers said it was not always clear what action an administrator might constitutionally take if a student wore clothing that expressed volatile views. The answer, the lawyers said, depends on factors like the history of the school and the composition of the student body.”
I think we should let those factors decide whether or not the boy’s rights were violated. And if the boy wins his case, then good for him.
With this said, I don’t think you should be quick to say that the school district is a “bolshevik goon squad” that looks to Obama as their messiah.
September 24th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Michelle, thanks for showing the other side of the story. It’s good to at least see consistency in these suspensions/dress code violations.
September 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Can’t believe the stupidity of the writing here? What is an 11 year old wearing a shirt like this for anyway? To promote the parents dumb ideas onto other students of that age? Let kids be kids and learn about politics when it’s time for them to vote.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
it’s obvious that the 11 year old boy was just repeating what he heard some adult, perhaps his father. Maybe his rights were slightly violated, but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that what he had on his shirt was offensive and racist whether he or his father want to admit it or not.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Srini
Did you really refer to someone talking smack about Obama as “blasphemy”? You might want to consider the connotations of that statement. Or, I suppose we could just chalk it up as a Freudian slip. Unless, of course, you actually meant to show your great “faith” in the socialist liberal “religion”.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:16 am
I learned about politics from my grandfather (extremely conservative) and my uncle (extremely liberal). I asked them both the same questions and made my decisions based on their answers (BTW grandpa was a farmer, and my uncle was a lawyer). I was 8 years old. The boy may have been hearing mostly one side for all of his life, but that doesn’t necessarily make him stupid, or a pawn.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
That father is a comlete idiot. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE SON. THE CHILD IS OBVIOUS TAKING ON THE FATHER’S ATTITUDE OF HATRED. WOW! WHAT KIND OF PARENT WOULD INSTILL THAT ON THEIR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD. I BET THE FATHER IS A HIGH-SCHOOL DROP OUT. HE PROBABLY HAS AN 8TH GRADE LEVEL EDUCATION. I BET HIS SON CAN’T HOLD AN INTELIGENT CONVERSATION WITH HIS DAD UNLESS ITS DEALING WITH TRASHING ANOTHER RACE. THE FATHER KNEW THAT WEARING THE TEE-SHIRT WOULD CAUSE DISTURBANCE IN THE CLASSROOM, THEREFORE, HE SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY THE TEACHERS’ SALARY FOR THAT DAY. HE WAS LOOKING FOR A REASON TO SUE. I HOPE THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO GET AWAY WITH IT. HE SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH ILL-SHAPING THE CHARACTER OF A MINOR. NO WONDER THE CHILDREN IN AMERICA ARE SO ANGRY. LOOK AT BSOME OF THE ADULTS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. HELL, IF I WAS A KID, I WOULD PRETEND THAT I’M LISTENING AND WHEN THE CRFAZY ADULT IS NOT LOOKING I WOULD DO WHAT THE HELL I WANT TOO. I’M GOING TO BE MISERABLE ANYWAY. I CAN’T IMAGINE LIVING IN A HOME BEING RAISED BY A RACIST/HITLER DAD. HE IS TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT HUMANS HAS NO CHOICE AS TO WHAT COLOR OR GENDER THEY WANT TO BE WHILE IN THE WOMB. I HOE YOU ARE NOT MARRIED. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, YOUR WIFE IS SUFFERING IN SILENCE. NO WOMAN WANT TO BE MARRIED TO AN IDIOT. I BET YOU ARE LOUSY IN BED TOO! GET A LIFE. IF YOU DON’T LIKE OTHER RACES, GO LIVE ON A SECLUDED ISLAND. THAT WAY WE WON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR DUMB ASS!
February 19th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
SRINI: YOU ARE THE USLESS WELFARE RECIPIENT. YOUR ANCESTORS SET ON THEIR ASSESS IN THE BIG HOUSE WHILE BLACKS WORKED THE FIELDS AND COOKED THEIR FOOD. YOU LAZY BUMS STOLE MONEY, SEX AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD STEAL FROM THE BLACKS DURING SLAVERY. NOW YOU HAVE THE ODESITY TO TALK ABOUT BEING USELESS. YOU ARE THE USELESS PIEICE SHIT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON WELFARE, BUT YOU HAVE IDIOT. WHEN YOUR GRANDFATHER SAT OWN HIS WHITE ASS AND COLLECTED MONEY FROM HARD WORKING BLACKS LEAVING THEM NOTHING SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE AN INHERITANCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SO SHUT THE HELL UP! YA’LL STILL ON WELFARE, BLACKS HAS BEEN CARRYING YALL FOR A LONG TIME. READ YOUR HISTORY OR BETTER YET GO BACK TO SCHOOL. THIS TIME STAY AWAK DURING CLASS.
