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Schattenjäger · Jun 11, 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/11/us/trump-high-school-yearbook/index.html

The "TRUMP: Make America Great Again" lettering on his shirt had been digitally removed.
"He was disappointed. This was the first election he has been interested in," said Grant's father, Joseph Berardo.
Now the school is facing accusations of censorship, and the parents of three students are looking for answers -- and new yearbooks.

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School: 'allegations are 'disturbing'
Wall Township Public Schools Superintendent Cheryl Dyer sent a letter to parents on June 9, saying she was investigating the matter.
"There is nothing in our student dress code that would prevent a student from expressing his or her political views and support for a candidate for political office via appropriate clothing. Rather, I applaud students for becoming involved in politics and for participation in our democratic society," she wrote.

Wonder who did it?

Escape Goat · Jun 11, 2017

Reality Loser

dallow_bg · Jun 11, 2017

Doing that kid a favor.

MarionCB · Jun 11, 2017

Trump will ultimately be more disgraced than Nixon; worse than Benedict Arnold. He will be a byword of corrupt, treasonous idiocy. Let this person have to explain in 20 years why they were a dumbass piece of shit back in the day. Don't try to save them from the shame.

BoogieWoogie · Jun 11, 2017

Schatt hates the fact that he can't go back in time and put this in his yearbook.

smokeandmirrors · Jun 11, 2017

good

[reminder students don't have a right to free speech at schools]

Lord Frieza · Jun 11, 2017

I'm sure nobody saw nothing

Wuthering_Heights · Jun 11, 2017

Note to self:

Don't upset the snowflakes on the yearbook committee.

Escape Goat · Jun 11, 2017

smokeandmirrors said:
good

[reminder students don't have a right to free speech at schools]

I can understand removing "grab them by the pussy" but this was our presidents campaign slogan. Unless they had a policy of banning activism in photos I don't think they should censor students arbitrarily.

Caelus · Jun 11, 2017

"He was disappointed. This was the first election he has been interested in," said Grant's father, Joseph Berardo.

lol

Host Samurai · Jun 11, 2017

Good. That Trump name will always be associated with hate for the rest of history. He will be thankful in 10 years.

el jacko · Jun 11, 2017

There was a guy in my 8th grade class who really liked fantasy & sci-fi fiction and was a talented filmmaker (for a jr highschooler). In our yearbooks we each got to choose our own photos that year and he selected one from a movie he starred in where he's holding a katana. But the katana is obviously fake, and the shot was cut in such a way so that you couldn't see that he was actually holding the sword. Since the book was printed in black and white, the image looked like he had a big black penis resting right on his face.

For some reason, this anecdote immediately came to mind when I read the article.

SolarPowered · Jun 11, 2017

dallow_bg said:
Doing that kid a favor.

.

If this country makes it out of this in one piece he won't want to be known as one of "those" people. Trump supporters are going to look like stains in a decent America down the road.

sphagnum · Jun 11, 2017

Does the school not have a policy against political statements in yearbooks? Mine did.

Toxi · Jun 11, 2017

dallow_bg said:
Doing that kid a favor.

I'd agree, but nobody actually looks at yearbooks.

ShockingAlberto · Jun 11, 2017

Escape Goat said:
I can understand removing "grab them by the pussy" but this was our presidents campaign slogan. Unless they had a policy of banning activism in photos I don't think they should censor students arbitrarily.

It's ultimately a slogan that, as a consequence of its actual use, is mostly racist propaganda. Fuck 'em.

devilhawk · Jun 11, 2017

sphagnum said:
Does the school not have a policy against political statements in yearbooks? Mine did.

If they have already allowed Obama or Hillary shirts in the past, the school is kind of shit out of luck.

Breads · Jun 11, 2017

Schattenjäger;240097121 said:
Wonder who did it?

In my HS the yearbook club was ran by students. All it takes is one kid and a few minutes of photoshop to alter a photo without anyone else noticing.

Schattenjäger · Jun 11, 2017

BoogieWoogie said:
Schatt hates the fact that he can't go back in time and put this in his yearbook.

Nah we used to make fun of the high school pundits back in the day

Got · Jun 11, 2017

oh no, won't someone think of the children.

SolarPowered said:
.

If this country makes it out of this in one piece he won't want to be known as one of "those" people. Trump supporters are going to look like stains in a decent America down the road.

going to look like stains?

nah, they already are just plain shitstains.

barik · Jun 11, 2017

"He was disappointed. This was the first election he has been interested in," said Grant's father, Joseph Berardo.

Hate to break it to you but your kid is either an idiot or a bad person.

SirClinksAlot · Jun 11, 2017

barik said:
Hate to break it to you but your kid is either an idiot or a bad person.

Im sure the dad is a dumb fuck trumper as well.

collige · Jun 11, 2017

This is quite blatantly illegal but at the same time...

dallow_bg said:
Doing that kid a favor.

MUnited83 · Jun 11, 2017

"He was disappointed. This was the first election he has been interested in," said Grant's father, Joseph Berardo.

4chan/the_d shitposter detected.

Did him a favor, will save him the embarassment if he ever decides to grow up one day.

MastAndo · Jun 11, 2017

barik said:
Hate to break it to you but your kid is either an idiot or a bad person.

