The 12-year-old boy who was temporarily kicked out of school over a patch on his backpack has received the praise of actor Dean Cain, who once portrayed Superman in the 1990s.
Cain’s praise came after the boy, whose first name is Jaiden, was forced to leave a class at the Vanguard School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, due to a “Don’t Tread On Me” patch on his backpack.
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“Good job, Jaiden,” Cain wrote on social media. “It takes bravery to stand alone for what is right.”
Good job, Jaiden. It takes bravery to stand alone for what is right.
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) August 30, 2023
Footage of the boy’s mother confronting an official from the Colorado Springs school over the student’s removal from class went viral earlier this week, leading to the story gaining major attention. The boy was then allowed back after the Vanguard School Board of Directors sided with him and his mother.
The school had appeared to argue the student was removed from class because the flag displayed on his backpack had “origins in slavery.” However, the “Don’t Tread on Me” symbol, also known as the Gadsden flag, has its roots in Benjamin Franklin’s Join, or Die cartoon, which features a snake and calls for colonial unity.
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Cain, a conservative, is best known for portraying Superman in the 1990s television show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The actor has not shied away from sharing his personal views, and announced earlier this year he was leaving the state of California to live in Nevada, citing California’s “woke” policies as a major contributing factor.
“I moved because of all the tax policies, the soft-on-crime policies … tax on everything: Energy, water, gas, the craziest ever sales tax,” Cain said.
