Understand this: when you do what our enemies do, you are the enemy.
[A] Lexington-Richland District 5 teacher is
accused of throwing down the American flag and stomping on it in front of his
honors English classes.
When Michael Copeland overheard his teenager talking about
what her honors II English teacher did with the flag in their classroom, he
pressed for details.
"He drew a couple of symbols, like one of them was a
cross, and he said, 'What does this represent,' and everybody said,
'Christianity,'" said Copeland.
"Then he proceeds to take down the American flag, and
said, 'This is a symbol, but it's only a piece of cloth. It doesn't mean
anything,' and then he throws it down on the floor and then stomps on it,
repeatedly."
"I asked what was he trying to get, the point across?
And she said, 'I don't know,' and he said, his explanation was there would be
no consequences, it's just a piece of cloth that doesn't mean anything."
But there are consequences.
"Our superintendent served in the military, I served in
the military for 20 years, our flag is a symbol of our freedom, and so many
people have fought and died for that liberty, and so we take this action very
seriously," said Mark Bounds, a spokesperson for Lexington-Richland 5.
The lesson was repeated in three classes that day, prompting
a full investigation. After an unrelated incident at Dutch Fork where a teacher
was suspended for a political sign in her room, officials say teachers know
better. (Source: a local affiliate of NBC News, in S.C.).
If you want to sound off on this matter, as I will,
the teacher’s name is Scott Compton,
and the school in question is Chapin High School in Chapain, S.C.
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