He still has the right to not be censored, unless the school has a policy against political support/statements in yearbook photos.

Breads · Jun 11, 2017

barik said:
Hate to break it to you but your kid is either an idiot or a bad person.

They don't think they're bad people.

They think they're protecting their families and lowering their taxes and getting better healthcare and bringing coal jobs back and that Jesus will save them before they drown in the global warming floods.

Eusis · Jun 11, 2017

As a policy it probably would be best to just not allow political statements to stay on clothes for year books. They probably already have to remove logos and stuff as is anyway.

And on a personal level, yes, fuck Trump and they likely will be better off in the future without that staying there. Fuck, it'd probably be embarrassing even for a candidate that stood the test of time.

Got · Jun 11, 2017

MastAndo said:
He still has the right to not be censored, unless the school has a policy against political support/statements in yearbook photos.

meh, good job on the school fucking with the kid.

Escape Goat · Jun 11, 2017

If I were that one girl I'd be more upset people could see my bra through my sweater.

andythinkpad · Jun 11, 2017

Yeah that's bad censorship.

Schattenjäger · Jun 11, 2017

Got said:
meh, good job on the school fucking with the kid.

I wish people would read articles instead of just chirping away
The article says the school had nothing to do with it

Got · Jun 11, 2017

Schattenjäger;240124613 said:
I wish people would read articles instead of just chirping away
The article says the school had nothing to do with it

alright good on whoever did it, then. my mistake.

at least you responded to something instead of your usual running away from confrontation. youse all grows up.

Kensation · Jun 11, 2017

In 20 years: "Wow, you supported TRUMP?!?!?"

shnurgleton · Jun 11, 2017

Well, Trump slogans are borderline hate speech so this is a mercy for those students

Got · Jun 11, 2017

Kensation said:
In 20 years: "Wow, you supported TRUMP?!?!?"

he's a young schattenjager in the making

Escape Goat · Jun 11, 2017

Kensation said:
In 20 years: "Wow, you supported TRUMP?!?!?"

Like we'll be able to express negative opinions of our 45th and last President in 20 years.

Wafflecakes · Jun 11, 2017

Yeah, the school shouldn't have done that.

If they wanted to not allow political shirts, they should have banned them.

Azuran · Jun 11, 2017

"Censorship"

Got · Jun 11, 2017

Wafflecakes said:
Yeah, the school shouldn't have done that.

If they wanted to not allow political shirts, they should have banned them.

be careful, you might get sideways corrected by schattenjager.

devilhawk · Jun 11, 2017

shnurgleton said:
Well, Trump slogans are borderline hate speech so this is a mercy for those students

Other articles suggest another student had a shirt with just TRUMP censored.

Wafflecakes · Jun 11, 2017

smokeandmirrors said:
good

[reminder students don't have a right to free speech at schools]

You are 100% wrong, especially when there was no school policy against it.

Student's speech that is disruptive to learning can be banned. However, if it is not disruptive to the learning and school then it can be done. The supreme court has been fairly clear on that.

Not allowed: Protest of holding a sit-in in the parking lot so no one can get in.

Allowed: Wearing colored armbands to protest some event.

Schattenjäger · Jun 11, 2017

Got said:
be careful, you might get sideways corrected by schattenjager.

You trying too hard bro

Got · Jun 11, 2017

Schattenjäger;240130453 said:
You trying too hard bro

oh no

Opto · Jun 11, 2017

Probably one of the kids on the yearbook committee.

Got · Jun 11, 2017

Opto said:
Probably one of the kids on the yearbook committee.

whoever did it, they're definitely smarter than the dick-bag kid who was wearing it.

George Washington · Jun 11, 2017

Wafflecakes said:
You are 100% wrong, especially when there was no school policy against it.

Student's speech that is disruptive to learning can be banned. However, if it is not disruptive to the learning and school then it can be done. The supreme court has been fairly clear on that.

Not allowed: Protest of holding a sit-in in the parking lot so no one can get in.

Allowed: Wearing colored armbands to protest some event.

Yup. The moment an individual is disruptive to the regular function of that institution or is threatening the safety of others, their freedom of speech rights are no longer valid.

Note:
We are talking about public institutions, not private.

Wafflecakes · Jun 11, 2017

Opto said:
Probably one of the kids on the yearbook committee.

I hope so.

It would be awful for a teacher to lose their job over such a mistake.

Opto · Jun 11, 2017

Got said:
whoever did it, they're definitely smarter than the dick-bag kid who was wearing it.

Smarter? I dunno. A righteous troublemaker? Yeah. If a school staff member did it, I'd be very disappointed and they'd be in the wrong, constitutionally.

bootsthecat · Jun 11, 2017

I'd at least expect a refund and reprint of unaltered copies to all who request.

Who knows, maybe the person who altered the photos will take a bat to the kids who got altered. That will really show them who they should've supported, amirite?

Koomaster · Jun 11, 2017

If I were on that yearbook staff, would have been an easy decision to alter the shirt. Course correcting after the fact if there's no policy on stupid shirts. Kid and his parents don't like it? Don't buy a yearbook, start your own propaganda yearbook and sell it.

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