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  There were no children, this was a staff only meeting.
  It's right in the article.
context: OK,  I was a little confused about what happened, so I looked around:
  
  The appeals court ruling, which was filed on Dec. 29, determined that Dodge’s hat was protected speech. The panel affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the district and Gomes were not liable but allowed claims against Garrett to move forward, determining sufficient evidence exists for a jury to consider whether the principal violated the teacher’s constitutional rights.
  
  So basically,  the principal may have violated the teacher's first amendment right, but that the school district and human resources chief did not. >
  
  Wouldn't that violate the school dress code, though? At least when I was in school, we weren't allowed to wear hats inside the building unless it was some sort of religious dress. And anything with any kind of controversial messaging, including political t-shirts of any kind, were not allowed. I would think that would extend to teachers.
  So are school dress codes gone, now? Are girls finally allowed to wear tank tops? >
  
  Well,  it looks like this happened during a training session when students weren't present,  so the regular dress code may not have applied. >
  
  If there was a culture of allowing violations of a dress code, or if clothing with other political messages are allowed, then the policies can't be enforced against him. >
  
  Yeah if the teacher has pics or evidence of other teachers wearing an Obama "hope" shirt or Hilary 2016 hat, then he definately will win the case because he was singled out compared to others. >
  
  The district was allowing other political slogans and even BLM attire to be worn. >
  
  If you allow one then all must be accepted. I was in a union position in which dress code was an issue. It was so stupid in which long sleeves weren't allowed under polo company dress shirts. Well, certain departments were allowed to wear them with no recourse. I felt singled out and brought up this fact. 
  At the time, being a smart ass teen, I wore the long sleeves. Our warehouse would hit below freezing and I was constantly back and forth to the sales floor. A manager decided to send me home to get changed, during a holiday week in which I was the sole person working the department and I didn't return like he assumed I would. When questioned the next day, I simply stated I was sent home, I don't have to return and was "in violation of the dress code". So thank you for letting me know how to get a day off. I could use them since 6 days straight and overtime every week. Anyway, long sleeves were allowed shortly after. >
  
  
  If you allow one then all must be accepted. 
  
  That's a basic tenet of fairness. Sadly, some people refuse to be fair. >
  
  It was a benefit of a union. Simply stating, let's walk the store right now and everyone not in dress code needs to be reprimanded the same as me or a rep can come in and explain the situation because I feel singled out. 
  They pulled the same stunt with time clock punches, being 5 min late or a little long on breaks. It's meaningless to reprimand one or two people if you don't do it to everyone. Starts to play into I'm the only one with this infraction while everyone else gets away with it. I also loved the sign here to say you understand the write up. Like nope, I don't have representation and I don't know the meaning of what's going on.
  Just knowing your basic worker rights on a federal and state level throw back a lot of managers. Never let yourself be taken advantage of. Stand your ground on a professional and calm way so they don't have more ammo. >
  
  Schools likely have rules about political statements (including hats).
  Opening a can of worms if they started allowing anything on shirts, hats and other things. >
  
  It’s an interesting case with some interesting ramifications. Who gets to make the rules for dress codes and what confines those rules? Can students now wear shirts that say ‘Fuck the Police’ or ‘Kill the Homework-givers’? Or if they are fans of Kanye, a shirt saying ‘Jews own the world’ or something similar? It will be interesting. >
  
  
  Who gets to make the rules for dress codes and what confines those rules?
  
  I presume whatever body makes the other rules...
  Really shouldn't be hard to just have a rule saying "No clothing that will cause a disruption."  
  So if you're wearing anything to "piss people off" or "trigger the libs" yeah... no.  This is a school, not AM radio.  If you're clothing surprisingly causes a disruption, don't bring it back to school.
  If you can't use your judgment, you can't teach. >
  
  
  Really shouldn't be hard to just have a rule saying "No clothing that will cause a disruption." 
  
