Poll of the Day > Trump Supporter is FIRED after he wore this SHOCKING SHIRT to Voting Day!!!

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A photo of a man who wore a SHOCKING confederate shirt has gone viral and causing OUTRAGE as he went to vote for Republicans in Mississippi.

The photo's circulation led to people to identify him and it was revealed he was a former police officer and a registered NURSE who works at Regional One Health Hospital

Police said he did not break any laws..however that didn't protect his job either as he's been FIRED!!

Regional One Health said they were actively investigating the allegation and understand the intense feelings around it and by Thursday, he was given the big boot.

They terminated his employment as they carry a high standard with their employees and committed to upholding their mission to provide compassionate care and exceptional services..

Prior to being a nurse, he was a memphis police officer and he resigned from that job because he was caught with alcohol with a 17 y/o GIRL.

Police say he did not break any laws by wearing the shirt to the polls and mississippi law only prevents people from wearing campaign material of people on the ballot when they go to vote. Had he worn a Trump shirt it would have been illegal.

Would you trust this man with a job knowing he believes in this??

The shocking ugly shirt with the ugly man -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/08/22/5953886-6369557-image-a-20_1541715391769.jpg

Regional One Health -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/08/22/5953892-6369557-image-a-21_1541715445517.jpg
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He didn't do anything wrong.
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Revelation34 posted...

He didn't do anything wrong.

Really?

Full Throttle posted...

A photo of a man who wore a SHOCKING confederate shirt has gone viral and causing OUTRAGE as he went to vote for Republicans in Mississippi.

lolwut? Why would... oh, that caption. I can see how that'd be taken the wrong way

Full Throttle posted...

Police say he did not break any laws by wearing the shirt to the polls and mississippi law only prevents people from wearing campaign material of people on the ballot when they go to vote. Had he worn a Trump shirt it would have been illegal.

Why? Trump's not on the ballot.
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MICHALECOLE posted...

Really?

He wore a shirt on his own time.
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The link isn't loading for me but he definitely didn't do any thing wrong
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Revelation34 posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Really?

He wore a shirt on his own time.

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

-Komaiko54- posted...

didn't click the pic yet because my internet is killing me but he defintely didn't do any thing wrong

Its a shirt with a confederate flag with a noose in front of it that says Mississippi justice

The flag doesn't bother me but I do question the noose a bit. A quick Google search suggest hanging was used heavily until the 1940's for execution of criminals so the shirt technically isn't wrong. Still, given the history of lynching as a whole, probably not the best combination to display publicly.
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InfestedAdam posted...

The flag doesn't bother me but I do question the noose a bit. A quick Google search suggest hanging was used heavily until the 1940's for execution of criminals so the shirt technically isn't wrong. Still, given the history of lynching as a whole, probably not the best combination to display publicly.

Do you believe this man would give the same care as a nurse to a black person as he would a white person

Revelation34 posted...

He didn't do anything wrong.

Depends on what you mean by "wrong." It is definitely a morally questionable shirt at the least. The company has every right to fire him if they feel that way.

MICHALECOLE posted...

InfestedAdam posted...

The flag doesn't bother me but I do question the noose a bit. A quick Google search suggest hanging was used heavily until the 1940's for execution of criminals so the shirt technically isn't wrong. Still, given the history of lynching as a whole, probably not the best combination to display publicly.

Do you believe this man would give the same care as a nurse to a black person as he would a white person

I had to think about it a bit and honestly could not come up with a response so I'll just answer it with this. If I knew some nurse wore a shirt that felt borderline anti-Chinese, I would not feel comfortable with said nurse taking care of my mom.
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If I ran a hospital I wouldn't be comfortable having a nurse who believes in lynching people either. Can't trust a racist to care for people equally.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Revelation34 posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Really?

He wore a shirt on his own time.

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Considering that if he truly had been shortcutting care he'd already be fired, apparently he would. However, if we were playing that game, could you trust somebody wearing a #BLM shirt to treat cops or even whites with equal care?
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GunslingerGunsl posted...

It is definitely a morally questionable shirt at the least.

Not really, if anything the death penalty is excessively moral, insisting to protect the society from scum. It follows different ethics, but not necessarily different morals.
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Zeus posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Revelation34 posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Really?

He wore a shirt on his own time.

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Considering that if he truly had been shortcutting care he'd already be fired, apparently he would. However, if we were playing that game, could you trust somebody wearing a #BLM shirt to treat cops or even whites with equal care?

Considering how bad a lot of people are at their jobs, that seems like a silly thing to say

And no, I would not trust somebody wearing a BLM shirt to treat a cop or even a white person with the same care. I really wouldnt.

But at the same time, blm is, at its core, an organization of inequality, not an organization of racism.

Zeus posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Revelation34 posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Really?

He wore a shirt on his own time.

