Posted on 06/07/2023 9:22:49 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
The City of Greensboro has fired Capt. Dustin Jones of the Greensboro Fire Department, citing a history of social media posts criticizing transgender people and Black Lives Matter along with an unwillingness to accept training and heed warnings from his supervisors.
Jones was fired on May 12, according to the city. On Tuesday night, citizens packed the council meeting, which was punctuated by loud outbursts as some protested Jones' firing and others supported it. City Hearing
Dustin Jones listens to public comments at the city council meeting in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a politician known for his anti-transgender and anti-LGBTQ+ positions had weeks earlier urged "normal people" to "take a stand and absolutely flood this hall" in an interview shared on Jones' Facebook page.
Jones had gone to Facebook to protest his termination in a video in which he claimed he was fired because of a "Straight Pride" meme post made on April 16.
The image, covered with pink and white stripes, featured a white, heterosexual couple being married with the title "Straight Pride" and the caption "It’s natural, it’s worked for thousands of years and you can make babies."
After Jones appealed his termination by the Greensboro Fire Department, City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba upheld the decision in a letter obtained by the News & Record in a records request. In his response, Jaiyeoba defended the termination, citing Jones' "misuse of social media" and "disrespectful behavior." Jaiyeoba wrote that Jones had "grown defiant" after numerous coaching sessions and warnings from supervisors.
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I hate liberals. These people would kill this firefighter if they thought they could get away with it.
Why is it that something that has been considered Normal for the last couple thousand years, is now considered extremism?
It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. Rev. 13:20
It’s coming
Thank you, thank you, thank you, oh city council crowd. Take the battle back to the sickos. I really don’t care about trannies - as long as they stay from our children. If we give up on the young, there’s really no need for us to be around, is there?
“along with an unwillingness to accept training and heed warnings from his supervisors”
Translation: an insistence on thinking for himself
What a joke to call it “training” when it’s just commie indoctrination sessions. If they aren’t teaching some new method to fight fires or rescue people, it’s not “training”, since it’s not necessary to do the job.
“Straight Pride” and the caption “It’s natural, it’s worked for thousands of years and you can make babies.”
In what way was this disrespectful????
This was in no way any different or disrespectful than “Gay Pride”...
Can you imagine the outcry, if 20 years ago, someone was fired for speaking their opinion ...
We let them speak back then .... I guess that was a mistake
This outcome was a given.
Lol, of the Mayflower Jaiyeobas.
They seem to forget that the Constitution and 1st Amendment specifically target the GOVERNMENT in terms of what rights people have and why they’re NOT allowed to violate.
This is why I believe it is very important to state that these opinions are Christian, or ‘religious’ at the very least. Then they can’t fire you, it would be the government discriminating against religion.
These folks have it exactly backwards. They seem to believe that having religious views aren’t allowed in government positions.
Sue.
I don't think most of the Democrats even realize who and what they are fighting for.
Just as those Russians who rightfully opposed the Czar knew the evil they were supporting.
They seem to believe that having religious views aren’t allowed in government positions.
Thanks to years of twisted logic.
It’s freedom “of” religion. Not freedom “from” religion.
It means you don’t need to check your religion at the door to enter the public square.
The leftists have skewed it to mean exactly the opposite.
City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba upheld the decision
Emmigrated form Botswana. American freedom of speech means nothing to this tyrant from Africa.
I’ve posted about this here for years, I met many queer men while I was in high school because my best friend’s father went a bit crazy when we were in school and all of a sudden was having these big parties full of gay guys at their huge home.
I’d get in trouble at the parties because I’d wait until they were all good and drunk and I’d say “So, you put your thing in another guy’s backside then take it out and he puts it in his mouth? Doesn’t that mean you like to eat $hit?” - That always got me thrown out of the party.
I was 16 and ALL these guys hit on me. They had no decency and if you got to really know them, they were pretty much all self-loathing. One thing they all needed was to be seen as someone “normal”.
Back then they were starting to organize and would have meetings that I would listen in on. Their basic goal was to get embedded in all media so they could control the way they were spoken and thought about. Their big concern was anyone actually saying anything about what they did physically. They never wanted to talk about that and spoke about “feelings” and “love” and that kind of stuff. Say something like my $hit comment and they went crazy.
It worked over the years, and they now control the media narrative regarding what is said about them because they now ARE the media.
The things we see happening today have been very well planned by people like Obama and others who want to kill the country from the inside out and by letting the outside in. By “outside in” I mean they want the as many devoids in positions of power and government as they can get. They also want as many criminals as possible from the outside let in because that fuels the chaos they love. That’s why the border is open - chaos.
Today they are doing their best to make men women in so many ways it is stunning. Time seems about up folks, but we will likely see a dead cat bounce where some people who are known attempt to push back but I fear it is too late.
I like how the council bimbo talks about preventing bullying - by bullying this firefighter for exercising his first amendment right to free speech while OFF DUTY!
😂😂😂😂😂
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