  That is incredibly vague. >
  
  No, it's really not.  If you're wearing something that's sparking conflict, you stop wearing it.  If this is a line you can't help but cross, you are not fit to be a teacher.  You're a professional, not a billboard. 
  Like any rule regarding behavior, judgment needs to be used, and if judgment can't be used, then no amount of policy will solve the issue.  I argue anyone unable to use judgment should be removed from professional positions. >
  
  
  No, it's really not.
  
  Yeah it really is.
  
  If you're wearing something that's sparking conflict, you stop wearing it. 
  
  Literally anything could be considered to "spark conflict". >
  
  Your're wrong. Have you ever actually read the first amendment?
  
  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
  
  How is a school making a policy against certain speech in violation of that?
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  Literally anything could be considered to "spark conflict".
  
  Wording like this in policies is usually tempered by further clarification and examples of what may constitute such items. It is generally also subject to (what we here in australia call) the pub test. In this case if you were to walk into a pub (or a classroom) would a reasonable person expect this to spark conflict? 
  A MAGA hat yes, as some people would agree and others would see it as a slogan from a political party going against there best interests.
  A shirt that says, "Eagles are birds" probably not. >
  
  The problem is that schools in backwards places would consider an "Evolution is Real" shirt to cause disruption, and thus removed. >
  
  So don't wear that shirt.
  Why is a teacher wearing anything other then a blank dress shirt, or a blank polo shirt while teaching anyway? >
  
  You don't understand.    
  It is a long established precedent, that public schools are partially agents of the government, and they cannot make any rule that they want regarding speech.    
  They can make some rules, but not any rule.  Some rules, if a public school does it, would be violations of the 1st amendment.    
  As proven by the fact that this teach won the court case, actually. >
  
  Doing political stunts at school when you're a teacher is pretty dumb though. >
  
  It was only during staff days, with no students present. 
  That said, it was a staff day for cultural sensitivity, so there's that. >
  
  It can be dumb but perfectly within the teacher's rights.
  I don't recall us getting this upset over the Starbucks employee wearing a BLM mask. I think MAGA is an idiotic message, but rules for thee but not for me I guess. >
  
  Conservatism calls that “Woke-ism” and certainly gets upsets/wants to ban it.
  This is an example of double speak.
  You bet your dollar pancakes that “constitutional rights” have a history of being selectively applied in America.
  Pride flags were banned, so should MAGA hats. >
  
  Funny story, theyre both appropriate examples.
  Flags that demonstrate politics is equivalent to a fucking hat that demonstrates politics.
  So yes, they are absolutely comparable given the realm of conversation we are having. >
  
  I stand corrected.
  Do you know if pride flags were banned at staff-only gatherings as well? That's the case in question here.
  Let's also not forget that the teacher here wore the hat a total of twice. It seems like a lot of drama for absolutely nothing. >
  
  I don’t disagree, but welcome to America where a teacher can be fired for going “me too!” When a child draws a pride flag to represent their lesbian parents.
  True story, and why I’m fucking sick of the republican double speak. If BLM, politics, and anything “other”, make you sooooooo uncomfortable and should be kept quiet, 
  —then get your “under one god” religious bullshit out of my face along with the coaches that are allowed to pray-pressure their students.
  I’ve been putting up with the loud majority for so long that honestly wear that damn MAGA hat. So long as I can be loud and proud as well. Which makes me more libertarian than any fucking “libertarian” these days. >
  
  I get it. I'm in the same boat and am increasingly alarmed by how radicalized we've become. Everyone likes to point fingers, but even in Reddit the top subs are rabidly assuming things that fit their worldview.
  I'm just as upset about the pride flag bans as this here. I just think if we stop applying the rules consistently we've lost all hope. >
  
  Thank you for providing a decent reddit interaction and listening. 
  All I will say, pay attention to which party is banning shit and acting all constitutionalist at the same time. That’s the party of radicalization. It takes ideology to cover up hypocrisy that extreme. >
  
  I think we can all agree that the wearing of political paraphernalia is cringe even if constitutionally protected >
  
  agreed. should've been fired for being too cringe 🌚 >
  
  Fr no cap >
  
  Fr with a cap >
  
  So this would also mean gay pride flags would be legally protected speech in florida >
  
