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Brickbat: Fear Factor

Charles Oliver | 5.24.2018 4:00 AM

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Mitchell Ballas has been suspended from Montana's Big Sky High School for wearing a sweatshirt with a Confederate flag after being told not to. Principal Natalie Jaeger says some students have complained that the Confederate flag makes them feel anxious and afraid.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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