School uniforms force conformity

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By William R. Toler

School uniforms are one topic that is really wearing on my nerves and liberty-focused mind.

The indoctrination centers known as public schools are rapidly subscribing to the draconian practice of incorporating school uniforms as an enforceable policy.

Why? What happened to the idea of “individuality” that liberals were pushing for a decade ago? Now it’s those same liberals, along with conservatives, supporting the issue of clothing conformity.

The proponents of this preposterous principle claim that uniforms help keep order. They say children learn better when not focused on who’s wearing what; that everyone is equal and no one has anything better than anyone else.
 What happened to preparing them for life? When kids get out into the real world, they’re going to find that someone is going to have something better: better clothes, a better car, a better job, a better house. It’s life.

Another asinine argument is that it cuts down on gang activity that is running rampant in schools today.

Well, that argument doesn’t work when the limited, designated colors are the same as gang colors. What dimwitted dolts decided to use that argument and pick red and blue as school colors? The brainless boobs in half the school systems in eastern North Carolina and across the country, that’s who.

Not only does the catalog of colors cancel out their case, but law enforcement officials have stated that gangs have caught on to this ploy and have developed new indicators of gang affiliation.

I think late comedian George Carlin said it best on his album “You’re All Diseased”:

“School uniforms…bad theory. The idea that if kids wear uniforms to school it helps keep order. Don’t these schools do enough damage, making all these kids think alike? Now they’re gonna get ‘em to look alike too? And it’s not a new idea. I first saw it in old news reels from the 1930s. But it’s kinda hard to understand ‘cause the narration’s in German.”

For those who haven’t seen Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” let me describe a scene that is an indicative metaphor for what’s happening. School children, dressed in uniforms with no faces, march along a conveyor belt into a meat grinder. I know it’s a little graphic, but just think about that for a minute.

Get the picture? If we continue to traverse down the same proverbial path, the indoctrination centers will succeed in making individuals “just another brick in the wall.”

How are students supposed to learn about the freedoms we are endowed by our creator and guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America if “We, the People” allow these overzealous school boards to continue to limit their rights?

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