They are taught. Looks like these parents are doing a good job of teaching their kid to be a racist.

If the kid gets told he can't wear it at school and then comes back with it, I'd suspend him for a day or two and have a chat with his parents, and extend that to a week's suspension the second time, make expulsion the 'third strike'.

"Them against the (liberal) world" mentality. This is what GUIDANCE counselors ought to be for and not that artificial, lie-to-your-face "career" horseshit. Guide this child away from racism for fux sake.

Now they are.

Its BS people trying to make sure we can't ware nothing well I hope they know its our constitution rights to ware what ever we want its up to us what we ware its not up to them what we ware"

The mind reels.

I had to to to the link's About page to find that out. Location is always important with stories like this, but newspapers always assume you know where Bluefield or other places are.

Just kidding. Parents need to stay aware of things. A kid wearing the Battle Flag is a walking target and a walking offense. Parents should be the ones telling their children that stuff isn't acceptable. If they don't, the school has to do it.

No sympathy for this kid and his parents. Someone's not staying in touch with what's happening all around them.

I don't know who remembers what now, but lots of folk were real grumpy for a while

The famous Hatfield-McCoy feud of the late 19th century was an ongoing fight between unionist and confederate sympathizers: the confederates lived in unionist West Virginia, and the unionists lived in confederate Virginia

Now he'll have to spend all day playing the banjo on the porch.