  Hate speech in some places. Because hate speech is only as good as how the person feels. Why it doesn't hold in court for one thing over the other, I'll never know. 
  Must be a broad case of the "Should of known or Ought to have known " >
  
  I had teachers wearing Obama pins right before the 2008 election. Should be the same idea. >
  
  I first read this as “Obama Pants” now I desperately want to see that >
  
  Whelp. Time to bust out the rainbow flags. >
  
  Now, the door opens both ways, so this essentially nullifies the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Bill for teachers then, right? >
  
  I don’t think people in public service should be able to advertise politics while on the job. >
  
  I remember not being allowed to wear a spuds mckenzie shirt in school. I guess my first amendment rights weren’t as important? >
  
  I knew teachers who got penalized for protesting the war in Iraq, but this guy… >
  
  this guy got penalized for wearing the MAGA hat. That's the entire reason this went to court. Im sure other teachers/students have brought similar things to court before on either side of the aisle >
  
  Alright, let that woman in a wig with massive gongers teach those children >
  
  I mean…. Good. Why was this even an issue? >
  
  I lean left and believe this ruling is the right one - especially in context. Individual free speech should be protected.
  However something interesting is around the corner… should a teacher (or public representative in a position of power over minors) put forward left or right leaning political messaging while with kids? I understand this wasn’t the context here… but it’s a tricky subject. >
  
  this was on school grounds, but was a teacher only event.  it was a sort of "reeducation" event that the teacher disagreed with because it was political in nature.  by bringing the maga hat he was making a statement.  the principal was pretty dumb by taking the bait.  
  there were 3 or 4 people that claimed they felt threatened by the hat.  the whole thing is very stupid and the teacher was out right threatened with disciplinary action if he did not put the hat in his car. >
  
  Anyone who felt threatened by the hat is an overdramatic idiot. >
  
  I’m wondering what that affect on or mandatory school uniforms, when a student says no I wear what I want >
  
  
  “That some may not like the political message being conveyed is par for the course and cannot itself be a basis for finding disruption of a kind that outweighs the speaker’s First Amendment rights,” Judge Danielle J. Forrest wrote in the opinion.
  
  This seems like a fair ruling. It's not like MAGA itself is hate speech, although the hyper-partisan landscape over the past several years seems to not agree with that. Being able to peacefully support or speak ill of the US government is a right that shouldn't be curtailed, even if some might consider it insensitive. >
  
  But remember having rainbows in your classroom is not protected. >
  
  Are we talking in the classroom MAGA hat or arriving and departing from work attire.  I think there’s a difference.
  Edit: Never mind. Read it. Not in class.  Should be protected. >
  
  On the surface this ruling is fine.  But it just creates more strange double standard grey area when  looked at in combination of such efforts as "Parental Rights in Education Act" it shows a double standard perhaps?  There is an argument made during that Act's passing that the state has the right "regulate primary education curriculum by imposing restraints on what teachers can say" etc.  And the act is currently being upheld by a Trump appointee.
  edit:  I am not saying these are in the same state etc either btw just the same political alignment. 
  I am actually fine with the hat ruling to be clear. >
  
  Nothing grey about this.
  This case has everyone confused because they see teacher and assume it's about a teacher conveying a message to their class.
  The MAGA guy wasn't teaching a class. It was a faculty meeting. That means it's not about a government employee trying to convey a political message to the public.
  After that it's a straightforward application of 1st Amendment doctrine. The school allowed political attire, but the principal doesn't like one particular political message and took action.
  That's textbook viewpoint discrimination. >
  
  Political statements need to be protected by law.  Whether it's a MAGA hat or rainbows or a short skirt, it can't be disallowed by law.  However, when I go into the office, I shouldn't wear any of those things.  The same is true of schools.  There are rules, then there's the law.
  In this case, the principal can't forbid the teacher from wearing a MAGA hat, but he can write him up for being a disturbance in the school and having poor judgement. >
  
  “They hated him because he spoke the truth.” A meme!
  Yeah seriously, people need to understand the rights or privileges they rob from others will also steal from themselves. 
  I like free speech even if it’s something I don’t want to hear.
  Edit. I am not defending trump you lunatics. God you people need to chill. I was quoting a MEME. >
  
