In Virginia school parking lot, new questions about Confederate flag
By Patrik Jonsson
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
... “There’s emotion here when we’re talking about the Confederate flag or the US flag, but we really have to step back and say that the focal point here is disruption, not whether or not you like the symbol ... I think we have to be very wary anytime the government constrains speech. We have a right to be offensive; we’re not required to be nice” ...
... Christiansburg officials say there was a Confederate flag-inspired fight at the school in 2002 ...
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, told The Roanoke Times that she believes the school’s parking policy might be violating the students' free speech rights ...
Mr. Policinski of the Newseum Institute says ... “For people who don’t like the Confederate flag, they might consider that 50 to 60 years ago, schools were banning people from speech that had to do with civil rights” ...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2015/0918/In-Virginia-school-parking-lot-new-questions-about-Confederate-flag-video