There is a disturbance in the Force, and it is called… hoplophobia. A 7th grade student in Rosenberg, Texas, has been banned from wearing his new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” T-shirt at school because administrators have gone over the bend in political correctness.
Stop the presses, a stormtrooper has a blaster!!!
Colton Southern from Rosenberg had worn the shirt to school on Thursday which is emblazoned with the Star Wars: The Force Awakens logo and features a Stormtrooper holding a gun.
Administrations at George Junior High School told him to cover up the shirt, which he was told was banned because it has a picture of ‘what in the movie is a weapon,’ KTRK reported.
The district’s secondary school handbook apparently details potential violations of dress code, which includes ‘symbols oriented toward violence,’ a Lamar Consolidated Independent School District spokesperson said.
Administrators said Colton was not reprimanded and was only required to zip up his jacket.
However, they told KTRK that they could have required him to change, assigned him in-school suspension or have had him face other consequences.
Clearly, none of the administrators have ever seen a Star Wars movie.
It's a Storm Trooper, he wouldn't hit anything anyway! https://t.co/on3N4MfVXS
— Steve (@slfoster22) December 13, 2015
And if this school is going to be consistent, then every single Star Wars shirt with a lightsaber on it will also have to be banned, because that’s a weapon. So, either the school is serious about their “violent symbols,” or they are just politically correct hoplophobes.
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