Update: The Gadsden Kid Is Undefeated, Has His School Running for the Hills

[Kamaji]

Update:  The Gadsden Kid Is Undefeated, Has His School Running for the Hills

By Brandon Morse
August 29, 2023

On Tuesday, I reported about a kid named Jaiden from Colorado Springs who had his school's staff at The Vanguard School up in arms over a patch on his backpack displaying the Gadsden flag.

What's wrong with the Gadsden flag, you ask? According to school staff, it has its roots in slavery and the slave trade, a claim Jaiden was obviously highly amused by and whose facial expression is becoming an internet meme at the time of this writing.

https://twitter.com/TheBrandonMorse/status/1696591819583213963

Despite the school's weak attempt to justify its position and get him to remove his bag and the offending patch in order to let him back into class, Jaiden's mother stood behind her son and even corrected the school's claims about what the flag represents. This was captured on a video that has now gone viral and sparked waves all over the internet.

(Watch: School Attempts to Kick Out Kid for Sporting a Gadsden Flag Patch and His Mom Isn't Having It)

Naturally, due to the viral nature of the story, people are hungry for updates, and boy howdy do we have some for you, both about Jaiden and what the school is now going through.

First, we'll start with the hero of our story. Jaiden remains undeterred and has decided he's going to walk back into the school with his bag and patch still attached. Jaiden says he will refuse to remove the patch and will conduct a school sit-in if it comes down to it.

According to Connor Boyack, who first reported on this story, two law firms have now offered to assist Jaiden and his family if it comes down to lawfare, and will fight this clear discrimination against Jaiden and his beliefs. The story has also reached Colorado Governor Jared Polis who posted about the story seemingly taking Jaiden's side but there has been no word on Polis actually doing anything about it.

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Source:  https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2023/08/29/update-the-gadsden-kid-is-undefeated-has-his-school-running-for-the-hills-n2163196

[roamer_1]

BTTT

[Wingnut]

Hope things work out for him.  We have a new "Don't Tread On Me" plate option and I plan on getting one in Jan when my plate expires.

[mountaineer]

 μολὼν λαβέ - I have a Gadsden flag sticker on my truck.

[Wingnut]

The Bee is on the job!

https://babylonbee.com/news/kid-suspended-for-being-in-possession-of-history-book-with-us-flag-on-cover

[Wingnut]

This was a surprise.

Democratic Colorado governor calls Gadsden flag a 'proud symbol' of Revolution in response to viral video

Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo.  posted, "Obviously the Gadsden flag is a proud symbol of the American revolution and a iconic warning to Britain or any government not to violate the liberties of Americans. It appears on popular American medallions and challenge coins through today and Ben Franklin also adopted it to symbolize the union of the 13 colonies. It’s a great teaching moment for a history lesson!"

https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-colorado-governor-calls-gadsden-flag-proud-symbol-revolution-response-viral-video

[Sighlass]

I have always loved the flag as a symbol of not bowing down to big government.

[Hoodat]

Hope things work out for him.  We have a new "Don't Tread On Me" plate option and I plan on getting one in Jan when my plate expires.

We have that, too.  But the State was not clear on where that extra money goes.

[corbe]

   Kinda like DeSantis being 5-0 in Election History compared to Trump 1-1. 
   America still celebrates their 'Undefeated', until they lose, of course.

[Wingnut]

We have that, too.  But the State was not clear on where that extra money goes.

I didn't ask.  LOL

[roamer_1]

I have a Gadsden flag sticker on my truck.

Yup.
Old Glory
Rebel flag
Gadsen flag
Blue Line flag

That order, down the right side of the pickup's rear window.

Gee, redneck much? Yeah... I know... 

[corbe]

   I Longhair/Beard much in this Redneck Country and it's a pain. The glass is always half full, there won't be a Task Force out his Labor Day because you walk all of our current rivers holding your TUBE, of course the CofC is reporting Recreational Flows.

[roamer_1]

   I Longhair/Beard much in this Redneck Country and it's a pain.

You need to do that up in here @corbe
All the cowboy types are clean shaven, but they'll be friendly to you, figuring you to be a hillbilly (weed and all) and a brother from another mother.

The glass is always half full, there won't be a Task Force out his Labor Day because you walk all of our current rivers holding your TUBE, of course the CofC is reporting Recreational Flows.

It's raining here as we speak. The creek that is the drainage for where I live (which I have been on all my life) is extraordinarily low... But we're doing alright on water this year.

The creek out back of my cabin is doing more than fine... It's artesian source is a quarter mile from my cabin, and it never changes much.