Iowa high school OFFENDED because opposing basketball fans wore AMERICAN COLORS to game

67

[the_ad id=”87125″]

Incredible. The school whose fans wore American colors is apologizing to the other team for doing so. North school officials should be apologizing to Valley for anyone being offended. “Even if that was their theme for the game, I feel like they should have switched that because everyone knows North is a more diverse school.” Really? So “diverse” as to be offended by the American colors? Then why are they in America at all? Saudi Arabia is lovely this time of year.

Story continues below advertisement

“Valley defends USA-themed student section after criticism,” KCCI, March 9, 2017 (thanks to Todd):

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Valley Tigers bested the North Polar Bears 57-55 Wednesday night, but it wasn’t the slim 2-point loss that’s causing controversy.

Some North fans said the Valley crowd, decked out in red, white and blue in an America-inspired theme night — a trend among students to dress up at athletic activities — was meant to be a political statement aimed at mocking the more notably diverse North High School.

“A lot of people were very upset about it,” North sophomore DeNasja Spencer said. “Even if that was their theme for the game, I feel like they should have switched that because everyone knows North is a more diverse school.”

Tyreke Locure, a sophomore starting point guard for the boys basketball team, said he didn’t notice the tension among the crowds until after the game.

“Everybody on the North side had on North shirts, and to be dressed in American flags, that was just different for us,” Locure said. “Everybody from the Des Moines area (was) just tweeting crazy, and I can say I fell into the trap just because I was frustrated we lost.”

But the tradition, Valley fans said, is nothing new.

“We had a USA theme, which we’ve done many times in the past,” Valley freshman Dayna Dunnwald said. “It’s really sad, and I hope everyone can resolve it in the end because no one at Valley meant it in that way. And it was just for fun.”

A letter written by Valley student council leaders was hand-delivered to North’s principal, saying in part: “We are deeply sorry if we have offended anyone in any way. We have traditionally dressed in such a fashion for great games such as the one last night. Everyone here at Valley has immense respect not only for your team and players but for your community as a whole.”…

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

Quick note: We cannot do this without your support. Fact. Our work is made possible by you and only you. We receive no grants, government handouts, or major funding. Tech giants are shutting us down. You know this. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adsense, Pinterest permanently banned us. Facebook, Google search et al have shadow-banned, suspended and deleted us from your news feeds. They are disappearing us. But we are here.

Subscribe to Geller Report newsletter here— it’s free and it’s essential NOW when informed decision making and opinion is essential to America's survival. Share our posts on your social channels and with your email contacts. Fight the great fight.

Follow Pamela Geller on Gettr. I am there. click here.

Follow Pamela Geller on
Trump's social media platform, Truth Social. It's open and free.

Remember, YOU make the work possible. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report.

Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spammy or unhelpful, click the - symbol under the comment to let us know. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

If you would like to join the conversation, but don't have an account, you can sign up for one right here.

If you are having problems leaving a comment, it's likely because you are using an ad blocker, something that break ads, of course, but also breaks the comments section of our site. If you are using an ad blocker, and would like to share your thoughts, please disable your ad blocker. We look forward to seeing your comments below.

0 0 votes
Article Rating
67 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Suresh
Suresh
7 years ago

Those who are offended by American flag should be fined $1000 for first offence and one month jail with daily repetition of pledge of allegiance before Lunch and dinner or no food. watch how this crap stops.

unless this is done , this Left/Liberals/jihadi anti-American crap will contrinue. Left/Liberals are just Anti-American collaborator with jihadis.

Obama. Hillary , most Dems , RINO’s have been working against American interests for a long time . And are nothing more than paid puppets of lobbyists for saudi/OIC and Iran too http://tinyurl.com/njzxzed

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
7 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

And Soros’ NEW WORLD ORDER…..Obama, Killary, Dems, McLame, RINO Ryan, Lil’ Marco, Kasich, Grahamnesty, all took money from Soros….

