I got the feeling last October, when I largely but not entirely defended them, that these kids in Montana had a satirical idea, humor in bad taste as opposed to bad humor, which — as a matter of course — dumped Trump in there as a signifier — speaking to his support amongst various hate groups.

Now elected, we get to this.

Two students from Silverton High School have been suspended, accused of intimidating and threatening behavior at a pro-Trump demonstration at the school on Tuesday.
Before classes and during both the school’s lunches, 30 to 40 students gathered on and around their trucks, waving Trump signs and American flags.
At least one student was waving a Confederate flag, but took it down after the school’s principal, Justin Lieuallen, spoke to him.
Lieuallen said the students were expressing their own views, but there were a couple of incidents where students overstepped their bounds.
Witnesses reported phrases such as “Pack your bags, you’re leaving tomorrow” and “Tell your family good-bye” being shouted at Hispanic students.

It is that dilemma in “teaching the kids” respectful reverence to your country’s next leader who cited an Eisenhower era dragnet program to deal with illegal immigration, while keeping a politically neutral stance on free assembly.

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