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School Fears “USA” Chant Could be Intolerant and Offensive

By Todd Starnes/Twitter

There are a lot of patriotic students at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom, California. So you can imagine their shock when they were warned that chanting “USA” at sporting events and pep rallies could appear to be inappropriate and intolerant.

Television station CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that school leaders feared the chants could come across as intolerant and offensive to some.

“We can communicate an unintended message,” the school’s principal wrote in a letter to parents.

What would the unintended message be – that young people still love the red, white and blue – that they want to make America great again?

Folsom Cordova Unified Communications Director Daniel Thigpen told the television station they have not banned the chant. They just want young people to be more considerate when they chant.

“To practice empathy, to practice kindness and to practice patriotism – you can do both,” Thigpen said.

The school’s principal suggested there are appropriate times to chant – like following the national anthem or the Pledge of Allegiance.

“I think it's really sad that chanting USA in our country has even become a negative thing,” one parent told the television station.

The California Interscholastic Federation notified school districts across the state about concerns the “USA” chant might be used in a derogatory manner.

But that does not appear to be the case at Vista Del Lago High School.

“To say USA, you know, we’re all the same,” student Ryan Bernal told the television station. “We’re all American. It doesn’t matter what your skin tone is or where you’re from.”

That young man has more common sense that most of the grownups in charge of the school district.

“We’re all one,” Ryan said. “We all stand as one together.”

It should be stressed that there’s never been a complaint about the “USA” chants – not one.

The only people expressing angst about public demonstrations of America p***e are school staffers.

Perhaps the school district should be more concerned about the unintended message that sends.

mark medicus

awesome, USA ALL THE WAY...thanks

GmanTerry

The statues were just the start. The goal is to outlaw patriotism. Many on the left who want one world government and open borders claim the patriotism is r****t, just like everything else they don't support. Thus the campaign to vilify our founding fathers. We learn from history, if we don't ignore or destroy it. It shows us where we were relative to where we are. If you can declare that the United States of America was founded by r****t monsters, you can then tear down what has been built. That is the goal of the left. To vilify the past and destroy it so they can destroy the present and then they can impose one world government with open borders on us. They seem to be making remarkable progress with that.

Semper Fi

Noraa Loc: Kansas

It's the west coast. What so surprising?

currahee

These "leaders" are not Americans. They support a UN agenda. American parents should demand that the guardians who are disguised as teachers be replaced with educators who have defied Marxist indoctrination. Public school "cowards" are always going to be afraid of students from American homes.

RETW Loc: Washington

It is in my humble opinion, the school officials who thought up this stupid discourse, .... at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom, California,.... need a brain adjustment.


Can you think of anything more stupid, than to say that cheering for our nation, is somehow wrong,
and may be offensive to any one living here.

These school officials need a swift kick right in there ass, and tossed right out on there butt,

For Gods sake, lets bring some sanity back to our schools.

That kind of drivel is subversive to our nation, and should have no place of rest in our students
teaching. The officials that are responsible for doing this are t*****rs to our country. They need to be dealt with in a court of law.


RETW

Alicia Loc: NYC

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I believe that there is never a reason to chant. Mostly chants are used as protests. We can all be good Americans by treating others as equals.

samtheyank

Semper Fi, USMC

GmanTerry

Semper Fi, Do or die!

Big Bass

...."and worshipping hellary." You are totally barking mad.

RETW Loc: Washington

You need to read this part of the original post.

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" “To say USA, you know, we’re all the same,” student Ryan Bernal told the television station. “We’re all American. It doesn’t matter what your skin tone is or where you’re from.”

That young man has more common sense that most of the grownups in charge of the school district.

“We’re all one,” Ryan said. “We all stand as one together.”

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Than when you have read it, you need to re-read it 10 more times.


RETW

Noraa Loc: Kansas

You are absolutely correct if you don't live in the real world. What's next? No singing?