Comments on: ACLU: Rights of Man Told to Remove American Flag From Desk Not Violated

By: buckfan4life2

buckfan4life2 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:25:50 +0000

pmi GREAT JOB! If every true blooded American that truly loved this country,could read that and not be touched, I think we would have a little hope.

By: pml

pml — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:58:00 +0000

How sad it is that the guy who has put his life on the line to defend the American flag has no rights to free speech and display it. If only he had the same rights to free speech as those who burn the American flag…

Even more unfortunate is how others such as Mary Catherine Roper are privileged to destroy America from within thanks to the blood, sweat, and tears of the brave men and women who proudly represent the United States Armed Forces.

Abraham Lincoln could not have said it better…

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln

By: buckfan4life2

buckfan4life2 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:49:28 +0000

The ACLU will be the downfall of America! They need to be exterminated like a bunch of cockroaches!

By: Patti

Patti — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:38:13 +0000

And yet the ACLU will defend the rights of people to wear clothing decorated with the CONFEDERATE FLAG to work against a similar workplace ban…WTF
The ACLU once again showing they are diametrically opposed to the pursuit of actualy justice, they only wish to make to world safe for perversion!!!!

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:03:28 +0000

If he works for a court house, then his boss is the taxpayers and he should as “them” if his flag was wrong.

They are his real boss.

Indeed. Pass a constitutionally-valid law and you can trump the manager’s decision.

It’ll have to be constitutionally valid, though. That means the law can only specify flags in general. You’d have to live with everything from pirate flags to crescent moons.

By: Sallyjessieraphael

Sallyjessieraphael — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:04:35 +0000

If he were a frickin muslim and were told to take down a flag emblazoned with a crescent moon the ACLu would have sung a different tune

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:33:24 +0000

If he works for a court house, then his boss is the taxpayers and he should as “them” if his flag was wrong.

They are his real boss.

By: The Capitalist Hippie Complex

The Capitalist Hippie Complex — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:11:11 +0000

Your boss can tell you not to display things or wear clothes with a particular message in THEIR workplace. They don’t have to let you decorate your desk at all. I am sure the ACLU would not be interested in defending against this perfectly legal action. Your right to free speech does not extend into requiring your employer to let you say or express whatever you want in their place of business. Wow, you guys really don’t know much here, do you?

By: Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:24:59 +0000

I wonder if Roper would think the situation more dire if it was a flag with a crescent emblazoned upon it? Just askin’.

Oh, and thanks for the linkage!

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:08:00 +0000

Roper overstates the case a little bit, but she’s basically right. The employer owns the land, the building, the equipment, and the employee’s actions while on the clock. There are very few rules they can’t set. That’s not so hard to understand, is it? Dems usually have trouble with this concept, but I would expect the Repubs to understand.

Having said that, Silvestro probably would have been fine if he had left the pirate flag at home. Smith probably just decided to ban all flags rather than get caught up in a debate about which ones are appropriate.