CrustyB
CrustyB
7 years ago

When everything in the world is racist then nothing is racist.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago

What a bunch of limp dicks, iowa, now they are offended by colours. They are to be ridiculed, mocked and otherwise called fools. A letter written by Valley student council leaders was hand-delivered to North’s principal, saying in part: “We are deeply sorry if we have offended anyone in any way. We have traditionally dressed in such a fashion for great games such as the one last night. Everyone here at Valley has immense respect not only for your team and players but for your community as a whole.”…
Wrong, the note should have said to suck it up butter cup, if you don’t like the colours of the Flag, move to pakistan, that would be more to their liking.

santashandler
santashandler
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

That and ‘we’ll pay for your airfare to get there. We won’t miss you.’

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Although, you live in Canada you are more patriotic to the U.S. than some scumbags born here.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  Stephen Honig

We are all north Americans, in many cases decent people.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

A kindly thought, but not enough are decent people. There are now too many Frank Gaffneys, Mattis’s, McMasters, Glenn Becks, Hillary Clintons and their rubbish supporters, etc. Look at the hero worshipping fools who pack venues to attend Justin Trudeau town hall meetings! Hells bells, and these weak people are going to beat off the Muslim jihadists? God help us!

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

Like the old saying goes, “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself”.

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
7 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

The
sad part, Mahou, is that after 8 years of the Obama presidency America is
rotting within, ashamed to be proud Americans. Can you imagine
apologizing for this? Can you imagine the North being offended that the
Valley school wore American colours? You are right, the Valley student,
in fact a weak kneed coward, should rather have told the other school to
“suck it up”. Until this sickness goes America will never be
great again, U.S. Navy ships will change course to avoid Iranian provocation in
little boats and American sailors will cry like babies when captured by the
enemy. America badly needs a form of spiritual nenewal. If it doesn’t happen America will never
be great again!

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago
Reply to  Rob Porter

It has to start from the bottom and go up, like it did with President Trump’s election. Now, reform, not trickle down, but from the roots to the topmost branches.

vnm
vnm
7 years ago

How will the western civilization succumb to islam? –

While the west is very well-equipped against a physical threat…..the west is defenseless against a cultural threat.
And the islamic threat is cultural, not physical. The physical threat posed by muslim terrorists, is itself in furtherance of cultural ends.
In the way that weapons are countered with weapons, culture needs to be countered with culture.
The west, instead of having a culture that defends itself from the islamic threat, has a culture that is so clinically insane that it has given islam immunity through religious freedom law, and it has given muslims immunity through no-discrimination law. The western culture and laws are—instead of thwarting its enemies—designed in such a way as to give protection to its enemies.
This is not just self-destructive – This is the precise opposite of what should occur when the culture is threatened. Instead of driving away the islamic threat, the west is absorbing it. As it stands, it is only a matter of time when islam prevails. The question is not – Will islam dominate the west. The question is – When will islam dominate the west.

Toy Pupanbai
Toy Pupanbai
7 years ago
Reply to  vnm

For a country to defend itself, it must refuse to accept that the THEOCRATIC IDEOLOGY of ISLAM/Mohammedanism, is a RELIGION.
Thus it will be denied a favored legal camouflage.
Denied status in Italy!
google.co.th/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwisg-X2pdjSAhWJxrwKHXHABSoQFgggMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgellerreport.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fitaly-islam-not-recognized-as-a-religion-denied-religious-tax-status.html%2F&usg=AFQjCNHtWNwTgDUE3GDTG30-RrUc4RhBsA&sig2=prdcMnJUVFQK6NzNFrSJBg

Jay Jay
Jay Jay
7 years ago
Reply to  vnm

islam is NOT a Religion..it is a Murderous Cult that kills Gays, Stones wives to death ,and beheads non-Belivers and anyone who leaves islam! …DO Not Capitalize islam!

NickandLynds
NickandLynds
7 years ago

Sad.

Pray Hard
Pray Hard
7 years ago

Don’t apologize, don’t apologize, don’t apologize, ever, period.

christian vidal
christian vidal
7 years ago

How utterly strong they despise and hate us, only the stupid leftists that are daily

brainwashed by the enemedia and the educational system cannot understand this

common sense, so ban all muzzies from the US shut down all mosques for ever. Don’t

forget when the twin towers collapsed 1 billion of their kind were dancing and chanting in

the streets worldwide. They are our deadest enemies since the inception. Their only

goal is the erasement of the western and jewish civilizations!