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Considering that if he truly had been shortcutting care he'd already be fired, apparently he would. However, if we were playing that game, could you trust somebody wearing a #BLM shirt to treat cops or even whites with equal care?

Yes. Saying you don't want to be shot is not the same thing as wearing a shirt in support of racial lynchings.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

GunslingerGunsl posted...

It is definitely a morally questionable shirt at the least.

Not really, if anything the death penalty is excessively moral, insisting to protect the society from scum. It follows different ethics, but not necessarily different morals.

Umm... the death penalty is like the definition of morally questionable. Lol

flag shirt bad
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I totally defend his right to wear it.

That being said, I'm not saying it was a smart move with today's political climate. The Confederate Flag? You're already looking for trouble. A noose? Yeah, good luck with that...but the flag AND the noose? Yeah, you had to know you were looking for trouble at that point.
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

I totally defend his right to wear it.

That being said, I'm not saying it was a smart move with today's political climate. The Confederate Flag? You're already looking for trouble. A noose? Yeah, good luck with that...but the flag AND the noose? Yeah, you had to know you were looking for trouble at that point.

He works in the medical profession. Most of them have policies in place saying that even off the clock you have to represent the place you work for in an unbias light. I worked for places that monitored social media. The policies are in place exactly for this reason. They catch no flack for firing him. He has no leg to stand on.

Legalities aside, he very probably broke policies.

ASlaveObeys posted...

WhiskeyDisk posted...

I totally defend his right to wear it.

That being said, I'm not saying it was a smart move with today's political climate. The Confederate Flag? You're already looking for trouble. A noose? Yeah, good luck with that...but the flag AND the noose? Yeah, you had to know you were looking for trouble at that point.

He works in the medical profession. Most of them have policies in place saying that even off the clock you have to represent the place you work for in an unbias light. I worked for places that monitored social media. The policies are in place exactly for this reason. They catch no flack for firing him. He has no leg to stand on.

Legalities aside, he very probably broke policies.

You'll get no argument from me there Jack. I'm only defending his *Right* to wear it, not be confused with saying he was right in wearing it. Even ignoring the career implications, wearing a shirt like that is just asking for conflict.
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Hes a nurse at a hospital that presumably has black patients and staff. He wore a shirt that celebrates the violent racist history of lynching in the South.

Fair, next.
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

ASlaveObeys posted...

WhiskeyDisk posted...

I totally defend his right to wear it.

That being said, I'm not saying it was a smart move with today's political climate. The Confederate Flag? You're already looking for trouble. A noose? Yeah, good luck with that...but the flag AND the noose? Yeah, you had to know you were looking for trouble at that point.

He works in the medical profession. Most of them have policies in place saying that even off the clock you have to represent the place you work for in an unbias light. I worked for places that monitored social media. The policies are in place exactly for this reason. They catch no flack for firing him. He has no leg to stand on.

Legalities aside, he very probably broke policies.

You'll get no argument from me there Jack. I'm only defending his *Right* to wear it, not be confused with saying he was right in wearing it. Even ignoring the career implications, wearing a shirt like that is just asking for conflict.

In that case I agree.

It depends on his behavior, not his clothing. I'd give him just as much of a chance as anyone else after conducting a background check.
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I'm more concerned over him having to quit the police department because he got caught drinking with a 17 year old girl. To me that shows poor judgment on his part; the shirt just is another example of that problem. That being said I probably wouldn't trust him for either reason.

at will employment (a republican construct) strikes again. oh the irony

GunslingerGunsl posted...

Umm... the death penalty is like the definition of morally questionable. Lol

Only if you claim to be pro-life and support the death penalty.

Zangulus posted...

Which would be exactly why hes not in any legal trouble.

That doesnt mean the company has to keep him employeed.

The company was dumb.
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If he was working for me I'd pull him aside, and tell him it's not work appropriate and to go get changed, or put a jacket over it. It's not really a sackable offense.
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MICHALECOLE posted...

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Yes, it's called compartmentalizing.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Yes, it's called compartmentalizing.

People who can compartmentalize don't go out in public wearing shirts in support of lynching.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Zeus posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Revelation34 posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Really?

He wore a shirt on his own time.

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Considering that if he truly had been shortcutting care he'd already be fired, apparently he would. However, if we were playing that game, could you trust somebody wearing a #BLM shirt to treat cops or even whites with equal care?

Considering how bad a lot of people are at their jobs, that seems like a silly thing to say

And no, I would not trust somebody wearing a BLM shirt to treat a cop or even a white person with the same care. I really wouldnt.

But at the same time, blm is, at its core, an organization of inequality, not an organization of racism.

No, it's also incredibly racist. It's not necessarily a hate group, but it's racist.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Yes. Saying you don't want to be shot is not the same thing as wearing a shirt in support of racial lynchings.

Taking some pretty big leaps there, fella.

