Some Things are Just WRONG!

Back in March students from one California school district walked out of class and marched to a school in a neighboring district to protest in favor of Mexican immigrants. While disruptive, this started out as a good example of the exercise of our Right to Free Speech and political free expression.

However, the specific message or viewpoint they were supporting and trying to express was completely lost when some of the assembled crowd lowered the Stars and Stripes and California state flag and ran this up the school's flagpole:

On a personal level I abhor this image! It makes me VERY angry! As I'm sure it does many others.

In an attempt to show support for Mexican immigrants these students made a terrible error in judgement. This act of civil disobedience will now serve only to make the case stronger for those opposed to amnesty and other immigrant supporting programs. Here, only five days from the most American of holiday's, July 4Th, Our day of Independence, this image and others associated with that protest in MARCH are still flying all over the Internet in Emails and on a number of blogs.

This image is contrary to EVERYTHING I stand for. This image repulses me on a deep emotional level. Yet, I show it because in a country whose independence was built on political dissension it pays to be reminded that DEMOCRACY IS HARD, DEMOCRACY IS WORK, DEMOCRACY IS NOT EASILY GAINED NOR EASILY HELD.

I will never support their viewpoint or cause in any way shape or form, but I will respect their freedom to piss me off by doing something which, to me, is just plain wrong!!!!

Here are my answers to their flag photo.