Craig
Craig
7 years ago

Still more of your “copy and paste” nonsense. Try writing something original for once.

pipo
pipo
7 years ago

To get rid of those bullsh*tters we need some muzzrat jihadis. They can do a good job for once on be halve of the sane United States of America. By the by, God may bless Mr. President Trump!

Robinske2
Robinske2
7 years ago

My guess is that had North won there would not have been a controversy. Sports are a great thing, but it can bring out the worst in people- especially the parents and fans.

Poppey
Poppey
7 years ago

I cannot remember the film, but I think i remember when the actor John Wayne spoke the line ” don’t apologise, it’s a sign of weakness”. I apologise when deservedly caught out, but over that issue above, never in a kingdom of cow tails.

I know Henry Fonda was a lefty, but all the heroes of my youth like the above, James Stewart, Dale Robertson, Rod Steiger, Ernest Borgnine, Clint Eastwood Charlton Heston, Robert Mitchum etc were men that impressed me to try and live up to the example they set. I’m sorry I cannot feel that way today over contempory acting talents.

arnoldspriggs
arnoldspriggs
7 years ago
Reply to  Poppey

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

Austurias
Austurias
7 years ago

Absolute madness. The American flag unites all people who love that wonderful nation. I’d say the Polar bears need to re-evaluate their allegiance or go back to where they came from. The Bears should have written to the Tigers and thanked them for wearing the colors of the flag they love so much.

s;vbkr0boc,klos;
s;vbkr0boc,klos;
7 years ago

On Cinco de Mayo a few year ago, I remember California students were punished for displaying American flags while the Mexican flag was everywhere.

Janet
Janet
7 years ago

I remember that! Every protest march you see where Hispanics are marching they’re always waving the Mexican flag. Makes me crazy!

notme123
notme123
7 years ago
Reply to  Janet

Yes. So if they are so proud of Mexico, why are they not there?

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
7 years ago

Good memory. One of the students in California wore a shirt that honored the military because his brother was killed in Afghanistan…..they made him turn his shirt inside out….

Jay Jay
Jay Jay
7 years ago

TRUE Cali Kids were sent home for wearing USA Flag shirts while the Mexican kids wore Mexican Flag shirts and were NOT Sent Home!!

pdxnag
pdxnag
7 years ago

To be offended. The meaning of life. (I found it! I found it!)

Duchess of Pork
Duchess of Pork
7 years ago
Reply to  pdxnag

I offend; therefore I am.

Kuffar
Kuffar
7 years ago

WTF – Wrong gang colors? Wear your red bandanna in your left rear pocket, get shot by the punks wearing the blue bandanna.
Wear the red white and blue proudly and screw what anyone else thinks.

Geert Wilders 2017!
Geert Wilders 2017!
7 years ago
Reply to  Kuffar

Good thing there is no freedom of speech in the USA, because if there were and people were legally allowed to say what they really thought, a whole bunch of leftists would be running for the exits.

Deplorable Dove
Deplorable Dove
7 years ago

What manner of cuckery is this ?

gia
gia
7 years ago

Extremely firm measures need to be taken for those in OPPOSITION! They should be treated as if they are the enemy within our country.
How could any TRUE American ever take opposition to our flag ! Seriously need to just leave and go somewhere your not offended to be an American in! Even if you were born here traders!
It’s should be seen as honorable to wear the national colors and the team that made this an issue are a disgrace and need to APOLOGIZE! Also be forced to take a classe on what it means to be an American, then fined and have their team dissolved or suspended from sports !
What losers!!! This is America 2017 bunch of disrespectful immigrants who want to destroy America and it’s freedom by any means!

AlgorithmicAnalystD
AlgorithmicAnalyst
7 years ago
Plain Jane
Plain Jane
7 years ago

North High needs to apologize to Valley.

felix1999
felix1999
7 years ago

Those that are OFFENDED need to LEAVE the U.S..
WHY did anyone apologize for wearing RED, WHITE and BLUE?
I wouldn’t. Will our FLAG be banned next?
They are trying to ERASE our culture and history

Kendall
Kendall
7 years ago

Why would anyone apologize for wearing American colors? A more diverse school? What the hell does that mean? There are no Americans there? They hate their country? They hate red white and blue? I say drop dead to those who were offended!

Alleged Comment
Alleged Comment
7 years ago

IF you are offended by American colors maybe you don’t belong here? And second, now you offended those people by being offended.

