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RUSH: I have a story here from the Washington Post<\/a>, and it\u2019s an editorial. “The students who edit the newspaper at Neshaminy High School think the nickname of their Pennsylvania school\u00c2\u2019s sports teams is racist.”<\/p>\n

I wonder why they think this. The name of their mascot about this Pennsylvania school is the Redskins. Yep, they\u2019re the Redskins and the students who edit the newspaper at this high school have banned its use in the school paper. “A stance in keeping with that taken on the national scene by those (including us) who object to Washington\u00c2\u2019s identically named football team.<\/p>\n

“You would think young people engaging with an important social issue and standing up for something they believe in would be appreciated, even applauded. Instead, school officials suspended the newspaper\u00c2\u2019s editor, sanctioned the teacher adviser and fined the organization.<\/p>\n

Editors dropped “Redskins” from the paper and the administration suspended the editor, sanctioned the teacher advisor, and fined the paper. “A battle with school administrators ensued, coming to a head when officials told students they couldn\u00c2\u2019t publish a letter with ‘R——-‘ but must use the complete word.” And the Washington Post doesn\u2019t understand this. “Wait a minute, we would think these students would be applauded for doing the right thing and keeping racism out of the school paper.” <\/p>\n

<\/a>But the school hasn\u2019t changed the name of the mascot, the name of the team. These are students and they don\u2019t own the paper, the school does, and they have not been given permission to make an editorial judgment like this. So everybody\u2019s fit to be tied. This is a great example of how respect for authority is taught. I\u2019m sure a lot of people probably agree with the Washington Post. These kids, they\u2019re doing the right thing here. Everybody knows that Redskins is racist now. Well, everybody is supposed to think that Redskins is racist, and so these kids are doing the right thing. They\u2019re following their big brothers in the Drive-By Media by not using the word. <\/p>\n

Except it\u2019s not their paper. The school owns the paper and the school doesn\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong. It\u2019s the name of the team mascot, for crying out loud, and the students don\u2019t have the authority. But a lot of people think the students should be given credit here for maturity and forward thinking. But what it is, is a lesson in respect for authority and how to deal with things that don\u2019t go your way. My dad was a lawyer and he used to always tell me about his interaction with judges. <\/p>\n

My dad was a stickler for my brother and I learning respect for authority and how to deal with it when it didn\u2019t go your way, \u2019cause it doesn\u2019t all the time. He would always use personal experiences in his own life as teaching assistance. And he would tell me that in court, whatever the judge says, no matter how stupid, dumb, seemingly unintelligent it was, you had to live with it. And if you dared to argue with the judge, you could be found in contempt. It was just the way it was. And he said, “Son, the court system depends on it. There\u2019s a singular authority in that courtroom and it\u2019s the judge until the jury rules if it\u2019s a jury trial. But the judge is it, and if the judge\u2019s authority is undermined you got chaos in there. And a lot of times it goes against you.” <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never forgotten that. Now, some people equate — and this is where it\u2019s gone wrong, I think — some people equate respect for authority with conformity and cowardice. Some people think if you don\u2019t stand up to authority, you\u2019re gutless. If you don\u2019t stand up to authority, you are spineless. If you don\u2019t stand up to authority and challenge it, well, then you\u2019re worthless, you can\u2019t be depended on. If you respect authority, you\u2019re a coward and so forth and so on. And that\u2019s certainly not the case. It may be in certain instances, but try it in the military. There\u2019s a singular authority there. No matter what you think of it, you\u2019ve gotta do it or you\u2019re out. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a natural thing for young people to oppose authority and to reject it and to rebel against it. That\u2019s what they do. But I think it\u2019s a teachable moment here, and it\u2019s not gonna be seen as that because there\u2019s political correctness involved. A bunch of major Drive-Bys think these kids ought to be rewarded for their mature decision to stop using this racial term in the school newspaper. But the people that own the paper said, “We don\u2019t have a problem with it right now. This is not the way. You don\u2019t have the right to say what\u2019s printed in this paper or not in terms of the name of the mascot.” <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if anything\u2019s gonna come of this, but I think it\u2019s a good lesson for these kids to learn. It may be a stupid call. The school may be doing the wrong thing here, but they are the ones that have the authority and there are ways you change things without using bombs and all this other kind of thing that the left made famous back in the 1960s. So we shall see. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: I have a story here from the Washington Post, and it\u2019s an editorial. “The students who edit the newspaper at Neshaminy High School think the nickname of their Pennsylvania school\u00c2\u2019s sports teams is racist.” I wonder why they think this. The name of their mascot about this Pennsylvania school is the Redskins. 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