Texas Hospital Worker Fired Over Ferguson Facebook Post
When you write something on a social site, the rest of us can see it. A Houston woman’s Facebook post on the Ferguson protests, resulted in her being fired. The woman wrote on her personal Facebook page, “The police need to just start mowing them down with machine guns, purge them.”
“Very racist,” one man who chose not to be identified said.”I was highly offended.”
KHOU has opted not to identify the woman. When the man saw the woman’s post online, he learned that she worked at Memorial Hermann Southeast.
“It shouldn’t be tolerated when you’re a professional,” the man said. “A hospital is a place where you’re supposed to have compassion upon people of all races.”
After the Facebook post was shared on the behemoth social site, Memorial Hermann found out about it too and took swift action.
“People were pretty upset about it,” the man added.
KHOU reports:
The woman was laid off. The hospital responded via Twitter tweeting, “a non nurse employee posted an offensive comment. MH absolutely disagrees with that post. We have a 107 year history of serving everyone. The individual is no longer an employee of Memorial Hermann.”
“Even freedom of speech has its consequences,” the man said.
“People have the right of free speech, but employers can fire you for whatever they want in the state of Texas,” KHOU legal analyst Gerald Treece said.
Watch, courtesy of KHOU:
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Anomaly 100 August 22nd, 2014 at 4:33 pm
It’s a good thing I like the color blue.
Khary A August 22nd, 2014 at 4:40 pm
As infuriating as this is, I am glad that all this ugliness is coming out. I was getting tired of the game of polite silent tiny daggers. I’m always one for the enemy I know vs the one I don’t. I just hope by the time I reach my “golden years” I am not a totally bitter man seething in a room watching TV, muttering under my breath about the evils of the world.
M D Reese August 22nd, 2014 at 5:05 pm
Oh no–you just described my daily routine…
Seriously, I am muttering mostly because I saw this movie the first time around and I can’t believe I’m seeing yet another sequel in 2014. Racism and misogyny are alive and well here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. In my opinion it’s worse–because we should know better by now.
Cosmic_Surfer August 22nd, 2014 at 5:11 pm
It’s a balkanization thang
Khary A August 22nd, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Don’t do it!! I was giving a description of my old man to tell the truth. He lived through it all. he was born in the 20’s so he got to witness and experience the open ugliness of Jim Crow and so on, now i visit and he sits with the cold glow of his flat screen and I can see his face twisting in resentment, distrust and anger that has no outlet. I can see it’s poison coursing through him and it makes me just want to burn it all for making him this way and that sickens me the most.Mainly because now those same poisons are worming their way into me…self loathing can manifest into misanthropy.
olford August 22nd, 2014 at 7:55 pm
No reason to live like that. Jesus Christ took that penalty for you.
You can have life and abundly than ever before.
Khary A August 23rd, 2014 at 12:45 pm
Well, I appreciate your sentiments. Have no fear, “this little black duck” lives on and well enough under his own accord and recognizance.
M D Reese August 22nd, 2014 at 11:33 pm
…My first sentence was snark… I guess I need to go back to spelling it out. After that I said “Seriously” and that is when I began to be serious.
I don’t have any self-loathing–I’m just impatient and pissed off at most of the human race, doing the same awful things over and over and ruining things for the rest of us. For the most part humans are a big disappointment. Fortunately I have hobbies and other things that I enjoy.
Khary A August 23rd, 2014 at 12:34 pm
you got me…im telling you the /s/ really goes a long way in text.
😛
M D Reese August 24th, 2014 at 4:50 pm
As I said, perhaps I need to go back to spelling it out. I usually just try to be blatantly obvious by my content and by ending with … I get tired of stating the obvious all the time. You could also click on a poster’s history and that would give you a clue as well.
R.J. Carter August 22nd, 2014 at 4:49 pm
If you’re not pulling a check off the interest of your own personal fortune — then use a pseudonym online, always.
