[quote]WALL, N.J. — Grant Berardo couldn't vote for Donald Trump last year, but the Wall Township High School junior certainly could wear a T-shirt with his name on it.
Or so he thought.
Wall Township High School junior Grant Berardo's T-shirt was digitally altered in the school's yearbook.
Courtesy of Joseph Berardo, Jr.
With his parents' permission, Grant took his school pictures wearing a navy blue Trump campaign shirt emblazoned with the slogan "Make America Great Again."
But when Grant, 17, flipped to the yearbook page with his picture, he was shocked: Instead of the campaign shirt he wore that day, he was shown in a nondescript black T-shirt.
“It was Photoshopped” to remove the Trump message, Grant said.
“I sent it to my mom and dad, just like, ‘You won’t believe this.’ I was just overall disappointed," he said. "I like Trump, but it’s history too. Wearing that shirt memorializes the time."
Wall Schools Superintendent Cheryl Dyer said Friday she was investigating why it happened and who was responsible, but did not condone the digital alteration.
Wall Township High School junior Grant Berardo's T-shirt was digitally altered in the school's yearbook. He wore a Donald Trump campaign shirt for his portrait.
Courtesy of Joseph Berardo, Jr.
“I am quite disturbed by the entire situation,” she said, declining to comment further.
A spokesman for Jostens, the company that takes the photographs and prints the yearbooks, did not respond to requests for comment.
It's not immediately clear whether the change was made by someone from the school district or photography company.
The only reason a student's image would be altered is if it was in violation of the dress code — clothing referencing drugs, alcohol or violence, Dyer said.
“Political shirts are absolutely not a violation of the dress code" and there's no policy prohibiting political messages in school pictures, she added.
In an interview, Joseph Berardo Jr. — Grant's father — called for the school to recall the yearbooks and reissue new ones with the unaltered photo. He said he would consider legal action if that doesn’t happen.[/quote]
Three links:
https://www.google.com/amp/insider.foxnews.com/amp/article/56333
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/387244001/
http://www.app.com/story/news/education/in-our-schools/2017/06/09/wall-high-school-yearbook-trump-censored/384073001/
Seriously, people? I don't care about your political opinion, but infringing on free speech because someone (in this case a teenager) has a different opinion is just immature.
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1 답변But it's totally ok for my yearbook to have 23(I counted) Hillary stickers, or, Hillary for president slogans.
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6 답변UPDATE: A teacher has been suspended over this incident. [quote]The Wall High School teacher and adviser of the yearbook club has been suspended due to alleged censorship of images and quotes by students supporting President Donald Trump. [/quote] "There have been three reported instances of censorship in the yearbook, all revolving around students supporting President Donald Trump. " No doubt yet another left wing fanatic who gets paid an exorbitant amount of money to brainwash children in leftist ideology.
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6 답변I could care less. That was kind of stupid for the school but you also have to be stupid to support Trump.
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34 답변Talk about overreacting. It's a t-shirt in a yearbook that won't matter until he's 50+ showing his kids his high school crush. "Hurrr durr but freedom of speech!" The school didn't threaten him with suspension because he is simply wearing a Trump t-shirt. Hell, maybe the photography company edited the wrong kid, or maybe his shirt matched the background and he looked like a floating head. Everyone is so quick to jump to the conclusion "the tolerant left" has something to do with censoring his freedom of speech. How about you guys stop pointing fingers and crying about political agendas when nobody has any facts. Come on, the article is even click bait to increase traffic. "THE SCHOOL CENSORED MY DONALD TRUMP SHIRT!" oh that'll pull in the feebleminded and get shared all over Facebook. Grow up guys.
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30 답변That's the oh so tolerant left. Whom is only tolerant when your views align with theirs
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10 답변[quote]Seriously, people? I don't care about your political opinion, but infringing on free speech because someone (in this case a teenager) has a different opinion is just immature.[/quote] 1. Not speech. 2. How come the oh so sensitive right wingers always use free speech arguments on their own infringments, yet are quick to criticise the free speech of those who oppose their views?
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1 답변작성자: Flee 6/11/2017 10:28:38 PM[quote]Seriously, people? I don't care about your political opinion, but infringing on free speech because someone (in this case a teenager) has a different opinion is just immature.[/quote] If I had a dollar for every person who misunderstands how free speech works, I'd have enough to consider a million dollars a "small loan".
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42 답변I think a lot of people in this thread are missing the connection between a Trump shirt and disruption. No, the shirt itself isn't vulgar or offensive, but can certainly be seen as disruptive.
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10 답변Conservatives whining about nothing. I thought that was a liberal thing? Oh, wait, that's both sides. What a load of nothing.
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12 답변Would this be infringing on freedom of speech? I'm actually curious. If it's the photo company that censored his shirt, than I'm not sure whether his first amendment right was actually violated or not.