1. This is a free country. One of the most important freedoms is the right to have unpopular viewpoints.
2. Ms. Capps is a busybody. It is none of Ms. Capps business if someone wishes to fly a Mexican flag, a confederate flag, or any other flag. She needs to get over herself.
3. Ms. Capps' putting a video of her harassment on Youtube is grandstanding and not complimentary to her character.
4. Ms. Capps should not have lost her job, unless she implicates her employer in her beliefs.
5. Coldwell Banker likely opened themselves up to a lawsuit. I hope she sues and wins.
Thank you.
Thank you for your post. I agree with your points 1-3. Ms. Capps was in the wrong here. But points 4 and 5 are murky.
Ms. Capps may be under an ethics agreement that bars her from conduct that may embarrass the company. Her harassment certainly would qualify for that, given that she posted the video to the internet. Usually personal conduct clauses are intentionally vague and would give them an “out.”
The company could have quietly fired her for conduct unbecoming. Their press release, however, exposes them for knee-jerk PC twits.
“2. Ms. Capps is a busybody. It is none of Ms. Capps business if someone wishes to fly a Mexican flag, a confederate flag, or any other flag. She needs to get over herself.”
Agree completely.
At the same time, however, the American flag, Old Glory, stands for the right to express oneself without worrying about receiving death threats.
So I’ll do a non sequiter:
“Anyone with a minimal grasp of history can see where this is headed.”
headed= beheaded
Agree 100%. The flag a person flies on their own property is not the government’s business.
Fly the Mexican Flag on a city hall in the U.S, you got a different argument.