M D Reese August 22nd, 2014 at 5:02 pm
Yeah–that’s the solution…
Cosmic_Surfer August 22nd, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Pseudonyms can still tie back to the person but then one might need to know something about the interwebz (and Tor)
R.J. Carter August 22nd, 2014 at 5:20 pm
That reminds me. My last Tor install doesn’t work. I need to clean off my system and reinstall from scratch.
Chinese Democracy August 23rd, 2014 at 2:18 am
Anonymous Browser Hacked, With Suspects Keeping Quiet And Privacy Advocates Shaken
Tor — which stands for “The Onion Router,” implying multiple layers of security for users – said in a blog post Wednesday that users who operated or accessed hidden services from Jan. 30 through July 4 of this year should assume that their identity has been compromised
http://goo.gl/S2u0Af
FBI Just Admitted to Hacking Into the Tor Network
http://goo.gl/96oZv2
hope u arent using tor for illegal actvities
Cosmic_Surfer August 22nd, 2014 at 4:52 pm
Obviously, she was in the wrong profession…Maybe she should try out for an admin job with the Aryan Brotherhood in Beaumont….and I do mean in Beaumont
whatthe46 August 22nd, 2014 at 9:50 pm
if i have to drive through beaumont, i make sure its during the day and i’m fully gased up. i’m not stopping for shit.
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 10:19 pm
Vidor is the home of the KKK, right outside Beaumont.
Larry Schmitt August 22nd, 2014 at 5:15 pm
But what about her free speech? They can’t stop her from saying anything she wants. First Amendment! That’s what you would hear on any RWNJ site.
pnutsugar August 22nd, 2014 at 5:45 pm
You can’t be arrested for demonstrating your right to free speech…but you can be fired. Gotta love a right-to-work state, even when it works again YOUR side!
olford August 22nd, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Truth is truth. No matter where the chips fall. Justice is always worth it.
whatthe46 August 22nd, 2014 at 9:49 pm
you have every right to say what you want, doesn’t mean there aren’t consequences for your word choice. everyone is free to be stupid. and her being so comfortable to post it on a media site where everyone knows your business because you choose to put it out there doesn’t mean it won’t come back to bite you in the ass. gotta love stupid people.
olford August 22nd, 2014 at 6:33 pm
You have free speech, Hope you don’t believe that your rights are only valid and others not so much.
Larry Schmitt August 22nd, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Lighten up, Francis, That was sarcasm.
olford August 22nd, 2014 at 7:45 pm
Listen up Mr. Ed. We are all in this together and hope we can find common ground on a real level, being human and real people. God Bless unity.
Cat L August 22nd, 2014 at 7:43 pm
So true! They don’t quite understand how that whole first amendment thing works. Don’t know about you, but I get tired of explaining it to the “morans.”
TinyPinkHulk August 22nd, 2014 at 9:39 pm
The first amendment only refers to the government censoring people. It has absolutely nothing to do with what a private business can and can’t do, and whom they can or can’t hire. They can do as they please, as private enterprises.. And Texas is a proud right-to-work state, meaning they have absolutely no obligation to even give a reason for hiring or firing someone.
Larry Schmitt August 23rd, 2014 at 4:54 am
That was sarcasm. I know what the first amendment means. And what you refer to is not right to work, but employment at will. You can look it up. Right to work has to do with unions.
Liberally Kerry August 23rd, 2014 at 4:57 am
Nobody stopped her from using her right to free speech. She said what she wanted to say.
Larry Schmitt August 23rd, 2014 at 7:55 am
Maybe you should change your name to Literally Kerry.
Liberally Kerry November 11th, 2014 at 10:55 am
Only if you change yours to ‘pointless.’
kidcat24 August 22nd, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Now, now I’m sure she’s a good Christian lady.
NW10 August 22nd, 2014 at 5:25 pm
The police need to just start mowing them down with machine guns, purge them
Yet it’s supposedly the left that supports the police state and against due process.
