What a boob: Texas school district bans Virginia state flag and seal over naked breast

[WestMichRad]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/texas-bans-virginia-flag-breast

Virginia’s state flag and seal, depicting the Roman goddess Virtus standing over a slain tyrant, her drooping toga exposing her left breast, has been banned from younger students in a Texas school district.

The district, Lamar consolidated independent school district, near Houston, took action against the image late last year when it removed a section about Virginia from its online learning platform used by third through fifth graders, typically encompassing ages eight to 11, sparking a row, Axios reported on Thursday.

(More at link)

Horrors! A pornographic curved line and a dot! The children will be scarred for life!

[multigraincracker]

1. The more forbidden the fruit, the better it tastes.

[Bristlecone]

2. The Texas Taliban at it again.

[sl8]

3. So, infants and 6th graders can look at a bare boob, but not 3rd, 4th, or 5th graders? nt

[ILikePie92]

4. Roanoke, Va

I grew up in Va. Lived there 25 years. Was never aware of the porn sitting right in front of my face!

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Or ... is it for the Virginia motto, Sic semper tyrannis ?

... and a dead king.

(That's "thus always to tyrants", which is bound to be ultra-unpopular with Trumpists.)

[Norrrm]

7. Virginia AG Cuccinelli Censors Virginia Seal

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli risked more national ridicule when he gave his staff a PG version of the commonwealth seal recently. (2010)

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/cuccinelli-censors-virginia-seal/1866897/

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Edwin Meese receives report on pornography

[Norrrm]

15. Good one! Almost like the photographer planned that shot, eh?

John Ashcroft paid some gov't bucks to cover up semi-nude artwork in Wash DC.

https://www.google.com/search?q=covered+up+statue+with+drapes&rlz=1C1AWUC_enUS1014US1023&oq=covered+up+statue+with+drapes&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRifBdIBCjQ5MzI3ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBckRCk683XpZ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Including the statue was something of a 'sport' among press photographers. nt

[-misanthroptimist]

6. I lived in TX in the 1980s

At that time their tourism board was advertising with the words, "No place but Texas." Every time my friend and I saw something stupid happening, we'd look at each other and one of us would say -with the appropriate amount of sarcasm-, "No place but Texas."

So, with sarcasm and disdain pegged, I once again say, "No place but Texas."

[Sparkly]

8. Isn't Virtus male, anyway?

For whatever reason, male boobs aren't scandalous.

[WestMichRad]

10. That seems to be the case, yes

At least, the Wikipedia description of Virtus states that the traits personified by the deity Virtus were “all perceived as masculine”:

“Virtus (Classical Latin: [ˈwɪrtuːs̠]) was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, all perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus.”

Although I couldn’t help but notice that the statuette they show of Virtus would also probably be banned in that Texas school district:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtus

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Next up: telling kids how the stork brought them.

[Seinan Sensei]

11. Instead

Maybe replace it with a picture of a president
mimicking oral sex
………….. 🎤

[Abolishinist]

12. Perhaps they could fog up the image a bit, as in this one of our 1st Lady?

?quality=75&strip=all

[eppur_se_muova]

13. This is the 21st century -- we don't blur, we pixellate !

Seriously, can someone share a pixellated .gif of the Virginia flag ?

[Abolishinist]

16. Thanks! Exactly the word I was looking for,

but I was having a brain fog.