  What "truth" did he speak? Someone supporting a party that denies reality (i.e. science and the 2020 election) and continually lambasts climate and infectious disease experts doesn't exactly seem like someone who is even interested in truth.
  Edit: wording >
  
  Yes I want to know who these people are so I don’t have to be around them.
  And going back to what I said. What rights I take for someone else I take from myself. >
  
  All that means is every teacher who hangs an lgbtq+ flag is expressing their 1st amendment right and qanon morons can’t complain that they’re “indoctrinating” their kids. >
  
  Teachers are allowed to hang pride flags though, so from a constitutionality perspective, what's your point? >
  
  Does this mean teachers can wear caps saying whatever they want?  I don’t see this going well. >
  
  Yes. If it’s covered under free speech, you can wear it. If you don’t want your 1st amendment rights protected, don’t be surprised what you suddenly lose the rest of your rights >
  
  Does this ruling mean BLM shirts are protected speech too. >
  
  Someone else in this thread mentioned that BLM messages on clothes was one of the reasons why the court decided like this. Those were supposedly already allowed by the school. >
  
  So where’s all the right wingers who were throwing a fit about any pride attire in schools who said teachers “shouldn’t be political” >
  
  So no more dress codes cool, Satanic Temple shirts for everyone should get their attention. >
  
  That's fine.
  I'll wear my pussy hat to school now. >
  
  I got sent home from 10th grade because I was wearing a shirt that said. "Big cats are dangerous but a little pussy never hurt anybody." >
  
  “Employee violates dress code policy and gets protected by 1st Amendment”
  Meh, more bullshit. Just another day in the job. >
  
  Then schools should be able to show off lgbt support in the classroom. >
  
  It’s just a hat. Why has the world gone mad on censorship? Silencing people doesn’t change their opinions, it only stops them from voicing them. Personally I prefer people to be able to speak freely, however offensive their opinions may be. It allows me to make an educated decision on whether I should invest any time into them. >
  
  The point isn't the change their opinions, it's to avoid other opinions from being influenced. >
  
  You change negative opinions through education not censorship. Censorship only makes it worse >
  
  People like Maga cultists will always exist. Their opinions will never change. They can however slowly die out if their ideas arent spread to everyone >
  
  
  Their opinions will never change
  
  That sounds like a very closed minded thing to say. >
  
  Two way street then. The kids should be able to wear whatever shirt or hat they want to wear as well. I.E. Make Love Not War!" Or "Beer. Helping ugly people have sex for 100 years!" >
  
  I think both Politics and Religion should stay at home unless it's a special event or elective. It's unprofessional in settings such as work or school to insert your nonemperical subjective opinions into the acumen. In my opinion those who feel the need to bedazzle their attire in political jargon are morons who probably shouldn't be voting at all, but that's just me. You're obviously free to wear whatever the hell you want out in public, just don't complain if you don't receive the attention you were craving. >
  
  This whole MAGA thing overshadowed a really good group I was trying to startup Moms Against Good Acronyms. >
  
  Oh? So then clothing displaying  support for ANTIFA, BLM, & Pride are also all acceptable and protected by 1A, right? >
  
  Does this mean that teachers can wear their Black Lives Matter T-shirts to their Florida classrooms? >
  
  I hate both sides but if this were the other way around with a  Biden hat, you all would be calling for riots. Shut up. So predictable its cringe. Doesnt matter which party name is on the hat. Everyone has a right to express their vote if they want to like an arrogant asshole the teacher is. It's their right. >
  
  I thought we were criminalizing political statements in the classroom, red states. What gives? >
  
  When you go to some staff-only cultural sensitivity and racial bias training, it is good to arrive with an open mind. >
  
  Open, not empty. >
  
  When I was in high school several teachers were fired for speaking out against the war in Iraq. But please, tell us more about how conservatives are always the victims. >
  
  Let's be honest here. That probably didn't happen. >
  
  And Republicans probably didn't ban books while preaching about free speech, am I right??? >
  