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 6:07 pm
I’ll bet every dollar I have that she supported the Bundy morans and their desire to kill federal agents.
mea_mark August 22nd, 2014 at 5:48 pm
I hope this firing blithering hateful idiots catches on. I would so like to see a world where those with compassion and understanding were rewarded more than those that are ignorant and spread hate.
Suzanne McFly August 22nd, 2014 at 6:55 pm
For some reason, they feel as if they have been given the “ok” to spew this crap freely. It seems like this gibberish occurs constantly.
Always Right August 22nd, 2014 at 7:29 pm
I agree, let’s hope it swings both ways.
olford August 22nd, 2014 at 7:46 pm
Amen to that Sir.
Rosetta Jean Vanderslice Gibbs August 22nd, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Maybe she was speaking out on Purge night that’s set for August 29th? This guy is just assuming what she was talking about because her comment don’t support his claims. This makes more sense because she uses the word purge.
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/08/20/social-media-posts-threaten-purge-night-in-texas/
mea_mark August 22nd, 2014 at 6:06 pm
How do you interpret “mow them down with machine guns”?
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Obviously he is thinking of black individuals as a sea of lawn?
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 6:06 pm
What? How do you explain the fact that she wanted police to,”…just start mowing them down with machine guns…”? Are you on dope?
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 6:10 pm
Did you support the Bundy ranch psychos and their desire to slaughter federal agents?
Always Right August 22nd, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Do you even know the story behind the Bundy Ranch standoff? It has nothing to do with race. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-long-fight-between-cliven-bundy-and-the-federal-government/
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 8:31 pm
The Post? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Bundy gave a couple of racist lectures…maybe you forgot…the rest of us know that the militias and Bundy are Neo Nazi fuckheads.
Always Right August 22nd, 2014 at 9:11 pm
I used the Post because it leans left. It is the Washington Post, not the New Your Post. If you didn’t know the answer you should have just said so.
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 9:19 pm
I answered, Bagger, Bundy and his pals were all racists, if you don’t think so, you’re a deluded moran.
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 9:21 pm
I assume you’re too stupid and uniformed by the Foxtitutes to know about Bundy’s blatant, fetid racism. But, the rest of the world knows what a foul, racist, ignorant pig Bundy is.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:17 pm
He’s a Mormon .. he’s been stealing OUR tax dollars grazing HIS cattle on OUR public land for years. He’s just a fat old dirty white race-baiting Mormon man.
RioBravoHombre August 23rd, 2014 at 1:51 pm
Imagine the folks in Ferguson, arming themselves with high powered rifles, AR-15’s and confronting the cops like the Bundy Morans did. What do you think the racists like Drugs Blimpaugh and the Foxtitutes would have to say?
Kara Connor August 23rd, 2014 at 1:58 pm
Well those who want to have everyone to be able to own firearms without checks or restrictions typically claim that they need them to protect themselves from the government, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the gun lobby came out in favor of arming all the Ferguson residents with AK47s. Expect a press release any day.
/s
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:16 pm
The Post hasn’t leaned left for years.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Can you be Mormon and a Neo Nazi f*ckhead at the same time? Oh wait – Warren Jeffs was one – also a sexual predator.
RioBravoHombre August 23rd, 2014 at 1:55 pm
Christ…even the Nazis would be taking notes and learning new ways to be a subhuman fuckwipe from Jeffs. His ranch is about 120 miles from where I’m sitting. He was tried in San Angelo, which is about 185 miles….we followed the trial daily and perverted, psychotic, and appalling are only a few of the adjectives that come to mind.
