Politically Indifferent

It isn't often I get on my soapbox for or against political correct or incorrectness, but today I feel the need for a little house cleaning.
While the motives of the kids in California who got sent home from school for wearing the American flag to school on Cinco De Mayo are questionable, the real question is why should anyone care? I don't care what flag you wear on 4th of July, That's my holiday, and if you are not celebrating it I'm ok with that. In a time where everyone is walking around on eggshells for fear of offending someone with different beliefs, race, creed, or opinions I pose this question...Why??? American was founded on the right to express yourself as who you are without fear of being shunned, or exiled or even killed for it. So why are people making a big deal over the very thing that makes us a great nation, our individuality!!!!!! We have the unique situation in this country of being united over our differences!! Wake up people, if you have an opinion so does everyone else, they may not be the same as yours, but that doesn't make them wrong. If we all thought alike or were forced to think alike that is oppression,and really do we want that???
I speak as a female, a veteran, and someone who likes having the right to have my own damn opinion! Why are comparing ourselves to other nations and saying we need to be like them? Hell no! We need to stop being petty and picking apart our friends, neighbors and humanity, live and let live!
I will leave with this, as a veteran I took an oath to defend this country and all the rights we hold dear( including the right to think differently and express yourself without fear). Before you open you mouth to start a race/holy/sexuality/I'm right just because war....Do you enjoy having your opinion? Would you die for the right to have it? If you answered yes, congratulations You Are An American!
Good now that we have some common ground....Live and Let Live, Love and Be Loved.