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As we all know by now, a young freshman girl, Ciretta MacKenzie, wore a Trump T-Shirt to school with his trademark campaign phrase “Make America Great Again”. The actions of the Epping High School Administration made a simple patriotic clothing decision a national news item. The Epping School Board made the decision to allow for …
While her Mom, Rose MacKenzie, may have started the evening, I did ask Mrs. MacKenzie for permission to interview her daughter, Ciretta, over this entire incident of the Epping High School Principal Brian Earnst (who has since apologize to Ciretta, the family, and the Epping community) telling Ciretta to either change her “Make America Great …
I have to agree with Ann Marie – the evening meeting of the Epping School Board did NOT go as I had expected: boisterous, yelling, fingerpointing, partisanship, and the like. Neither did the other media outlets that were there. Why? I give credit to Rose MacKenzie, Ciretta’s mom. She was the Guest of the School …
GrokTV: Epping School Board Meeting – Rose MacKenzie Read More »
The mother of the girl who was told to cover up her Trump T-shirt started the meeting with a statement. She had composure and, set the stage for a civil discussion on what happened. I wish every parent took the opportunity to address their school board in the same way when problems arise. After that, …
My Report from the Epping School Board meeting: Civility, Respect, and Free Speech Read More »
UPDATE: GraniteGrok will be there to cover the meeting. Come on over and say “HI”! ***** Students do not forfeit their 1st amendment rights when they walk into a school. So, Come out and support the Epping student who was told to cover her “Make America Great Again” t-shirt. There will be a rally in …
TRUMP RALLY for EPPING STUDENT !! (Support Free Speech) [Updated – Location Change] Read More »
Epping has acted quickly to address a free speech issue at Epping High School. What started as a Union Leader story (Kimberly covered it for us here) went national in a matter of days. Ending with the principal apologizing.
It’s all about control If you want to control people’s thoughts where would you begin? Let me suggest a good way, perhaps not the only way but an effective way, maybe the best way to influence thought is to begin by controlling the use of words. Forced control of words is as unamerican as thinking …
Human Right’s Commission Director Marti Buscaglia saw a “Black Rifles Matter” sticker on the back of a truck in her commission’s parking lot. It offended her so much she left her business card with a note on the back. ‘Please do not park this truck with that offensive sticker in this parking lot.’
While the Courts and even the ACLU are still defending free speech, the campus culture is doing everything in its power to create future generations opposed to the practice. Future lawyers, jurists, politicians, even work-a-day schlubs. Beloit College offers our latest proof.
It’s not every day that the headline writes itself, but here we are. New Hampshire House Democrat Debra Altschiller made time to react to a status update on Facebook. She ‘Liked’ a post exposing a list of Democrats who voted to deny citizens their constitutional right to free speech.
