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[quote=Anonymous]Here's my issue: if the kids were actually, intentionally, doing a Hitler salute, I think the punishment should be severe. Like if there are kids at Blair doing Nazi salutes, I don't think they should be allowed back on campus because it's not right for other kids to have to attend school with someone who would do that. So we're talking expulsion, or forced into virtual school. I think if it was a purposeful Nazi salute, that's hate speech and I have no tolerance for that.

However, I think the odds that the kids did it intentionally are fairly low. I just don't think there are a group of neo-naxis at Blair High School. So before issuing a really severe punishment, I'd want to know a lot more about what happened, exactly what the kids were doing, whose idea it was, their intention, etc. Because I think expelling kids without that level of understanding is inappropriate. Fascist, even.

So I'm not minimizing or excusing it, or saying that a Nazi salute shouldn't be punished. I'm saying: that's a serious allegation that deserves a serious punishment, and for that reason I think maybe we should wait until we have more than a brief report from a couple eye-witnesses before we draw final conclusions about what happened.[/quote]

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