  So....the "don't say gay" law in Florida is de facto unconstitutional right? >
  
  No. Do you think that complimenting a freshmans tits would be protected speec too? >
  
  Do...do you think that's what the law says? >
  
  No, but the point is that the law can regulate what people communicate to children. >
  
  Including political statements right?
  Because this ruling would seem to object to that. >
  
  Except for no kids being present at the training event that this happened at. But don't let facts get in the way of your feelings. >
  
  If someone is stupid and unhinged enough to think Trump is a good person they shouldn't be around children. >
  
  This is very inappropriate and in poor taste for a school setting. You are free to jump off a bridge. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. >
  
  This is a net positive, all told. If the former teacher were found to be in violation, that opens up a can of worms as we say “What speech can feasibly be banned in schools?” Trying to limit it to “campaign or political speech” would be ineffective. Everything is inherently political. Hell, stating that you don’t want to talk about politics is one of the most political things you can say! It says “I’m okay with the status quo, I do not want it to change and I’m not willing to entertain the idea that it should.” (There’s a marked difference between “I don’t want to talk about politics ever” and “I don’t want to talk about politics right now/with you, just so that’s clear)
  There would be a whole can of worms Unleashed as the ruling was weaponized if schools could ban “political” speech, as topics like LGBTQ+, immigrant rights, and the less savory bits of US History were deemed political and banned in regressive districts, with uphill battles to challenge that ruling. 
  This is a great example of “I don’t agree with what you’re saying, but I will die for your right to say it.”
  That being said, former teacher is a dick. >
  
  Look up Tinker v. Des Moines. We have significant case precedent banning, allowing, and limiting speech in schools; the Court has tests that hinge on how disruptive speech is and whether it occurs on school grounds, among other things. It's a complex topic but you'd be incorrect to say the can of worms is unopened. >
  
  I mean, if you want to draw attention to the fact you’re an absolute idiot in front of the whole faculty.. by all mean wear the MAGA hat! >
  
  so if that protected speech then why isn't teaching critical race theory protected speech? >
  
  Because it’s the government doing it? >
  
  But rainbows in a classroom is "grooming" that needs to be cancelled by anti-cancel culture.
  Yeah, okay. Make it make sense. >
  
  True.  Rainbows are proof that god is gay for the light spectrum and wants you to know it. >
  
  Reality has a well known liberal bias. >
  
  So when a pack of Hyenas hunt down an innocent bunny rabbit that's liberal bias at play?  What about tsunamis that take out entire villages? >
  
  Dont care about the legalities of it.  Its simply an ahole thing to do. >
  
  Exactly, calling them terrorists is a compliment. Just look at January 6th compared to 9/11. January 6th to me is more important than 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, combined. >
  
  As long as he wasn't carrying an AR-15 I am good with the hat being a protected speech right. >
  
  So they can wear hats that show what cult they're in, but children can't because "it could be a gang thing" or some shit? Where's their freedom of speech?! >
  
  Great now out comes his white hood and robes >
  
  
  Wy’east Middle School Principal Caroline Garret allegedly told him to use better judgment. Dodge said he was “verbally attacked” by Garret and other school employees after bringing the hat again, and that retaliation amounted to a violation of his First Amendment rights.
  
  I searched but could not find what the verbal attack was.  Does anyone know? >
  
  They sure didn't care about constitutional rights back in 8th grade when they made me turn my Big Johnson's Sex Wax t-shirt inside out... >
  
  I’d just let it go and ignore it.
  This is advice for dealing with whiny toddlers and children: don’t give them any attention. In fact, the more you act like nothings wrong, the more opportunities they get to reveal their hand. 
  Then you fall into “intent” category. One of the more difficult things to prove is intent unless someone clearly admits it.
  Don’t take my word for it, just practice with someone… anyone… looking for attention. The payoff is well worth the exercise in patience. 
  Also, as general advice, the less you react to shit you don’t like, the happier you’ll be overall. Do it for your own health. >
  
