You have probably seen or heard about the Colorado middle school student who was kicked out of his class on Monday for wearing a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack.
The Gadsden flag is a yellow flag with a coiled rattlesnake above the words “Don’t Tread On Me” — you have seen it on some versions of the Virginia license plates
Jaiden — who is currently in seventh grade at The Vanguard School, a charter school in Colorado Springs — was removed from the classroom on Monday after staff noticed the patch on his backpack.
His mother was called into the school to discuss the matter, where she caught teachers on video falsely claiming that the Gadsden flag has “origins with slavery” and the “slave trade,” and thus they would not allow it in class.
“We can’t have that in and around other kids,” a woman said in the video.
“It has nothing to do with slavery. That’s the Revolutionary War patch that was displayed when they were fighting the British,” the mother responded.
“She said I have to take it off. I don’t understand. Why would I have to take off a patriotic symbol? It’s just weird, it’s kind of weird. I feel like she’s infringing on my rights,” Jaiden reportedly said.
The claims about the Gadsden flag’s supposed “origins with slavery” differ from the school’s initial objections to the student’s patch. In an email to Jaiden’s mother earlier this month, the school flagged his patch and referred to a district policy banning items that “refer to drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons,” according to emails reviewed by The Daily Wire.
Vanguard School Executive Director Renee Henslee warned Jaiden’s mother in an email on Friday that if he returned to school on Monday with the “unacceptable” patch, he would be sent to the front office until it was removed.
The school also told the mother that Jaiden’s Firearms Policy Coalition Official Member patch, which includes a picture of a semi-automatic rifle, is not allowed — but his Dogecoin patch and “Bear Arms And Bitcoin” patch are allowed.
Vanguard School Director of Operations Jeff Yocum has since emailed Jaiden’s mother with a more detailed explanation of their opposition to the Gadsden patch — citing several biased news sources.
In his email, Yocum cited a decision by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which wrote that while it is “clear that the Gadsden Flag originated in the Revolutionary War in a non-racial context,” the flag “also has since been sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts.”
He also claimed that the Gadsden flag is “tied to the Confederate flag and other white-supremacy groups, including ‘Patriot’ groups,” citing an article from an associate professor of graphic design. Yocum went on to assert that the Gadsden flag is “tied to hate groups,” citing an article that noted the flag was flown during the January 6 Capitol protests.
While this event is just another reason to keep your kids away from the public school system, what exactly is the historical significance of the flag?
The Gadsden Flag, featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the motto “Don’t Tread on Me,” is a historical American flag with a rich and symbolic history. Here’s a brief overview of its origins and significance:
The Gadsden Flag is named after Christopher Gadsden, an American general and statesman from South Carolina who was an active supporter of American independence during the American Revolution. It is believed to have been designed by Gadsden himself or by one of his close associates in 1775.
The flag’s design consists of a coiled rattlesnake, ready to strike, on a yellow background. Above the snake, the words “DONT TREAD ON ME” (often spelled “Don’t Tread on Me” in modern usage) are emblazoned in bold letters. The rattlesnake, a native American reptile known for its distinctive warning rattle, was used as a symbol of resistance and defense.
During the American Revolution, the Gadsden Flag was used by the Continental Marines as one of their early symbols. It embodied the spirit of the American colonies’ determination to resist British oppression and fight for their independence. The rattlesnake was seen as a symbol of the colonies’ readiness to defend themselves against any aggression.
It was used to symbolize opposition to British taxation without representation and the perceived infringement of colonial rights.
ALL American history MUST be banished, period!
Our minds must be wiped clean of anything to do with history.
ALL books in all libraries must be burned.
Sounds like ISIS in Iraq and Syria, does it not?
Or “Fahrenheit 451,” the 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury which presented an American society where books have been personified and outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found.
Fahrenheit 451 was written by Bradbury during the Second Red Scare and the McCarthy era, who was inspired by the book burnings in Nazi Germany and by ideological repression in the Soviet Union.
In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote the book because of his concerns about the threat of burning books in the United States.
In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature.
In a 1994 interview, Bradbury cited political correctness as an allegory for the censorship in the book, calling it “the real enemy these days” and labelling it as “thought control and freedom of speech control.”
And such it is today!
SAVE AMERICA FROM AMERICA!
BAN ALL HISTORY!
AMERICA WILL NOT BE SAFE UNTIL ALL AMERICANS ARE REDUCED TO BEING MORONS AND IDIOTS LIKE OUR SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND POLITICAL “LEADERS!”