So funny…..

Idadho
Idadho
7 years ago

Red, White and Blue are colors that don’t run. The student council leaders need to resign and let true leaders lead.
So, I guess they don’t start by playing the national anthem. Trum should cancel any federal dollars to North High School until they teach respect for the Red, White and Blue.

Craig
Craig
7 years ago
Reply to  Idadho

You have that same problem in Boise. When the Kalifornia Kommies moved to Boise, they have turned that (once really great town) upside down. They are constantly bringing homos into the schools to teach homosexuality and now Boise has car emissions checks. The dumb Kalifornians move to get away from the insanity, then they demand the same insanity for where they move to.

Idadho
Idadho
7 years ago
Reply to  Craig

The emissions were a result of federal clean air standards and achieving MSA status. Now, even Canyon County has emission testing. It is the academics who bring liberalism and progressivism. The KK are no help, though. Now, the only TV station that did not spout liberal bias has been bought by Gannett and is getting locked into letting NBC New York tell them how to report the news.

Craig
Craig
7 years ago

REMEMBER: it is the LEFT that hates the United States. It is the LEFT that supports communism.
democrats are the enemy.

Craig
Craig
7 years ago

You can blame this type of reaction to the widespread use of welfare. The more people become democrat parasites the more they regurgitate the anti-American democrat propaganda.

MrLogical
MrLogical
7 years ago

Folks, don’t be surprised. Thanks to the work of committed Communists in the Frankfurt School in the late 1920s, this is what 80+ years of Cultural Marxism looks like.

For nearly a century, Communists have been taking aim at capitalism in general and America in particular.

The Comintern long ago labeled America “The Main Enemy” in the sense that they wish to destroy us. Not by military means, but by attacking and conquering us from within – penetrating and conquering our society and pillar institutions using the weapon of ‘critical theory’ or, as we have re-labeled it, “Political Correctness.” As such, they have attacked the academy, the media, courts, government, popular culture, philanthropies, our schools… even our churches.

Their standard bearer of Cultural Marxism is the ‘new’ (aka, progressive…) Democrat Party, which was penetrated by the Communists in the 1930s and essentially taken over in the post-war decades of the ’50s and ’60s.

This sort of thing is going to become increasingly prevalent until such time as constitutional conservatives decide to fight back with the same sort of tactics: viz., regaining control of our pillar institutions, starting with our K-12 educational system and our colleges and universities where this ant-American rot is promoted.

Don’t apologize, don’t back down, and don’t let your children fall prey to their PC ideology.

Fight back.
.

Janet
Janet
7 years ago
Reply to  MrLogical

Nailed it!

santashandler
santashandler
7 years ago

Shame on them for apologizing. They should have worn those colors straight for the next month to protest the other teams’ ‘sensitivity.’

gia
gia
7 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

I totally agree . Everyone commenting here should write two letters one in protest over the anti American team and the other to the patriotic team in regard to why they should not have apologized and need to keep wearing red white and blue.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

If North high school is offended by the American flag, perhaps they should go find a country that suits them.

Janet
Janet
7 years ago

WTH! Why are they apologizing? So the other team is more diverse big deal! They’re either going to support this country or at the very least stop getting offended by people who do. Stories like this really make me angry! So sick of the left and their American hating attitude. If you are bothered by the colors of our flag then maybe this isn’t the country for you!

Janet
Janet
7 years ago

Yup that about sums it up!

Kim Bruce
Kim Bruce
7 years ago

I wonder if they sing the USSR national anthem before their games?

Toy Pupanbai
Toy Pupanbai
7 years ago
Reply to  Kim Bruce

That is just plain silly!

michaelofsydney
michaelofsydney
7 years ago

Hey Pam and friends. I am an avid daily reader. Thank you so much. The Geller report is my go to news of the world at war and you allow me to get a glimpse…a feel for what is going on in a nation under siege, though not entirely defeated. The USA is the flag bearer for freedom around the world. Don’t think for one minute that I am so blind as to not recognise the dreadful mistakes and abuses your nation has committed both at home and abroad. I see fairly clearly. As a 21 year old, I camped a week outside Regan’s White House (quite a privilege for a young Aussie…or anyone really), and I love the idea of freedom to say your piece. Mine was ostensibly about nuclear matters . You are very brave Pamela Geller and I have you on my prayer list (I am a Rosary praying Catholic). May the Lord guide and protect you Pamela. May He also protect America and the President, his family and administration. My advice: Repent and seek the Lord while He still may be found and never give up. The Lord’s name is Jesus (in case you were wondering).

