evidence: "In the meantime, I tell this kid, 'We do have a flag in the class that you can pledge your allegiance to.' And he like looks around and goes, 'Oh, that one?'" she said, pointing to the rainbow Pride flag and laughing. [...] Some people said that their issue was less with the presence of a Pride flag in the classroom, and more with Pitzen's remarks about the American flag, which they found disrespectful given news last week that 13 U.S. service members were killed in a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. [...] Many of Pitzen's critics took issue with her removing the American flag from her classroom, but others also argued that she shouldn't be forcing her personal beliefs about LGBTQ people on students.