Supervisor Asks Woman to Take Down American Flag

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Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office?

For one Arlington woman, the answer was "no" after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend.

Debbie McLucas is one of four hospital supervisors at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield. Last week, she hung a three-by-five foot American flag in the office she shares with the other supervisors.

When McLucas came to work Friday, her boss told her another supervisor had found her flag offensive. "I was just totally speechless. I was like, 'You're kidding me,'" McLucas said.

[jmcenanly]

Is anyone else here thinking of Barbara Fritchie?
http://www.liipferts.com/barbara_fritchie.htm
"Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country's flag," she said.

[docbnj]

I have had it with people who declare themselves “offended” every time they see something which (for some strange reason) they don’t like.

Now, frankly, I am a very mild an inoffensive person, myself. I usually don’t even raise subjects with people who might disagree. I don’t ordinarily go around picking fights. But when someone declares that they are “offended” by the US flag, or by perfectly normal opinions (such as the meaning of marriage, or the Ten Commandments), then I think that they have a problem which is not mine to solve.

[muawiyah]

Relative upper body strength ~ this is a woman being pushed around by a Moslem male.

How do we know that?

Simple answer is that he whined about it.

[muawiyah]

We know what Napolitano meant. We must take back Congress and remove her and her kind.

[TornadoAlley3]

ping

[JimRed]

This should be a deportable offense.

Nope, not so. The freedom to be offensive needs to protected, so long as the potential deportee came here under the rules and has been law abiding.

But a good, solid shunning is in order. Who wants to interact with such an individual, anyway?

[mewzilla]

From the article...

McLucas' husband and sons are former military men. Her daughter is currently serving in Iraq as a combat medic.

Thank you for your service.

[mewzilla]

Who wants to interact with such an individual, anyway?

Who'd want to get treatment there?

[Altura Ct.]

+1

[Altura Ct.]

her boss told her another supervisor had found her flag offensive

So F what? I find him offensive. No what are you going to do?

[YellowRoseofTx]

What I don’t understand about this kind of situation (that happens way too often) is that the one “offended” is given into and all those not offended are ignored. The “boss” should have told the complainer that it was her right to have the flag and observe Memorial Day, and to get over it, that the observance was only for a couple of days.
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Gutless and illogical people in positions of power.

[jrp]

Seems like a large percentage of recent (last 20 years or so) immigrants don’t give a s**t about traditional American values, history and way of life.

[John O]

Relative upper body strength ~ this is a woman being pushed around by a Moslem male.

She needs to come in early or late one day and condition his chair (etc) with bacon grease. It's good for the leather/vinyl. Don't say anything about it, just keep the terrorist coated in pig products. Eat a lot of ham and bacon in the office, that sort of thing. Terrorists are easily offended I guess.

[John O]

Oops. I forgot, she also needs to get some of that mohammed toilet paper.

[Right Wing Assault]

I find it very frightening because if I can't display my flag, what other freedoms will I lose before all is said and done," McLucas asked.

I'm glad she asked that question.

[Drango]

“Kindred Hospital Corporate Headquarters are located in Kentucky.”

Contact Us

Kindred Healthcare
Corporate Headquarters
680 South Fourth Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
502-596-7300
800-545-0749

[mrmeyer]

I have a small flag hanging on the wall above my desk, right next to a “Peace Through Superior Firepower” magnet. My office is full of obamunists, but nobody has every said anything about it. I also have a print of Ben Franklin’s “Join or Die” emblem as well. They’re staying right where they are.

[The Brush]

I find that supervisor offensive.

[TornadoAlley3]

Texas needs to follow NY.

Displays of the American Flag Protected At Work
November 8, 2002

Citing a “resurgence of patriotism” following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the New York Legislature has added yet another category of protected conduct. It has prohibited both private and public employers (and their agents) from discharging or discriminating against any employee for “displaying an American flag on the employee’s person or work station.” The law does provide some limits: it only protects the display if it “physically does not substantially or materially interfere with the employee’s job duties.”

The law authorizes the Commissioner of Labor (the New York State Depart of Labor) to investigate violations and assess the employer with a civil penalty ranging from two hundred dollars to two thousand dollars. An aggrieved employee may also file a civil lawsuit against an employer or persons alleged to have violated the law within two years after the violation. Remedies available include injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and attorneys’ fees.

The law, which amends the State’s Labor Law, is effective September 17, 2002.