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MH1

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4. What students are allowed to wear, and what teachers are allowed to display

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:26 AM

Mar 2019

in the classroom, are completely different things.

If you ban students from wearing MAGA hats at school events, you have to ban ALL display of political alliances, and that gets sticky.

Unless of course you go the route of claiming MAGA hat is more like a Nazi armband. I don't think the courts are there yet.

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N.J. teacher displayed an anti-Trump T-shirt. One mom isn't happy. [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2019 OP

I don't see the problem. I grew up not that far from Roxbury 45+ years ago and no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #1

Seems like the teacher swaying students away from drumpf should be a good thing. democratisphere Mar 2019 #2

Are MAGA hats allowed at school events? sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #3

What students are allowed to wear, and what teachers are allowed to display MH1 Mar 2019 #4

It should be the same rules for both students and teachers. Either sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #5

Teachers and students have different roles in school. MH1 Mar 2019 #7

Sorry, it's inappropriate, UNLESS ... MH1 Mar 2019 #6

Agreed. TomSlick Mar 2019 #8