Murphy said some students waved a Confederate flag at a football game last fall, but a coach quickly spotted it and stormed into the stands to take it away.
One black student at Walpole High, quoted in a video report by the school newspaper, The Rebellion, said she is not bothered by the flag’s use at games because “I know people in the school are not using it against me.’’ But another said, “As a man of color, I find it offensive.’’
Others agree the flag is offensive, at least to some. But they regard the Rebel nickname as sacrosanct and view efforts to discard it as mere political correctness. That is especially true among students.
“It’s Rebel pride,’’ said Will Krumpholz, 15, who added that “players like it more than their parents.’’
Bless Dylan Murphy's heart. Did the coach who rushed into the stands to take the flag away never hear of the First Amendment? The young lady gets it, while the "man of color" is exercising his right to political correctness, apparently without any thought process. Maybe there is hope for the youth of Walpole, after all. LOL Stan