Over the last year, the number of outraged or offended people over non-extreme things has staggered. In this case, a 7th grader wore a star wars t-shirt with the words "rebel blaster" and an image of a gun on it. The student was forced to cover up his shirt and he received dispilinary punishment. This is ridiculous. First of all, a 'rebel blaster' isn't even a real weapon. It is a gun from the star wars movie franchise. Second of all, who was the shirt hurting? All is was was a young boy supporting his favorite movie.
Although gun influence and the gun law debate have been controversial issues recently, this is just a case of people being way too sensitive. If a child were to wear a shirt like this to school 10 years ago, he would be flooded with compliments not ridicule. There is nothing on earth that someone won't be offended by.
If we all just calmed a bit down and took everything with a grain of salt, America would be a much more peaceful place. As long as you're not personally attacking someone, physically or mentally, there should be no reason for you not to do (or wear) what you want.
This can relate back to the 1st amendment and the concept of 'freedom of speech'. We're not free to speak freely if everything we say will have to be taken back because someone is offended. People actually are allowed to have different opinions.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/13/star-wars-t-shirt-lands-7th-grader-in-hot-water-at-texas-school/
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