US Flag Offensive?
05-28-2009, 09:15 AM
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US Flag Offensive?
Mansfield Flag Controversy Draws Worldwide Outrage
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.
McLucas' husband and sons are former military men. Her daughter is currently serving in Iraq as a combat medic.
Stifling a cry, McLucas said, "I just wonder if all those young men and women over there are really doing this for nothing."
McLucas said the supervisor who complained has been in the United States for 14 years and is formerly from Africa. McLucas said that supervisor took down the flag herself.
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.
McLucas' husband and sons are former military men. Her daughter is currently serving in Iraq as a combat medic.
Stifling a cry, McLucas said, "I just wonder if all those young men and women over there are really doing this for nothing."
McLucas said the supervisor who complained has been in the United States for 14 years and is formerly from Africa. McLucas said that supervisor took down the flag herself.
05-28-2009, 09:56 AM
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But strapping a Mexican flag to your hood is a showing of pride?
You're white=you're an offensive racist
You're not white=you're proud
Doesn't matter what situation you apply it to
You're white=you're an offensive racist
You're not white=you're proud
Doesn't matter what situation you apply it to
05-28-2009, 10:50 AM
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and the clan too has been a big part of the south we should get the bars and stars going again.
how about ....... never mind the list is too long
i saw the report on the news last night
they were trying to get people to boycott that hospital if they could
[serious] yeah deport thier *** back to africa [/serious]
05-28-2009, 01:12 PM
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Mansfield Flag Controversy Draws Worldwide Outrage
http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism....2.1020415.html
Then, late Wednesday morning, Kindred posted on its website a statement about the incident. It reads, in part: "The disagreement was over the size of the flag and not what it symbolized. We have invited the employee to put the flag back up."
We talked to McLucas Wednesday afternoon. She says the hospital's local CEO called and apologized. And McLucas says the woman did tell her she could put the flag back up, which she has done.
.... Even so, McLucas says she's happy people have spoken out about the issue. "It's just restored my faith in the American people," she said.
We talked to McLucas Wednesday afternoon. She says the hospital's local CEO called and apologized. And McLucas says the woman did tell her she could put the flag back up, which she has done.
.... Even so, McLucas says she's happy people have spoken out about the issue. "It's just restored my faith in the American people," she said.
05-28-2009, 01:17 PM
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yes we are proud of our **** heritage we should display it proudly!!
and the clan too has been a big part of the south we should get the bars and stars going again.
how about ....... never mind the list is too long
i saw the report on the news last night
they were trying to get people to boycott that hospital if they could
[serious] yeah deport thier *** back to africa [/serious]
and the clan too has been a big part of the south we should get the bars and stars going again.
how about ....... never mind the list is too long
i saw the report on the news last night
they were trying to get people to boycott that hospital if they could
[serious] yeah deport thier *** back to africa [/serious]
as far as taking the American flag down for being offensive. She should be deported back to Africa. Emjoy the freedom you have there as a doctor.
05-28-2009, 01:37 PM
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Mansfield Flag Controversy Draws Worldwide Outrage
http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism....2.1020415.html
http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism....2.1020415.html
05-28-2009, 02:17 PM
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Why is this news when there is so much else that people should really be paying attention to?
So some woman finds the flag offensive, whoop-dee-****ing-doo. We don't know her reasons (if any).
There's nothing to see here, move along.
So some woman finds the flag offensive, whoop-dee-****ing-doo. We don't know her reasons (if any).
There's nothing to see here, move along.
05-28-2009, 03:30 PM
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I could keep going. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who thinks that a story about some woman getting her panties in a twist over the flag is important should reevaluate their priorities.
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Obama presses Israel, Palestinians on West Bank
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I could keep going. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who thinks that a story about some woman getting her panties in a twist over the flag is important should reevaluate their priorities.
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05-28-2009, 03:37 PM
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On a somewhat related tangent, I find it much more demeaning when I see the U.S. flag on shirts, cars, underwear, etc. Turning it into a fashion statement is insulting to the history of the flag and to the people that it represents (all of us).
05-28-2009, 03:39 PM
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Not really important. What's important is that the company told here that she can put her flag back up and this shouldn't become an issue.
On a side note, I heard this woman during an interview and she kept crying every time she tried to talk about it. She might be almost as messed up in the head as the complainers.
On a side note, I heard this woman during an interview and she kept crying every time she tried to talk about it. She might be almost as messed up in the head as the complainers.