Kitt Lenington August 22nd, 2014 at 9:55 pm
Oh, yes he did…big time.
olford August 23rd, 2014 at 11:41 am
No he is correct. (Always Right)
Sage August 23rd, 2014 at 3:03 pm
Fool
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:15 pm
EVERYTHING at the Bundy Ranch is about WHITE Mormon men and race.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Well you just go right on believing that – also too that this wonderful hospital worker farts unicorns out of her ass.
raincheck August 23rd, 2014 at 8:52 pm
lol
labman57 August 22nd, 2014 at 7:35 pm
So how long before Hannity invites her on his show and gives her a platform to justify and rationalize her sociopathic bigotry … while simultaneously play the role of the poor maligned victim denied her freedom of speech?
Always Right August 22nd, 2014 at 7:46 pm
Are you saying Hannity is racist? I’ve never known him to be like that. He seems to be fair to everyone and doesn’t hide the fact that he is a conservative.
whatthe46 August 22nd, 2014 at 9:41 pm
why do you talk?
RioBravoHombre August 22nd, 2014 at 10:17 pm
Drugs are not all bad…but, the ones you’re on are.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 10:25 am
lol
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:14 pm
I wonder if Sarah told him what drugs to take .. she’s a whole pharmacy unto herself. And we know how she twizzles when she’s around him. You can see the cocaine and Red Bull shakin’
RioBravoHombre August 23rd, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Drugs and stupid people…history proves this is a bad combination. Want to take a shitload of dope and have some fun? STAY YOUR DUMBASS AT HOME AND AVOID PUBLICLY MAKING A MORAN OF YOURSELF!
jasperjava August 23rd, 2014 at 12:35 am
Fair? He’s a right-wing weasel who twists the truth into pretzels.
rg9rts August 23rd, 2014 at 5:01 am
Half truths sell the best since they smell like truth.
Esteban Rey August 23rd, 2014 at 2:48 am
Hannity used to have Hal Turner on his radio show. He is filthy. The lowest of the low.
rg9rts August 23rd, 2014 at 4:59 am
Yeah he hates everyone equally
DaddyO_969 August 23rd, 2014 at 8:50 am
As long as they aren’t white conservative males.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:13 pm
OLD white conservative males, with guns.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:12 pm
Hannity?
If his IQ exceeds -5 it would stun me.
Let’s be real, he’s all about the money – the more he makes money for F*KYOU News, the happier he is. He really doesn’t care about information, news, issues, equality, or humanity.
He’s dumb as a rock.
olford August 22nd, 2014 at 7:48 pm
Hannity is a gentleman and honest as well as fair. You know that Sir.
Obewon August 22nd, 2014 at 11:15 pm
Satanic Hannity’s well proven pathological lies place him at the top of those in servitude to their one true master demon Beelzebub.
1. Who else but Hannity would give this racist nightly airtime? Frank Taaffe, Zimmerman’s unofficial media emissary, is a convicted criminal who recently appeared on The White Voice, a virulently racist podcast. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/frank-taaffe-george-zimmerman-racist-white-voice
2, “I guess I am a terrorist”-Cliven Bundy Destroys Fox News and Sean Hannity By Claiming They Support His Racism. http://www.politicususa.com/2014/04/25/cliven-bundy-destoys-fox-news-sean-hannity-claiming-support-racism.html
3. When Saba Ahmed dared to ask a question of the idiotic Heritage Benghazi panel, they broke out in a xenophobic symphony of hate. ‘Well I guess I am a racist’-Sean Hannity justified their behavior. http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/sean-hannity-attacks-muslim-student-who Bonus! Inside the Fox News lie machine: Fact-checking Sean Hannity on Obamacare proves his devotees saved +50% to +70% on HC.gov http://www.salon.com/2013/10/18/inside_the_fox_news_lie_machine_i_fact_checked_sean_hannity_on_obamacare/
olford August 23rd, 2014 at 11:05 am
It looks like you are racist. Why is that ? Why do you hate ? Do you hate Allen West also ? How about Ben Carson ? I pray you will come to terms with God about your hateful heart. Have a Bless Day
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:11 pm
Actually it isn’t that we HATE those people you mentioned. We just hate listening to them spill their venom and hatred. In the case of Ben Carson, I find it sad that a man with his intellect and training has wasted his time turning into such a savage imbecile. Allen West was kicked out of the military –
Both of the examples you mentioned are not representative of decent human beings – that was their choice. That we recognize this is our choice.