February 20th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I AM SORRY SRINI, I MEANT FOR MY LAST RESPONSE TO GO TO JOHNNY WONDER, HE IS THE USELESS PIECE OF SHITOH YEA AND WELFARE RECIPIENT.
April 12th, 2009 at 1:56 am
Kayvon and Srini,you have just proven conservative american’s points. Obama, whether you like it or not, has been proven to have had relationships with some very questionable characters, but instead of recognizing that what was printed on that shirt was alluding to that fact, you had to turn it into a racial thing. Kayvon, another point you have proven so very well, is when you liberals cannot make an argument based on fact, you degenerate into personal, infantile attacks on someone who does not agree with you. For instance, I could say that I have left things floating in the toilet that have more intellectual capacity than you, but I wouldn’t do that. You make the implication that since his father is a conservative that he has a remedial education at best, I have news for you, people who do not want every aspect of their lives controlled by someone else, tend to be far more intelligent than the “lemmings” who just follow what someone else tells them to do. As far as the whining about slavery goes, WHITE PEOPLE have been subjected to it as well, grab a history book and read about indentured servants, as well as the peasant class of people living under the monarchies in Europe,they were treated just as poorly, and in a lot of cases, worse than African slaves were. I have never owned a slave, nor do I want to own one. The point that I’m trying to make is this, that happened many years ago so quit your bitching. Too soon you forget that blacks still wouldn’t be free, if it wasn’t for the evil white man fighting to free them in the civil war. So before you go making ignorant, RACIST blanket statements remember that little “inconsequential” (apparently you think so) fact. Maybe you are the one who needs to go pick up a history book. Another little fact for you (for which I’m sure you’ll label me a bigot)is this, you wouldn’t be enjoying this wonderful country, if it wasn’t for white people, like it or not, and guess what, unfortunately for you I was awake during history class. I guess the point I’m trying to make is this, you have no right labeling his father as a racist/hitler simply because he does not share your opinion. Furthermore, how about giving the kid a little credit for independent thought. How would you have liked it at that age if people were calling you a mindless parrot and nothing more. I don’t know about you, but unless I was the exception to the rule, I was starting to form opinions of my own at that age, your treating the kid as if he was 4 or 5. I don’t know about you, but I would be a touch pissed off if I was him. But there again, I’m sure just because he made an Anti-Obama tee-shirt your going to say that he obviously could not have thought that up on his own. I’m not saying that your parents don’t influence your opinions, decisions, etc., I’d be a fool to say otherwise. The point I’m trying to get across is this, you don’t know for sure that what was written on that shirt was racially motivated, you just assumed and attacked and slandered another person and their point of view. People who constantly preach tolerance, acceptance, and understanding of everything, no matter how perverse or immoral it happens to be, and then stoop to this level of hypocrisy, make me want to puke. Doesn’t feel to good when someone else makes assumptions about you, does it.
August 29th, 2009 at 1:02 am
And they were probibly welcoming students with BUSH THE #1 TERRORISTS T-Shirts TWO FACED SCHOOL OFFICIALS SUCK
March 9th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Kayvon, you’re a disgrace like Ahmadinejad.
Obama IS a terrorist’s best friend. His silence and open hand to the Islamic Republic, the regime that’s destroying and vilifying Iran is all the evidence you should need. The truth is, Bush was right in calling the Iranian government an Axis of Evil — it is — and more so to their own people than any nation. They don’t give a damn about Freedom of Speech, nor HUMAN RIGHTS, yet Obama is more than happy to “extend an open hand”. So now Obama’s put the U.S. in a position to be snubbed by the Islamic regime, and compromised America’s honor and Iranian citizens’ basic freedoms.
But should we expect any less? Obama is of the same camp as Carter, who also screwed America’s economy, and was more than eager to promote the sovereignty of Khomeini’s regime (who Shah had exiled for terrorism), heading a THEOCRATIC government that established itself by taking American hostages, while KILLING over 20,000 of the most patriotic Iranians. And they’ve held Iran captive since.
Kayvon, I suggest you change your name. It is your very brand of liberalism that invited Islamic fanatics to take over Iran, and plunged it from a rising G8 nation into the dark ages.
To fellow Americans, defend your individual rights, national heritage, and personal liberties (and promote those of other nations) as if your very LIFE depends on it, because OUR way of life does.
Please also help freedom loving Iranians get out of the grip of the truly evil Islamic regime that’s robbed Iranians’ freedoms and is systematically destroying Iran’s cultural and historical identity, and rewriting Iran’s connection to the Cyrus the Great, whose First Charter of Human Rights (539 BC) was an inspiration for America’s founding fathers and the Bill of Rights.