The Obscene Sweatshirt

[George K]

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/04/26/204148/

In a newly filed complaint, two middle school students are suing Tri County Area Schools after they were ordered to remove their sweatshirts featuring the anti-Biden slogan “Let’s Go, Brandon.” The lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) makes a compelling case that the schools acted in an unconstitutional fashion in censoring the political message.

“Let’s Go Brandon!” has become a similarly unintended political battle cry not just against Biden but also against the bias of the media. It derives from an Oct. 2 interview with race-car driver Brandon Brown after he won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race. During the interview, NBC reporter Kelli Stavast’s questions were drowned out by loud-and-clear chants of “F*** Joe Biden.” Stavast quickly and inexplicably declared, “You can hear the chants from the crowd, ‘Let’s go, Brandon!’”

“Let’s Go Brandon!” instantly became a type of “Yankee Doodling” of the political and media establishment.

In this case, an assistant principal (Andrew Buikema) and a teacher (Wendy Bradford) “ordered the boys to remove the sweatshirts” for allegedly breaking the school dress code. However, other students were allowed to don political apparel with other political causes including “gay-pride-themed hoodies.”

[Jolly]

If the Brandon shirts go, the gay pride stuff needs to go.

[jon-nyc]

Seems kinda moot now. But good for FIRE.

[Horace]

FIRE does what the ACLU is supposed to do, but doesn't, due to its ideologically capture.

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in The Obscene Sweatshirt:

... good for FIRE.

+1

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Obscene Sweatshirt:

If the Brandon shirts go, the gay pride stuff needs to go.

Presumably "River to the Sea" shirts are still acceptable?