David Frank August 22nd, 2014 at 11:32 pm
Sarcasm?
rg9rts August 23rd, 2014 at 4:58 am
You need a map?
jasperjava August 23rd, 2014 at 12:33 am
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
DaddyO_969 August 23rd, 2014 at 8:49 am
Surely you jest.
Glenna Jones-Kachtik August 23rd, 2014 at 12:43 pm
??????? Bwahhhaaaaa…..Bwahahahahaha…..I hope this was sarcasm because if it wasn’t? Boy are YOU deluded.
raincheck August 23rd, 2014 at 8:44 pm
BUA HAHAHAHAHa HEHEHEHEHE Sir!
olford August 23rd, 2014 at 11:38 am
Why are you a bigot ?
Sage August 23rd, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Why are you a fool
Larry Schmitt August 23rd, 2014 at 3:11 pm
I agree. He hasn’t made a single post that makes sense or adds to the discussion.
raincheck August 23rd, 2014 at 8:42 pm
lol
R.J. Carter August 23rd, 2014 at 3:20 pm
What she said was reprehensible. But I always get queasy when there’s a call for firing people from their jobs for statements made on personal accounts (on which there’s not even a mention of their employer).
We can clap over her getting fired for saying this, but what happens when someone gets pissed off over someone’s political statements and takes it up with that person’s employer?
Htowndude August 22nd, 2014 at 8:02 pm
Welcome to Texas, where we’re a “Right to Work” state. That means, employers here, have the “right to fire” you, for *anything*
Workers rights, and unions are bad, aren’t they? It’s what I read at least in social media.
If you don’t want to get fired for being a racist, try not being a racist. If she was speaking about protesters who were “Christians” or “Jews” would so many people be objecting to her being fired? You can *not* yell fire in a crowded theatre. There are limits on our First Amendment rights.
DaddyO_969 August 23rd, 2014 at 8:57 am
I hope they would.
Larry Schmitt August 23rd, 2014 at 9:13 am
As I said in response to TinyPinkHulk, “Right to Work” has nothing to do with your employer’s right to fire you. That’s “Employment at Will.” Right to work “prohibits union security agreements, or agreements between labor unions and employers, that govern the extent to which an established union can require employees’ membership, payment of union dues, or fees as a condition of employment.”
People always mistake one for the other. I work in Human Resources, so I know the difference.
olford August 23rd, 2014 at 11:37 am
Not paying union dues is good. The employee paying the due has no say where that money is used. And when the chips are down the union could less what happens to the workers.
Larry Schmitt August 23rd, 2014 at 11:39 am
But none of that has anything to do with this thread.
olford August 23rd, 2014 at 12:07 pm
Oh yes Sir, you mentioned it.
Larry Schmitt August 23rd, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Read the post again.
olford August 23rd, 2014 at 12:28 pm
It was a point that needed to be made.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 10:24 am
if she made the same remarks i wouldn’t object. what’s wrong with people to wish death and a violent death at that upon someone, while at the same time, calling someone else violent?
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:08 pm
Can we just agree that she was terminally stupid?
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 6:30 pm
yes sir we can.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Again, Arizona is the same. On the other hand, SHE is responsible for her own big mouth. Not the employer.
And this is a hospital – she sounds like a non-essential employee. It would have been easy to just kick her to the curb – and you’re right if you don’t want to get fired for being racist, don’t do it.
Swimsassy August 22nd, 2014 at 9:18 pm
Was she fired or laid off? There’s a big difference in the two when it comes to collecting unemployment benefits.
whatthe46 August 22nd, 2014 at 9:41 pm
she was fired.
