Teed off over T-shirt opinion

Re “Free-speech fashion,� editorial, April 26

If the slogan “Homosexuality Is Shameful� isn’t “fighting words� and does not attack individual gay students, then it would follow that the slogan “Hitler Was Right� would be stylish attire for the classroom too, or “Slavery Was Better Than Affirmative Action.� How about “Illegal Immigrants Are a Virus and Should Be Treated As Such�?

Would words like that not simply offend but distract Jewish, black and Latino students?

Or is that their problem?

JENNIFER HOPPE

Valley Village, Calif.

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Should a school allow a T-shirt saying, “Religion Is Superstition and Encourages Bigotry�?

Who is to determine when a T-shirt poses a “substantial disruption or material interference with school activities�?

JOSEPH GRODSKY

Los Angeles

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I am not a lawyer and do not know whether the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was on shaky legal ground when it did not uphold a student’s right to wear a T-shirt stating that “Homosexuality Is Shameful.� But I do know that The Times is on shaky ground when it claims that wearing such a message is neither bullying nor harassing and that it “did not attack individual gay students.�

I would argue that such incitement to hatred in schools does precisely that.

BENJAMIN DE VULPILLIERES

Grenoble, France

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Do I have the right to find 9th Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt’s opinions offensive?

GARY A. ROBB

Los Feliz