Let's just get this straight. This is not about anyone being OFFENDED.

The Right Wing Extremist Media is 'at it' again.  This morning, all of a sudden, the issue regarding the SAFETY of children turned into one of racist bias/bigotry by the Right Wing Political Extremists.

That is not the case and never was.  The reason rules exist to LIMIT behavior in any instance when it is a child is for safety of themselves and others.  It has absolutely NOTHING to do with anyone being offended.

(11-16) 04:00 PST Denair, Stanislaus County (click title to entry - thank you)

A Stanislaus County school official has apologized to a student who was told to remove an American flag from the back of his bicycle.

Last week, a supervisor at Denair Middle School told 13-year-old Cody Alicea to remove the flag over concerns for the teen's safety. Officials say some students had made threatening remarks amid racial tensions stemming from the display of a Mexican flag during Cinco de Mayo....

So, because the Superintendent's switchboard could not handle a barrage of calls from all over the nation, spawned by extremist activists, the school district was made to apologize and change the rules.  That's the correct way of doing things?  No.  That is intimidation and mob behavior and does NOT resolve any of the safety problems for any of these children.

Something will happen.  The city will probably have to step up police patrols, pay overtime and try to handle problems that were exacerbated by yesterday's strong arming of people simply trying to do their jobs.  I am sure there are plenty of veterans that work in the schools administration and value their jobs, the children they serve, the parents that entrust them with their jobs and their paychecks.  

Why is it that extremists always cause problems after the 'best measures' have already been employed?

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/16/BACT1GCFRD.DTL#ixzz15S5ZUdJt