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Displaying your “Don’t Tread on Me” flag may now be a punishable offense
HotAir.com ^ | 08/07/2016 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 08/07/2016 8:25:43 AM PDT by MaxistheBest

This item popped up the other day at The Volokh Conspiracy and it’s a rather sad sign of the times. .....

On January 8, 2014, Complainant filed a formal complaint in which he alleged that the Agency subjected him to discrimination on the basis of race (African American) and in reprisal for prior EEO activity when, starting in the fall of 2013, a coworker (C1) repeatedly wore a cap to work with an insignia of the Gadsden Flag, which depicts a coiled rattlesnake and the phrase “Don’t Tread on Me.”

Complainant stated that he found the cap to be racially offensive to African Americans because the flag was designed by Christopher Gadsden, a “slave trader & owner of slaves.” Complainant also alleged that he complained about the cap to management; however, although management assured him C1 would be told not to wear the cap, C1 continued to come to work wearing the offensive cap......

...As Volokh points out, there is no indication that the accused worker ever did or said anything to the complainant which could be construed as racially insensitive. He simply wore a cap with the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on it. For the EEOC to even take up the case provides a signal that we have entered an era where nothing actually has to be racist to get you in trouble. All it takes is for someone else to decide that it looks racist to them. This is apparently sufficient to complete the offense in the eyes of the government. Because Gadsden (the flag’s originator) lived in a time when slave ownership was still legal and broadly practiced, that makes the flag a racist symbol centuries later. Ian Tuttle at National Review notes the flaw in this logic.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; election; gadsden; handwringers; hypersensitivity
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To: The Sons of Liberty

The Land of the Free Shit, and the Homos Are Brave


41 posted on 08/07/2016 12:37:02 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: MaxistheBest

These idiots will push it as far as they think they can and so far no one has stopped them before......so why not try and destroy the country’s heritage and history if that’s your main goal. Pisses me off more than I can say.....


42 posted on 08/07/2016 12:48:31 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: MaxistheBest

In Texas you can get a liscense plat with the gasden design on it


43 posted on 08/07/2016 1:23:28 PM PDT by zeugma (Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
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To: MaxistheBest
Only one way to try to turn it around - back and support Trump and ensure Hillary doesn't come anywhere near the WH.

I already donated to trump this month but opted to go the extra $184 to order his signed book as part of my efforts to keep him funded.

Plus, it would be sweet to have a personally autographed book from the President of the United States....

44 posted on 08/07/2016 2:00:33 PM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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45 posted on 08/07/2016 2:03:28 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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bookmark


46 posted on 08/07/2016 2:47:29 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Joe Brower

If this was "seriously" posted to hardcore leftwing websites it would get all sorts of thumbs-ups and approvals.
They are literally that insane and frothing about their hatred for our beloved United States of America.

47 posted on 08/07/2016 7:41:29 PM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: Blue Jays
I know, I've seen this with my own eyes.

Such creatures are to be viewed as domesticis hostibus, and treated accordingly.

48 posted on 08/08/2016 4:44:30 AM PDT by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: MaxistheBest

25 years ago the military revised its rules for sexual harassment. Everyone had to attend classes to learn the definitions. One change was that you could be charged with sexual harassment if the woman who complained felt that you gave her an inappropriate look. It was up to the woman to determine what an “inappropriate look” was. I asked the instructor to demonstrate an inappropriate look so I would know one when I saw it and she got upset and stormed out.

We started off slowly sliding into PC. Now we’re a runaway train.


49 posted on 08/08/2016 5:16:32 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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