So tell me;
How do you sort facts from propaganda?
The secret is taking proper time before making a strong judgement. It's the internet, one can find arguments to support or not support near anything. Facts take time to come to light.
I do agree with the adage that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence supplied by the claimant.
Some facts never see the light of day one must then depend on recognizable patterns.
The kid's old man was a part of CAIR,
There has been what some call Islamophobia running repent in this country.
After listening to the kid talk, I am not convinced he is that technically with it.
As someone else mentioned in the countlesws pages of this thread; schools are very picky about what you bring to school, since every public school is federally funded in the US DHS and DE have issued guidelines to school administrators on what should or shouldn't be allowed.
Is this a distraction?
Sure just like the birth certificate issue was, as to what we are distracted from there are plenty of possible candidates, take your pick. Not the least of which is the proxy war in Syria between the US (supporting the rebels) and Russians supporting the Syrian government.