Speaker 1: So we're not to get right to this story because, um,
Speaker 1: we don't have much time. So we're talking about a
Speaker 1: school there was a Nazi flag in the classroom. The
Speaker 1: teacher has been suspended. Uh, we're thinking the flag was
Speaker 1: just there to teach World War two? So what the
Speaker 1: hell is the deal? But we've got missed a couple
Speaker 1: of other German flags. RAJ Ray, who's a spokesman for
Speaker 1: the school, Is that what you are? Yes? The communications.
Speaker 1: Is there anything we're missing from this story because it
Speaker 1: seems pretty nutty to us? Yeah, you know, Um, the
Speaker 1: issue that we have here is we have several students
Speaker 1: concerned about the flags being in the classroom, one of
Speaker 1: them featuring a swastika, and at least one of those
Speaker 1: students was a passer by, so they didn't know the
Speaker 1: context of the flag being there. So why didn't somebody
Speaker 1: just tell them what the context was and this would
Speaker 1: be over? It's how the student felt uncomfortable, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: not seeing a symbol of hate on their school campus
Speaker 1: at place where they're not I'm not trying to be argumented.
Speaker 1: We're just short on time and I want to get
Speaker 1: the information. So so why didn't somebody just explain to
Speaker 1: the student. Look, it's for teaching world. Were two specifically
Speaker 1: propaganda propaganda symbolism which is legitimate, and then the and
Speaker 1: then that's it. Why why was the teacher suspended? It
Speaker 1: could have been a conversation, but once they did hear
Speaker 1: from one student, they did hear from others and then
Speaker 1: had cony total. We understand it's too Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know. The investigation is ongoing, which is why
Speaker 1: the teacher involved is currently on administation. The investigation of
Speaker 1: what the investigation into if the flags were used before,
Speaker 1: in what context? If they were used before, why didn't
Speaker 1: you just ask the teacher? I mean that would take
Speaker 1: literally seems like this all could be solved in five minutes. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: you know, we have to go through our processes and
Speaker 1: making sure that we look at timelines, talk with site
Speaker 1: administration that may have had conversations with the teacher in
Speaker 1: the past, so it does take time to gather those
Speaker 1: details and also talk with students about the impact that
Speaker 1: it had on them of seeing doesn't matter what the
Speaker 1: impact was on the students, that doesn't matter their children.
Speaker 1: If it's a legitimate lesson being taught in the legitimate way,
Speaker 1: which again, now listen and runch with all due respect.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you coming on. It's good of you, um,
Speaker 1: and we understand that you don't make the policy. You're
Speaker 1: the spokesperson, so again, this is not coming after you.
Speaker 1: This strikes us as anti intellectual, nearly superstitious cow towing
Speaker 1: to the overreaction of children. That's no way for an
Speaker 1: institutional learning to act. Right. What where we're coming from
Speaker 1: is there is a way to be teaching these very
Speaker 1: important topics and history lessons to students without prominently displaying
Speaker 1: a symbol. You wouldn't You wouldn't want to use the
Speaker 1: most successful piece of propaganda in the history of the
Speaker 1: planet to teach about propaganda, obviously, right, there are other
Speaker 1: ways of going about it. There's other ways of you know,
Speaker 1: sharing history without having the flag in the classroom making
Speaker 1: students feel uncomfortable. Interestingly enough, there are real parallels between
Speaker 1: this policy and the policies of Nazi Germany, are there?
Speaker 1: Really are. We appreciate greatly you coming on and know
Speaker 1: we're out of time, so but yeah, yeah, it's it's
Speaker 1: thank you. It's very nice to you to come on,
Speaker 1: very nice to come on and Joe's absolutely right. She's
Speaker 1: just doing her job right, although it sounds like she
Speaker 1: buys what she's saying. Yeah, well she's supposed to. That's
Speaker 1: her job, folks. I don't think any comment is needed.
Speaker 1: We all heard it together. This is the best display
Speaker 1: of this that I've heard anywhere in America yet. It's
Speaker 1: it's superstition mixed with fear of being called out yourself
Speaker 1: by the woke mob. This is scary, and the teacher
Speaker 1: has been suspended. We're still doing our investigation. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: was teaching about the symbols of the Nazi regime and
Speaker 1: how powerful they were. Okay, no problem, go back to work.
Speaker 1: But that didn't happen. Who