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Not a literal argument, more internal, but an argument nonetheless.
I walked into first hour with every intention of having a good day. It was Friday, I was going to breeze through the day, everything was going to be good. Before first hour starts, a girl -let's call her Anna- walks into the class wearing a shirt that says, "Abortion is Murder!" Then it has a bunch of biblical quotes and abortion "facts" on the back. Without giving my views on abortion, I'm going to say why I think it was a horrible idea.
First off, she's the "religious" girl in our graduating class of 50 at most. She's the one who argues Christianity and shoves it down everyone's throat. No matter what, Anna was breaking a dress code rule by wearing something offending. As much as I wanted to take it up with the principal, I didn't. Even so, if things went perfectly and they did get onto her, she wouldn't have gotten more than a verbal reprimand.
My school, nay, my town is almost entirely composed of absolute conservatives. They believe that every liberal idea is wrong. That is why she didn't get into trouble for the shirt. Eight teachers, probably more, saw the shirt and said nothing. If Anna had worn a shirt like that in a liberal school, she would have been suspended in a snap. So, is my school showing by saying, "As long as we agree with it, it isn't wrong"? What if I wore a shirt that condoned drinking and driving? That's against dress code. But if you don't say anything about it, does that make it okay?
The main reason this offended me is if someone wore a shirt saying, "Abortion is okay," or, "I support love. Say NO to Prop 8," they would be suspended. These shirts also offend people. Although, this would be taken much more seriously since they are considered "wrong". They are allowing Anna to wear that shirt because they believe that it is morally right. My non-rhetorical question for the day is: What lesson is my school teaching by saying that this girl is right to wear a shirt that can offend anyone, as long as it follows their mindset?
