Thread: God Bless Mexico

AsDayFades said You do make a good point. However... ...rather than thinking of the words as safety nets in this situation, I think of them as backbones. It's a matter of principle, of not giving in to someone just because they don't like it - just because they don't like it so much they may react over it. That's letting someone fearmonger. You can look at it as a bunch of high school kids being idiots and seeing if they can aggrivate their peers, but I personally look at it as peacefully expressing themselves as they have the right to and not giving in to bullying. Click to expand... So what were these guys standing up to, exactly? Is it really that hard to not say Y'know, today is a Hispanic holiday, and I go to school with a lot of Hispanic people. Maybe I can go one day without being intentionally abrasive as a show of support for my fellow human beings. I don't buy for a second that this was a show of patriotism. The motivation to provoke was obvious and, more importantly, served no purpose other than to provoke. If anyone was trying to intimidate anyone, it was the students who wore the shirts. The tone of the situation really leads me to believe they were trying to send a message of intolerance, which is one of the most un-American things I can think to do. Ivy Walker said Honestly, why is there any defense for the American-Mexican students bawwwwing about T-shirts? Let's reexamine what it is they are upset by T-shirts. Not just any T-shirts, and not T-shirts with anti-Mexican slogans or imagery on them, but with an American flag on it, representing the country ALL of the students involved, are citizens of and live in and enjoy the freedoms of. Let's say for the sake of argument that the shirts were worn by these students for the explicit purpose to incite a response. So what? They're T-shirts for crying out loud and considering what is on them, I think that the American-Mexican students were being overly sensitive and making a big deal out of nothing. It's part of the mentality of victimhood in this country, to get butthurt over things that are not even offensive. ETA If the American-Mexican students DID decide to try anything violent, over this stupid issue, I think they should be punished and made an example of. There is no sense tip-toeing around something as frivolous and simple and harmless as this in our own country. Let's fight with each other about real issues not this cry-baby bullshit over not being in Mexico anymore. Click to expand... Judging from the article both sides are bawwwing about it to an equal degree. I do agree that it's a bit ridiculous that all of this is happening over t-shirts, and it really shouldn't be an issue to wear stuff related to America, and I completely 100 agree that had the Mexican students tried something violent they should be punished. But they didn't, and the school was justified in doing what they did. The fact is there is a lot of racial tension in this country, and events like this are not making things any better. As I said above, the intent was pretty clear. If these guys were really trying to be patriotic and show love for their country, they wouldn't have set out to provoke other citizens of this country just because of their heritage.