 Cracked Columnists  4 Recurring Myths We Apparently Really Want
to Believe  Political Correctness Gone Wrong  Last year, on
Cinco de Mayo, five high school students were sent home for
wearing "American flag T-shirts." You know, like this one.  Via
NBC Bay Area  It was an outrage. Five kids just happened to come
to school wearing Old Navy shirts or something that happened to
have the American flag on them somewhere, and they got sent home
by a touchy feely principal scared of offending the slightest
sensibilities of Hispanic students. What better example of
political correctness gone wrong? Headlines and blogs started
blaring that it was now illegal to wear American flags in our
own country.  Well, the five kids didn't show up dressed that
way by coincidence, nor was it subtle.  Via Lora Schraft, Gilroy
Dispatch  According to some witnesses, the kids were yelling,
"We live in America!" during the brunch break. The school had
already seen trouble on Cinco de Mayo the year before and had
actually asked students