John Tinker's Views on the Case

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This is a link to John Tinker's current page concerning the case and his life, which contains a series of frequently asked questions. One of the questions that he addresses is the motivation for why he believes that the school officials suspended his sister and him when they willingly took off their armbands. He says that he believes that their true motivation was not actually to preventa disturbance but was rather to present themselves in a better, more patriotic life. After all that had occurred with the Vietnam War, Tinker felt that if the school officials were caught being lenient on students who were expressing their opinion against it, it would reflect badly on them, hence the outrage that ensued. He also said that after the case was decided, he heard of some principals misrepresenting the information by quoting the dissenting opinion. However, he did state that several schools respected the opinion and even encouraged their students to utilize their right to free speech.