Teen Suspended For Criticizing His High School Football Team (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

School Bullies Teen For Biting Satire

“The essence of fandom is to be an uncritical applauder…” -Christopher Hitchens

RITTMAN, OH – A junior football player was suspended for criticizing his team in a poem that he wrote for class. The poem entitled “Stupid,” was satire on the team’s 1-7 season. The principal determined that the student’s speech constituted “hazing” and “harassment”.

“Who am I harassing or hazing? I mean I didn’t state any names,” said 16-year-old Nick Andre. “I felt like it was my right to express what I just felt,” he added.

Andre was also ejected from the football team and worries that the suspension will harm his grades.

“Just over doing my school work, I get in trouble, get thrown off the football team … get suspended for four days, which could potentially really mess up my grades,” Andre said.

Civil-rights attorney Avery Friedman said he believes Andre’s rights have been violated by school administrators.

“The breadth of expression, even in public schools, is virtually limitless, unless speech is creating material disruption to the educational process, which certainly isn’t here,” Friedman said.
 


Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

1 comment

jddeatherage October 24, 2013 at 11:58 pm

Civil Liberties don’t end at the schoolhouse door.

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