Dumb Kids

Kids are too dumb, or something:

The free speech case in question involves a seven-year-old girl from Orange County identified only as B.B., who, receiving a BLM lecture in class, wanted to show her sweet and innocent affection for classmates of other skin tones. On a crude drawing representing four kids with different skin colors, she wrote “Black Lives Mater” and then “any life” and happily gave it to a black classmate. The recipient’s crazy mother then complained to the school, which forced B.B. to apologize, banned her from drawing anymore, and forced her to miss recess for two weeks. This was all done without notifying the parents, who eventually found out and sued. Western Journal reported on the district’s lawyer and his astounding argument that somehow the Constitution probably only protects free speech that is, according to his standards, “nuanced,” and between adults: During this week’s hearing in front of a three-judge panel, an attorney for the school district tried to assert that B.B.’s drawing should receive fewer constitutional protections because first-graders are not sophisticated enough for nuanced debate. The attorney noted students are usually “learning to tie their shoes” at that level. Judge Callahan fired back, “Maybe then you don’t give a Black Lives Matter course to a first-grader. Maybe you teach tying shoes.”

Lawyers just don't understand...