School vs. American Flag

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School in South Carolina tells kid to take American flag off his truck.

Community responds forcing the school to completely back down.
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Looks like the school kind of had a point and the blowback was pretty much for the wrong reason. The school said the flag was a driving hazard, it had nothing to do with being offensive.
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Yeah, poles ain't street legal, yo.
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I've never had a problem with not being able to see past the bed of a truck. Using that logic, the bed campers should be prohibited as well.

School should leave it to the police and highway folks to decide what's a road hazard. Hell, most schools aren't doing what their responsible for very well. Let's have them focus more on the education part.
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Post by Malcolm »

Legal way to drive with a flag.
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Illegal way.
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Vince wrote:I've never had a problem with not being able to see past the bed of a truck. Using that logic, the bed campers should be prohibited as well.

School should leave it to the police and highway folks to decide what's a road hazard. Hell, most schools aren't doing what their responsible for very well. Let's have them focus more on the education part.
With a good tailwind and slow speed through a parking lot I could see those flags wrapping around the side windows, and possibly the windshield.
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