Just because school officials have certain powers, doesnt mean they are always right in enforcing them.

Case in point: the half dozen or so kids at some school in Missouri that got out of school suspensions for wearing shirts supporting one of their friends who got in trouble for wearing a Tshirt for a GSA. URL

I'd back the tasteless daddy's girl on this one.

Where are all the people that cry about freedoms and liberties being violated now?

Oh, wait-it's only if the freedoms and liberties they agree with that they get pissed off over if they are violated.

For those who also had trouble seeing the dress with the article:

http://www.dixieoutfitters.com/herit...promdress2.jpg

While this is certainly not my style, and if she was told not to wear the dress, she should not have worn it, let me ask one question: if this woman had worn a hoopskirt which looked like something out of Gone With The Wind, would there have been as much controversy? Why or why not?

racism is racism. the confederate flag, the confederacy and everything pertaining to had to do with race then and it has to do with it now.

Wow, that's actually a nice dress. Although I personally believe the Conferederate Flag is a racist symbol, I think she should have been allowed to wear it. Freedom of speech and that good stuff.

Since I don't know I thought I would ask:

What is so endearing about this flag that even after its modern association with racism, that people want to remember the other things it is associated with?

I don't know enough so I thought maybe someone would know.

-Rudey

The hoopskirt wasn't directly associated with racism. People had been wearing hoops since the 1700s! It was fashion. The flag, on the other hand, was and still is an emblem of people wishing to maintain a culture of racism (Old South) among other nasty things.

My brother is a reenactor - War Between the States - so I have to see him running around with Rebel flags. It's not so fun for me, but I don't ever try to stop him. Just like I wouldn't stop this girl for her dress. It's her right.

HOWEVER, the school administration had already told her not to wear it and she did anyway. Now, if her wearing or not wearing the dress had been a matter of her graduating, I would have been furious. But, it's JUST A DANCE! Anyway, I thought kids weren't allowed to wear inflammatory material to school?? Isn't that standard or am I just crazy?

I mean, it's someone's right to wear a white hood and robe but NOT TO SCHOOL!

And, I agree with enlightenment06 - the dress is actually kinda cute!

ETA: Do you REALLY think she was wearing it because she liked it OR perhaps because she was making a statement??

Because "defamation" was the biggest word she knew.

You're kind of retarded to post that right below my post. :rolleyes:

How'd your date go?

-Rudey

Well, since you seem to be favoring censorship, I'll assume you're crazy.

Also: Tinker vs. Des Moines.

School administration retards violated her right to wear her dress.
Fire the bastards, give her money, case closed.

School administration has the right to dictate their student's fashion - which they do via the school's dress code. If they told her not to wear it and she did, then she broke the rules, plain and simple.

Its no different that if a female student wore a string bikini to school (calm down guys :) ), and it violated the school's dress code. She should be sent home or punished.

Same thing applies here.

ETA:

I was thinking about this myself after I posted. I would probably not even think twice about it, if she had just "out of the blue" showed up at the prom wearing it. But the fact that she asked the school's administration WAY beforehand tells me that she knew that something may not have been right about wearing it - and after hearing their response of "no, don't wear it' , she decides to wear it anyway? Very interesting....

Dear Miss Censorship Bitch:

Does this mean I can't wear a gay pride shirt to school because it might upset some conservative christian fuckmunch?

She should be sent to my place. I will take care of the punishments.

-Rudey