  And what about a pointy white sheet? 
  Law is a farce - a tool of the wicked, the cowardly, and the ignorant. >
  
  these MAG queens must be stopped >
  
  Cool. So wearing gang colors to school is cool now too, right? >
  
  Ironically, would this set a precedent to strike down DeSantis' Don't Say Gay law? >
  
  I pull my kid if he has a proud MAGA hat teacher >
  
  So school teachers getting death threats over rainbows aren't protected but wannabe nazis are? got it. >
  
  MAGA hats are far and away different than Nazis. >
  
  You're just thinking of 1940s Nazis, when you should be thinking of 1930s Nazis. >
  
  Nazis of the 1930's opposed liberal democracy (stuff like pushed for limits on speech, answering to the population, etc.).  They grew out of the German Worker's party and labeled themselves National Socialists.
  Despite Trump as a key figure in MAGA, they are pushing for free speech, for school choice, against government forced indoctrination, for free markets...
  They are not perfect, but they are not union based nor socialist. >
  
  Well.. at least this lets the parents know who the idiot teacher is... >
  
  Glad that's clarified. So BLM and Occupy shirts are fine as well. Or is free speech limited to hats? >
  
  But teachers can't have a rainbow in their classrooms in Florida.  Just a plain rainbow. >
  
  I think this means they can take their flags to diversity training classes... >
  
  That may be, but he isn't protected from the consequences of doing so. Car get broken into? Awww. Look how no one cares. >
  
  If I was the teacher’s student , I’ll wear a Truck Fump hat and a 🌈 hoodie >
  
  Since when do people have rights at their job? >
  
  Since it was a Republican >
  
  R's: KEEP POLITICS OUT OF SCHOOLS
  also R's: >
  
  Ok, so rainbows and pride flags are ok now? >
  
  Students still can’t wear BLM or bud light Ts.  Not even slurm. >
  
  The principal allowed BLM posters in the school, so I doubt she'd have a problem with students wearing BLM clothing. >
  
  I like that they wears Trumps shitty apparel. It’s easier to recognize the racist, white nationalist, brain dead, misogynistic low life Trumpers in our society. >
  
  So I can buy every student at the school a T-shirt that says f*** domestic terrorists? >
  
  Glad that's clarified. So BLM and Occupy shirts are fine as well. Or is free speech limited to hats? >
  
  And the MAGA maniacs constantly accuse teachers of indoctrinating kids. So much projection. >
  
  "I would totally groom kids, so I bet libs would too!" - literally the MAGA internal thinking >
  
  Conservatism is a fundamentally incurious ideology. They have trouble understanding that some people have different ways of thinking and acting so they see people they think are getting away with what they want to do and get mad >
  
  Then why isn't wearing a T=shirt with the rainbow flag not allowed in schools?
  Free speech that only applies to a certain class of people and not everybody isn't free speech it's propaganda. >
  
  Because the school didn't have a policy disallowing a rainbow flag shirt either. 1A is an all or nothing type of thing some schools ban ALL political statements some do not. >
  
  Gonna wear my hammer and sickle hat to homeroom and see how that works out for me. >
  
  Well, wearing the hat is an asshole thing to do but then the community gets to see this teacher for what he stands for.  He believed in MAGA “values” so strongly that he felt the need to wear this hat to his place of employment.
  It is remarkable that he is a science teacher supporting a group that is anti science.  Also remarkable that he demands his first amendment rights but supports a group that wants limitations of those same rights to minorities.  
  It makes me wonder if he is qualified  to be science teacher if critical thinking is not a skill he has learned. >
  
  "It is remarkable that he is a science teacher supporting a group that is anti science. Also remarkable that he demands his first amendment rights but supports a group that wants limitations of those same rights to minorities."
  But remember, these are the followers of the Cult of the Big Orange Turd! >
  
  A fuck Trump hat is equally allowable then?
  edit: a word >
  
  I doubt a hat with the word "Fuck" on it would be allowed however "F Trump" or "Lets Go Brandon" should be allowed >
  