DaddyO_969 August 23rd, 2014 at 8:55 am
Still have to prove willfull misconduct. That’s not easy. The system is designed to protect the employee. Her bigotry likely would fail the test; disgusting though it is.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 10:22 am
not in texas. its an at will state. meaning neither party has to give a reason for dismissal or departure. except for the obvious. i.e., you can’t be fired because of health reasons or anything that may be considered discriminatory.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:04 pm
Arizona is the same. But employers often attempt to stall unemployment benefits .. it’s a game. I have an issue with that ONLY because an employee pays into the fund also.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 6:27 pm
well just think of it this way then. what if it were you that were to get fired? for whatever reason or non-reason, wouldn’t you want those benefits if you are entitled to them. also think of it this way, you too have been paying into those benefits, so you’re just getting back what you put into it.
Sage August 23rd, 2014 at 3:00 pm
You can be fired for being gay and that is discriminatory.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 6:25 pm
you can be fired for being gay, but you’ll get the shit sued out of you. (because its illegal)
Ty Ellison August 23rd, 2014 at 1:27 am
The employer would have to prove that her actions amounted to willful misconduct in order to deny her benefits.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:03 pm
She sounds too stupid to be “willful”. They got rid of her. She is no longer their problem. She has also lost any type of reference from them.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:02 pm
Well if she has paid into unemployment and they laid her off she should be able to collect it. She may be an idiot, but losing her job is punishment as well. Perhaps she learned something but I doubt it. Haters gotta hate.
Carla Akins August 23rd, 2014 at 3:56 pm
My daughter is the director of non-medical staff in a trauma 2 hospital ER. Due to HIPPA and not wanting to be sued, they have very specific social media rules that are agreed to in writing before any employees start. In addition to a review pre-employment, they have a program that routinely scans for all employees posts using a filtering system. It was scary how often she had to fire someone – although every time was far worse than the one in the article. People are terrible.
rg9rts August 23rd, 2014 at 4:57 am
When you post on facebook your expectation of privacy is gone.. What you say in private stays there, facebook aint. Could not have been the brightest employee
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Absolutely.
Kind of like that idiot cop that gave his speech on video to the Oathkeepers where he announced he kills people. Since supposedly he has never been involved in a police involved shooting, sounds like a lot of puffed up bragging – old white cop who’s got nothing.
rg9rts August 23rd, 2014 at 1:21 pm
Not only that , but it is a reflection on todays younger generation and class of criminal that can’t resist taking a selfie on the phone they just stole.
liberalMD August 23rd, 2014 at 7:10 am
Most employers are including a search of social media as part of their pre-employment checks on potential employees. I am surprised at the information they apparently are able to extract on people via this route.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:21 pm
That’s EZ to defeat. Create a fake account – fake ID – fake name … then you do a FB or Twitter with that one if you feel a need to hide something.
I don’t know what employers are looking for – but violence and violent rhetoric certainly are going to get a look/see.
rg9rts August 23rd, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Easier yet….don’t create those accounts…I don’t have either
Dave Lanson August 23rd, 2014 at 12:36 pm
I don’t think what you decide to post on Facebook is any business of your employer unless you posted it from a work computer or during time you should be working. Can someone be fired for simply writing a letter to the editor that conflicts with your employer’s opinion? I guess so. The employer was certain within its rights to fire her but it should face some sort of backlash from public opinion.
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:00 pm
I disagree. This is a hospital that treats all patients – not just white ones. Holding this type of view absolutely leads to the possibility that when coming in contact with someone of an opposite race, the FB poster would not be capable of being fair, or honest – something people who visit hospitals require and need.
If it’s on FB, it’s out there somewhere. Nothing on the internet is private.
raincheck August 23rd, 2014 at 8:34 pm
“The police need to just start mowing them down with machine guns, purge them.”