Dave Falanga
Dave Falanga
7 years ago

NOT ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOLS
The Founding Fathers and what they said and believed.
The facts of history illustrate the this nation never intended to be
“God neutral.” Public displays of worship and subservience to the God of
creation have always been made matter-of-factly. There can be no
greater example of this than casual and unapologetic declarations
concerning God in the constitutions of every one of the fifty states!
WE ARE AMERICANS by Sam Gipp
http://www.warneveryone.com/we_are_americans.htm

ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOLS
Open Your Eyes Parents!!! The Schools are XXX Rated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usRqftd-Jq4
XXX
Sources: Bill O’Reilly, CNN, Fox News, Oprah, WMFE, Action News, Chief
Bill Reed AP8 PD, Dr. Phil, Prime Time Live, CBN, Glenn Beck
http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/2017/03/iowa-american-colors.html/

Jack
Jack
7 years ago

How are the IDs at North HS being educated past and present to have no sense of love and belonging for their own FLAG. Seriously what are the teachers teaching in the early grades for them to feel this way ? I was taught love respect oneness belonging. Something is wrong when Michelle Obama said after Barack won the Presidency thati this was the first time she was proud of the USA and to call herself an American.

James Stamulis
James Stamulis
7 years ago

It is time for Trump to start defunding all these politically correct schools who if the USA offends them then so should the American dollars they receive from our government and seem to love so much!

Wayne Ville ... a Deplorable
Wayne Ville ... a Deplorable
7 years ago

If I were the coach I would refuse to play the anti-American team in the future.

Citizen 1949
Citizen 1949
7 years ago

This just goes to prove that Obama’s plans to destroy America by importing those that will not assimilate into our culture is well on track for success.
I have said all along this is like a farmer purposely planting vile and aggressive weeds in his field just to have his crop taken over and destroyed by the invaders.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
7 years ago

Apology, my ass. We are in America and no one should apologize for being patriotic and loving my country. How many soldiers died for this country. I’m very angry! Throw the principal out, that anti American bastard.

Mark
Mark
7 years ago

The Valley Tigers should wear the red white and blue at the next game and rescind the apology. The fans should do the same. If North Polar Bears have a problem with patriotism and living in the land of the free there are flights leaving the United States every day and tickets are available.

Robert Batchelor
Robert Batchelor
7 years ago

Why oh why was there an apology sent? And why oh why did the North High School have a problem with the American flag? Maybe they should consider moving to a country they love since it’s apparently not The United States.

CrystalDawn0603
CrystalDawn0603
7 years ago

I think Tyreke Locure got it on the nose: they were upset they lost

Ragaman
Ragaman
7 years ago

The automatic assumption that an expression of American patriotism is offensive is astounding! Political [in]correctness has socially engineered many into being in a perpetual state of pre-emptive fear. Fear of ‘possibly’ offending someone; therefore, always ready to limited or deny rights, culture, and principles of the many to accommodate the few very, very few.comment image

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
7 years ago

What the HELL?!! Everyone knows the “North is more diverse?” Does that mean anyone who is “diverse” automatically hates America and her Flag?

I’m done with all this PC crapola!

Isn’t this the Republican Joni Ernst’s State?!…..the one who snubbed Trump when he came to Iowa and threw a barbecue for Cruz….(or some competitor.. I forget)….isn’t she a buddy of Lyin’ Ryan?

What in God’s name is wrong with you, Iowa? It’s a dam ball game….not the frekking UN !!

.

notme123
notme123
7 years ago

Who issued the apology? Fire who ever it was. He/she has no right to speak for the students who he/she apologized for, I’m sure they didn’t want it done. What does diversity have to do with patriotism? The diverse students should be even more patriotic and thankful for what this country has given them. Ungrateful, selfish snowflakes.

nitchka
nitchka
7 years ago

Offended by the colours of U.S.A.? In America? You gotta be kidding…..??? We’re Canadian and are astounded by this…

Sponsored
Geller Report
Thanks for sharing!