Pete Hegseth is an alumnus of the Forest Lake Area High School and the founder of Vets for Freedom, which brings its National Heroes Tour to the Twin Cities today. Today's schedule included bringing the tour to social studies students at the high school.

But the principal abrupty cancelled the event when "parents and others" called the school and objected. The Star Tribune story reporting the cancellation is ambiguously headlined and written to suggest that the scheduled event raised concerns that the event was political in nature, but it is evident that the "concerns" about politics were confined to accusations by the objectors and that the principal simply kowtowed to them. What a disgrace.

UPDATE: Katherine Kersten, Kathryn Lopez, Hugh Hewitt, and Uncle Jimbo pierce the fog of the Star Tribune article.

JOHN adds: From Kathy Kersten's post:

At “Democratic Underground Forums,” there was an announcement of a press conference by various unidentified groups opposing the Vets for Freedom appearance. The announcement exhorted “Veterans for Peace” to oppose the appearance and listed contact info for Massey; school board president Bill Bresin, and the Forest Lake Area Schools district office. The post expressed “outrage” that Vets for Freedom was going to meet with students to “indoctrinate them on the joys of war.”

Shame on Forest Lake High administrators for caving to political pressure under the guise of preventing political pressure. Apparently, they only understand the sort of political pressure exerted by left-wing anti-war groups.

The Forest Lake principal said there had been complaints from "parents and others." Apparently the "others" are denizens of the Democratic Underground fever swamp. It would be interesting to know how many of those who objected to the veterans were "others" rather than parents.

It's hard to discern any consistent standard for who and what is too "political" for Minnesota's public schools. Last year, the high school that my children attend invited Al Franken to speak to the National Honor Society. If Al Franken isn't too "political," how can Pete Hegseth and his fellow veterans be?

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