There is a sickness in this country—a deep moral rot—that is hollowing out everything that once made America strong, it threatens the very foundations of American life. It’s not enough that public schools are failing our children academically, leaving them unable to master basic skills or navigate adult life; the system now goes a step further. It is actively grooming the next generation to despise their own country, to reject its values, and ultimately to help tear it down from within.
Public schools are flying foreign flags because the education establishment has shifted from teaching national unity to performing ideological theater. The purpose isn’t “culture” — it’s conditioning. These flags are chosen precisely because they signal defiance of American identity and Western values. They’re meant to recenter the moral compass of students away from their own nation and toward grievance-based, anti-American narratives. And why are they almost always the flags of hostile nations or factions? Because the goal is not diversity — it’s demoralization. A country loses the next generation not when its enemies attack from the outside, but when its schools teach children that defending their own nation is something to be embarrassed about.
Winooski School District in Vermont has put up a Somali flag in protest to President Trump and as a message that all Somalis are welcome in the state.
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A rural Vermont school district has stirred social media controversy after raising a Somali flag last week, amid a national reckoning over fraud in the Somali community in Minnesota and leading to condemnation from the state’s GOP chairman.
“I just don’t understand why our K through 12 schools think this is the most important thing,” Paul Dame, chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, told Fox News Digital. “I think most Vermonters, probably most Americans, want their schools to focus on reading, writing and arithmetic, and not what flags get displayed outside the school. It seems like a huge waste of time.”
The Winooski School District, located in western Vermont near the city of Burlington, is at the center of the controversy.
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“We are raising the Somali flag this week in honor of our Somali youth and families in Winooski and Vermont,” the Winooski School District said in a Facebook post on Dec. 5. “On Monday, we will be gathering to celebrate together and to learn more about our civil rights.”Somali flag flies beneath American flag with clear blue sky background
A Somali flag flies below an American flag in the Winooski School District in Vermont on Dec. 5, 2025. (Winooski School District via Facebook)WALZ ‘DERELICT LEADERSHIP’ TO BLAME IN $1B FRAUD SCANDAL WITH ‘HAUNTING REMINDS OF WATERGATE’: GOP CHALLENGER
ADVERTISEMENTOver the weekend, the story went viral on X and other social media sites, as photos of the flag-raising were reposted across the web.
That led to a Monday clarification by the school district in a comment on its original Facebook post.
“First, we want to assure our community that the United States flag remains in its proper place at the highest point, in full accordance with the U.S. Flag Code,” the school’s follow-up post said. “The Winooski School District has three flag masts: the U.S. flag on the top mast, the Vermont state flag on the second, and—this week—the Somali flag on the third.”
“The Somali flag is being flown for one week as a gesture of support for our Somali students and families,” the post said. “Winooski is a proudly diverse community, and we are committed to recognizing and uplifting all of the cultures that make our district stronger.”
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A crowd of people gathered around a flagpole at a Winooski School District property looks up as a Somali flag is hoisted on Dec. 5, 2025. (Winooski School District via Facebook)
Dame described the potential for divisiveness that flying a foreign flag can evoke, and called it “intentionally provocative.”
“It’s not making things better for the students in the school, because obviously there’s probably some students who support that and some students who feel differently,” said Dame. “So it’s not doing anything positive to bring the school together or create a better learning environment.”
“People just really have a hard time raising the flag over an American property that’s not the American flag, and I think schools — it’s really imperative that if schools want to be able to bring their community together — they take a look at things like this that are intentionally dividing them, and bring their community together.”
The district found support among many commenters on its Facebook page.
“Very proud to be an alumni of this wonderful school district,” said a commenter named Jennifer Agnew. “Thank you for doing what you can to protect our community members, and for showing us the way in this dark time.”
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A group of people on Dec. 5, 2025, look up as a Somali flag is raised on Winooski School District property. (Winooski School District via Facebook)CLICK HERE FOR MORE CAMPUS RADICALS COAST TO COAST
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