  MAGA hat at school: Protected speech! They can’t touch you!
  Tank top at school: Go home now and change, slut!
  Saying bad thing about your boss at work: Not protected speech! You’re justifiably fired!
  Drag shows: Not in front of the children!!!!!
  Saying “gay people exist” at a Florida school: Not protected speech >
  
  Was it your intention to throw in a bunch of antagonistic but unrelated and wildly different scenarios that require complex consideration to untangle in order to piss off the dumbs?
  Here’s your MAGA hat. >
  
  so we can't have a picture of our SO on our desk if we are a gay teacher, but we can promote Fascism ... cool laws ... >
  
  You should be able to have both.  If you aren’t call the aclu.
  I had to fight my HS for the right to sit during the pledge.  I had to comb through legal text proving their policy unlawful.  I got threatened and harassed, but ultimately got my way.  They immediately approved me going to the accelerated program meant for struggling students after that.  I graduated in 2weeks following that. 
  Shit like this is way we have courts. I would fight for your rights. No one is going to hand them to you.  This MAGA teacher  understands that. >
  
  
  This MAGA teacher  understands that.
  
  As he votes for politicians that take other people's rights away >
  
  Chances are, if you have voted before you have voted for seome that has taken or has tried to take people's rights away. >
  
  Still guilty of being an asshole though. >
  
  She probably also teaching students that trump is still secretly president. >
  
  So teachers can express political opinions now? >
  
  My first grade teacher had a hobo figurine in her classroom with a sign that said “I’m a liberal”.  That was 1981. >
  
  The whole time screaming "they're grooming the kids!" >
  
  The irony is COMPLETELY lost on them. >
  
  Nope it’s lost on you idiots who can’t read an article to see that he didn’t wear it in front of kids. >
  
  We read it. >
  
  Obviously not since the guy didn’t even wear it in front of a kid >
  
  > The country’s freedom of expression does have significant exceptions. “There is hate speech, there is threatening speech,” First Amendment expert and dean emeritus at the Lewis & Clark Law School, Stephen Kanter, told The Oregonian/OregonLive, “but a MAGA hat falls far short of that  
  Seriously? Did that moron forget about the Insurrection  ??? >
  
  So you are saying that Jan 6th, that happened in 2021 should have bearing on what a teacher did in 2019/2020?
  Even if you believe that Jan 6th makes any Maga hat considered hate speech or threatening speech, it literally happened Months after the incident that was on trial. >
  
  Now watch the same guy demand all BLM merch be banned because of "terrorism." >
  
  The principal allowed BLM flags in the classroom. This teacher didn't seem to have a problem with that. He just thinks free speech applies to him as well. >
  
  When you see a MagaMoron the correct response is for everyone to all point and laugh at them. >
  
  Oh how tolerant >
  
  Trust me, I don’t try to pretend that I tolerate right-wingers >
  
  even though you are asking me to I don't trust you - i don't trust dumbfucks >
  
  That doesn’t sound very tolerant of you. >
  
  Go to dictionary.com 
  trust != tolerant >
  
  Calling someone a “dumbfuck” is hardly tolerant. You need to try to Be Best >
  
  I don’t belong to the party that considers themselves to be tolerant >
  
  I thought hats weren’t allowed at school. Especially red or blue hats because they could be gang related. >
  
  Not according to them making me take my "fuck you" hat off >
  
  The conservatives don’t know what sort of precedent they just set. Teachers wear some rainbow pride clothes to class and watch the conservatives lose their minds! >
  
  hasn't it been a firmly established right for employers to set standards for dress that forbid political or religious displays?
  all it would take is for a kid to sue them because he felt threatened by the hat.
  Edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted... on googling, it's been firmly established by other courts that yes employers can prohibit politics in the workplace ^(1,) ^(2)^(,) ^(3)- including political attire. basically, the teacher is free to refuse to take it off (first amendment,) but the school is also free to fire him for violating workplace rules. (assuming those rules are fairly enforced.) 
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  as for kids feeling threatened by MAGA idiots... yeah. it might not be the most reasonable thing to be afraid of... but then again... it kind of is, too. you're far more likely to see a maga-idiot strapped in a place that being strapped is federally ... illegal. and lets be honest, kids aren't the most reasonable beings on the planet. >
  
