TIPPING POINT?

I knew our country was gradually succumbing to the liberal mantra and political correctness for quite some time now. I had hopes that with the election of Trump, liberals would take a step back and think about what they are doing, and realize that a great many Americans do not share their progressive views. Yes, it was a fairly close election, yet conservatives managed to pull it off, much to the surprise of even themselves. You would think that this might bring about a moment of reflection among the masses of liberal progressives who for so long now have seemed to feel that anyone who didn't agree with them had to be a racist, or ignorant, or worse. It never dawned on any of them for even a second that maybe they could be wrong about anything.

However, Trump's victory seems to have them doubling down on their progressiveness. I never even dreamed this could happen, and if you had told me it could, I would have thought you were nuts. I never thought liberals were stupid; I just thought they had a lot of bad ideas and were quite full of themselves. But, then it happened!

An administrator for a public school informed students that they would no longer be allowed to display the U.S. flag on school property. If it wasn't bad enough already that you couldn't celebrate Christmas, or use certain words; at least, there was some logic behind the idea that we shouldn't offend others with our religious preferences or ethnic slurs.

But to ban the flag? Who are we offending with the flag? Aren't we all Americans? Well, maybe not those who came here illegally, but do we owe them any kind of respect? I'd just about guarantee you that if an illegal alien, or anyone else, were to burn a U.S. flag on school property, nothing would be done about it. It would be considered an act of expression protected by the first amendment. Yet, an actual citizen is prohibited from being proud to be an American and expressing that pride by displaying and honoring the flag?

Had the decision to ban displays of the flag not been rescinded shorty after it hit the news, I hate to think what might have happened. If you think the people who went to the polls to stand up against big government and political correctness would have simply accepted this slap in the face, I think you are dreaming. I was about to put my flag on the back of my Harley and ride out there to parade it all over the campus, and I think there would soon have been thousands of others joining me. I think that administrator and anyone else supporting or connected to that decision would have, at best, been looking for a new job (and having trouble finding one). I can't even imagine what else might have followed.

I'd say I'm surprised, but I'm not, that this didn't make the national news, or crippled the Internet with tweets and Facebook posts. I'm not surprised the media didn't pick up on it, because they probably supported the ban. The fact that it was rescinded so quickly probably kept it from going viral on the Internet, but I think it should yet.