Reply #14: Actually its not in all cases, which is why the schools are using the intimidated meme

[ProgressiveProfessor]

CSA Flag issue came up at a school near us a while back. Students were talking about seeing one in the parking lot. Staff scrambled, but there was nothing from the Dukes of Hazard to be found. There was a PA announcement about it, but no one spoke up. A few days later, parents called about it. Another parking lot search. Then one bright person pointed out that the CSA flag was NOT the 2ndCNJ. School staff bravely used the Internet and found what the real stars and bars were (1st CSA flag). They scouted the parking lot again and found the miscreant. They looked up the parking sticker and had the offender pulled from class to suspend him from school. Of course the student had no idea what the issue was. The sticker was actually the state flag of Georgia, affixed by his uncle several years before who had later sold the car to the student. It was not the 1st CSA flag. Neither the students, whining parents, or school staff figured it out, and when it was explained to them, it did not matter. Some parents pushed for expulsion of the student (for intimidation, not racism) just because of the accusation. The student was hassled and intimidated in the hallways. Several staff members made derogatory comments to him for embarrassing them and the school. The school attempted a gag order which failed. Word went out that the student and his parents were setting up to sue the school, several staff members and some of the whining parents for defamation. Eventually it calmed down, the student graduated (and went on to attend Georgia Tech).

Lessons Learned:
- The hysteria was foolish (as it always is)
- Facts don't matter if you have a good sound bite
- So called educated and educators are as as stupid and just as hysterical as the parental whiners.