  You describe freedom of association, the employer doesn't want to associate with the employee anymore. It gets a bit stickier when the government itself fires someone for free speech, especially political speech. They have to be quite careful about such rules. >
  
  I always assumed that schools were kind of like voting zones - too many impressionables to allow the advocation of either political party. Or like how you’re not allowed to push your religious brand on students. 
  I guess if it was staff only events he brought it to, whatever, but still shows poor judgment and feels disrespectful and antagonistic towards his coworkers. Good on him for resigning though, we need less teachers with bad decision making skills guiding tomorrow’s leaders - best decision he ever made. I give it a 10/10. >
  
  ah, then i suppose schools no longer can suspend for spaghetti straps, open toed shoes, yoga wear, band shirts with language that offends them, etc? that’s the logical extension from this ruling, right? >
  
  Maybe? 
  I.guess they would have to demonstrate a tangible disruption? The ruling didn't seem to be a carve out for political speech.  Idk? >
  
  You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole! >
  
  So then there should be no issue with a student wearing a 'F*uck Trump' T shirt in that educators classroom. >
  
  Students don’t have freedom of speech in schools >
  
  I thought teachers weren’t supposed to reveal their political beliefs to students? >
  
  The article said he wore it to a "staff-only cultural sensitivity and racial bias training". >
  
  So they were just trolling. >
  
  He was trolling. >
  
  I disagree that a MAGA hat falls short of hate speech. I believe it is a form of hate speech, like a confederate flag hat. This is especially true when it’s intentionally worn to a work training on racial bias. That teacher seems like an asshole.
  (The case seems to have hinged on whether the speech was disruptive, not whether it was hateful. I haven’t read the decision, so I’ll withhold opinion on the ruling itself.) >
  
  I hate trump. I hate Trump. But this is absurd. Wearing the political slogan of a politician is NOT hate speech even in those circumstances. >
  
  Of course he does, he has all rights to be prick. 
  You are not free from societal scrutiny or specific dress code standards. 
  I just don't think it is appropriate to bring obvious political shit into the classroom, especially if you are the instructor. Your job it to instruct, to educate, to teach, to pass along knowledge, not indoctrinate. 
  He's also free to wear a t-shirt that says "I love pussy, and anal sex!!!" but he's not free from a minimum standards dress code. 
  This is dumb. Nothing is gained from this. Society is not benefited from this. Just a waste of everyone's time and resources. >
  
  Still an absolute piece of shit. >
  
  Don’t say gay or MAGA >
  
  A MAGA hat represents hate, violence, misogyny, cruelty and lack of respect for the rule of law. When people tell you who they are, believe them. >
  
  Sweet so everything inappropriate worn by kids has now been deemed protected by the 1st amendment.  Wear your Hentai boys it's now allowed. >
  
  Children don’t get the same Constitutional protection as adults. >
  
  Unless they’re in utero >
  
  
  Unless they’re in utero
  
  No. They are not  allowed to wear caps in utero. >
  
  I file these things with Klan robes. Can teachers go to work wearing klan robes? >
  
  You're not wrong Walter... >
  
  you're just an asshole. >
  
  Yet the children they teach are not allowed to wear hats. The hypocrisy >
  
  Well teachers and students follow different rules. Same as parents and children, employers and employees. >
  
  God forbid anyone wear a shirt that says "Legalize Women's Rights to Choose" or "Amend the 2nd Amendment" or "Universal Healthcare to All".... something tells me the teacher would want to discuss their dress code policy in private with the student after class or how it was "inappropriate". >
  
  
  Court documents show that science teacher Eric Dodge brought the “Make America Great Again” baseball cap with him to an Evergreen Public Schools building twice before the 2019-2020 school year. The Columbian reported. The first occasion was to a staff-only cultural sensitivity and racial bias training.
  
  solid speedrun attempt for failing and being ordered to retake cultural sensitivity and racial bias training. >
  
  Arent teachers supposed to be politically ambiguous? Like not allowed to really push their politics on other peoples young, impressionable children?