ASlaveObeys posted...

He works in the medical profession. Most of them have policies in place saying that even off the clock you have to represent the place you work for in an unbias light. I worked for places that monitored social media. The policies are in place exactly for this reason. They catch no flack for firing him. He has no leg to stand on.

First off, I think it's very important to point out that it wasn't a matter of a company just finding this on social -- which, by the way, he never posted anyway -- but that people who disagreed with his shirt made a concerted effort to identify him and then a campaign to get him fired. Second, most businesses that have policies of any kind tend to have these same politices in place. you can't work at a fucking McDonald's (or, to play to a certain poster here, an Arby's) without potentially running afoul of an off-the-job conduct policy. Third, there's no law against firing people for expressing political beliefs period so it can go a lot further than this.
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Are you just being argumentative? I didn't say anything contradicting what you said and you in fact just reiterated a lot of the points I made with different language.
It doesn't matter how he ended up on social media, they have the policies in place in case it ends up on social media. Are you just pointing out that it applies to any position/job? Maybe I'm missing something.

God knows I've butted heads with Jack many times for a decade. Neither of us seems to take that personally, it is what it is. If we're both in agreement on something, and you disagree, the odds are statistically overwhelming that you're wrong, just saying.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Do you believe a racist nurse would give the same care to a white man as he would to a black man?

Yes, it's called compartmentalizing.

How about from the other perspective. A black patient who sees that picture and then has that nurse may not feel comfortable in that situation.

I also like the number of people in this topic who dont think theres really much of a problem with a lynching shirt.
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Zeus posted...

BlackScythe0 posted...

Yes. Saying you don't want to be shot is not the same thing as wearing a shirt in support of racial lynchings.

Taking some pretty big leaps there, fella.

Not at all. Just having a confederate shirt would be enough to feel uncomfortable around someone, but the noose? That solidifies it. Calling a noose together with a hate symbol "Mississippi justice"? It's not something difficult to understand, it specifically brings up a dark history.

Like why are you attempting to defend him or give equivalency? There is no similarity between the two ideas.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Like why are you attempting to defend him or give equivalency?

Because if people get angry about this, then Zousse won't be able to wear his Nazi flag shirt with the oven on it anymore.
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kangolcone posted...

How about from the other perspective. A black patient who sees that picture and then has that nurse may not feel comfortable in that situation.

So does that mean a doctor can't also be a musician because they might treat someone who has melophobia and has at some point seen a picture or the doctor playing an instrument?
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This is why all of my offensive t-shirts are undershirts.
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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

kangolcone posted...

How about from the other perspective. A black patient who sees that picture and then has that nurse may not feel comfortable in that situation.

So does that mean a doctor can't also be a musician because they might treat someone who has melophobia and has at some point seen a picture or the doctor playing an instrument?

I dont think those two things are quite the same...
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ASlaveObeys posted...

Are you just being argumentative? I didn't say anything contradicting what you said and you in fact just reiterated a lot of the points I made with different language.
It doesn't matter how he ended up on social media, they have the policies in place in case it ends up on social media. Are you just pointing out that it applies to any position/job? Maybe I'm missing something.

You're talking about a policy regarding social media when this isn't about social media. And you were specifying a field when it works more broadly.

kangolcone posted...

How about from the other perspective. A black patient who sees that picture and then has that nurse may not feel comfortable in that situation.

And how exactly would they be seeing that picture?

BlackScythe0 posted...

Not at all. Just having a confederate shirt would be enough to feel uncomfortable around someone, but the noose? That solidifies it. Calling a noose together with a hate symbol "Mississippi justice"? It's not something difficult to understand, it specifically brings up a dark history.

This week in revisionist history: Lynching is now exclusive to blacks! Burn those history books, kids, they don't tell the truth that BlackScythe knows in his heart to be true!

Or maybe you just feel that stuff is inappropriate when it involves blacks? Are you implying that it's okay when it happens to whites? Because "lynching is wrong" is understandable, but "lynching is only wrong when it happens to blacks" is a little fucked up.
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Zeus posted...

BlackScythe0 posted...

Not at all. Just having a confederate shirt would be enough to feel uncomfortable around someone, but the noose? That solidifies it. Calling a noose together with a hate symbol "Mississippi justice"? It's not something difficult to understand, it specifically brings up a dark history.

This week in revisionist history: Lynching is now exclusive to blacks! Burn those history books, kids, they don't tell the truth that BlackScythe knows in his heart to be true!

Or maybe you just feel that stuff is inappropriate when it involves blacks? Are you implying that it's okay when it happens to whites? Because "lynching is wrong" is understandable, but "lynching is only wrong when it happens to blacks" is a little fucked up.

Now this is revisionist history. Reminds me of the south park episode, "What the flag was a black guy and everyone around him was white? I didn't even notice I just saw people".