“Can someone be fired for simply writing a letter to the editor that conflicts with your employer’s opinion?” It should face some sort of backlash? If your sympathetic toward this person after reading this woman’s post, you must be pretty sick yourself… backlash indeed!
jasperjava August 24th, 2014 at 12:29 am
Racism isn’t just an “opinion”, it’s a worldview. You can’t serve the public fairly and impartially if you’re a racist, especially if you think machine-gunning people is a way to solve social issues.
Ted E. Bear August 23rd, 2014 at 12:41 pm
How does something like that (anything) on FB get public? Can anyone view anyone else’s stuff? I thought only friends could view friends pics and so on. Anyone know?
BanditBasheert August 23rd, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Depends on how you structure your Wall. I refuse to even have a FB. Don’t care for their policies. It is a way for families to share pictures and keep in touch. If you use it that way, it works.
But always remember, if it’s ON the Internet, it is public. Someone somewhere can get into it, find it, and use it.
Ted E. Bear August 23rd, 2014 at 1:36 pm
From discussions, in this case maybe the woman was “friends” with someone at work who saw it and of course being a good snitch ran to the bosses. Maybe. I suppose friends of friends can relay stuff too.
(I don’t do FB either. I think it’s nuts.)
Carla Akins August 23rd, 2014 at 3:42 pm
I believe she used her Facebook account to post on a public site, like a newspaper. Many sites require you sign in with some kind of social media like FB or Google. That makes her statement public.
Ted E. Bear August 23rd, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Ahhh! That explains it. Thank you!
FB takes out another one. I guess it will never end.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 6:15 pm
that and this racists assumed that all the “white” people she was friends with on her FB page shared in her ignorance. well good for whoever shared her post.
Lolivas August 23rd, 2014 at 1:46 pm
Moral of the story. “Don’t live in Texas”
Adam Ivie August 23rd, 2014 at 4:00 pm
oh the stench of the impending lawsuit is overwhelming
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 6:13 pm
wrong state to file suit and win. she can file a suit sure. but, she won’t win. texas is an at will state.
whatthe46 August 23rd, 2014 at 6:24 pm
it always amazes me that when protest by black people happen because they believe there was an injustice done, (and when there is a small group) that starts rioting (which of course I don’t approve of)
they are quick to call them every despicable name in the book and label “them”
all as violent people to the point where you get the military type
responses. yet, whenever white people
(of course not all) get a “win” over a damned soccer game or baseball game
there’s a riot. cars tipped over and set on fire, breaking
store front windows. police cars and
news vans destroyed and i’ve never seen the outcome with the police as we’re
seeing in Ferguson.
g75401 August 23rd, 2014 at 8:05 pm
Love it….a Texas conservative gets pinched by that hallmark of conservative ideology, the “Right to Work” law. Karma, baby!
Scott Massar August 23rd, 2014 at 8:07 pm
FYI – to all the that said “That’s why I don’t have Facebook”. Guess what – this story appeared in my Facebook feed & if you comment on here – I could share in public on Facebook!
Tammy Minton Haley August 24th, 2014 at 12:10 pm
facebook is the antichrist…
Carla Akins August 24th, 2014 at 12:17 pm
You would be correct.
Tammy Minton Haley August 24th, 2014 at 12:46 pm
it has infiltrated almost every kind of transaction humans have with each other–and, the most awfulest, horriblest part is one doesn’t even have to have/do FB to be somehow “involved” and “on” it–just like another poster said…
it is HAL…
Denise August 24th, 2014 at 3:02 am
Anybody employed in a occupation in which they have contact with the public should not be racist. Among those are healthcare providers, law enforcement, social workers, teachers……..This will affect your work, you bring your views and attitudes to work, and it will affect the quality of your work. She needed to be fired, as do police officers, but they rarely are.
crc3 August 24th, 2014 at 9:52 am
Maybe she can get a job with Rick Perry. After all…”birds of a feather”….