$hithead School Official Backtracks on Banning of U.S. Flag as Offensive

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Wherever East Central High School senior Cameron Blasek goes, so does Old Glory. The American Flag blows in the wind on the back of his blue Dodge 4×4.

The 17-year-old fastened the flag to his truck earlier this summer and has driven it to school every day, he said. It abides by the U.S. flag code.

On Thursday, Blasek said he was pulled aside by his counselor and vice principal. He said they told him he needed to remove the flag from the back of the truck because it was a violation of school rules.

Blasek said school officials told him it could lead to other students flying flags “that are seen as offensive.”

“Honestly, I was shocked,” he said. “I read through the… 2023-2024 Handbook, and the word ‘flag’ wasn’t even mentioned in the parking lot or driving section. The only section it’s mentioned in is the flag-twirling section.”

Blasek kept the flag on his truck. The following day, several others showed up to the parking lot with American Flags on their own vehicles.

“There was a huge support group there that believed and stood for the same thing that I did,” he said. “I was kind of shocked by that.”

Friday afternoon, principal Tom Black sent a note to parents to “offer clarification” and “address recent concerns and confusions.”

“I am pleased to inform you that we are allowing the display of the U.S. flag by students in the parking lot,” the letter stated.

In an email to WCPO 9, Black clarified that “no high school staff member or administrators stated or insinuated that the U.S. Flag was offensive, nor has there ever been a complaint received about the U.S. Flag.”

“The U.S. Flag is displayed in the front of our school and in every classroom. We begin each day with the Pledge of Allegiance. Clearly, we do not consider the U.S. Flag offensive,” he said.

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Bullshit.

He feels the flag is offensive. There was no misunderstanding. There was backlash, but it should be literal backlash. 50 of them.