Flag-Burning Teacher: A Lesson In Free Speech - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2006, 06:34 PM

It was my impression that burning the flags was done to elicit an emotional response from the students and they were instructed to write a paper based on their response. This would be followed by classroom discussion about the constitutional protections and the law.

If I'm correct in my take on what was planned, then the teachers mistake was involving himself rather than show a video of someone burning a flag.
I can see the value of getting the students gut reaction on paper first, rather than having them rationalize what the thought they would feel seeing a flag burned.

smoothmoniker · 09-01-2006, 01:46 PM

also, my understanding was that the teacher wasn't burning the flag as a statement, he was burning the flag to demonstrate the kind of speech that was protected.

I'm suggesting he use the racial slurs in the same way - not to express the opinion, but to demonstrate the kind of speech that is protected.

Flint · 09-01-2006, 01:46 PM

But he wasn't condoning it, he was demonstrating it. Not the same as Strom.

Edit: I didn't see that last post before I posted this. Citing Strom himself is an apple versus this orange.

09-02-2006, 06:34 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It was my impression that burning the flags was done to elicit an emotional response from the students and they were instructed to write a paper based on their response. This would be followed by classroom discussion about the constitutional protections and the law. If I'm correct in my take on what was planned, then the teachers mistake was involving himself rather than show a video of someone burning a flag. I can see the value of getting the students gut reaction on paper first, rather than having them rationalize what the thought they would feel seeing a flag burned. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-01-2006, 01:46 PM	#2
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	also, my understanding was that the teacher wasn't burning the flag as a statement, he was burning the flag to demonstrate the kind of speech that was protected. I'm suggesting he use the racial slurs in the same way - not to express the opinion, but to demonstrate the kind of speech that is protected. __________________ to live and die in LA

09-01-2006, 01:46 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	But he wasn't condoning it, he was demonstrating it. Not the same as Strom. Edit: I didn't see that last post before I posted this. Citing Strom himself is an apple versus this orange. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 09-01-2006 at 02:20 PM.

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