Charlotte vet says he was fired for lowering flag on Memorial Day

[47of74]

Just saw this story today;

When Charlotte veteran Allen Thornwell lowered his employer’s American flag to half-staff on Memorial Day, he says he did not think to ask permission or consider the possibility that he had done anything wrong.

Instead, the 29-year-old former Marine, who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says he was thinking about his country, the meaning of the holiday and his best friend, Geoff, another Marine who killed himself two years ago after returning stateside.

On Tuesday, Thornwell was fired. A manager at the placement service that arranged the vet’s job at Time Warner Cable in Charlotte told him that the company was disturbed by Thornwell’s “passion for the flag and (his) political affiliation.”

Contacted this week, Thornwell said he remains in shock over what happened.

[lancer78]

1. Great

Now Democrats lose another 100,000 votes because of PC crap like this.

[tabasco]

4. Tell me how "Democrats" have anything to do with this.

Is Time Warner Cable a big Democratic corporation or something?

[lancer78]

6. It is media

"Liberal media bias" is still a viewpoint in this country.

[lpbk2713]

2. Brilliant way to observe Memorial Day.

Fire a combat veteran.

[reign88]

3. Wow

If there's nothing more to this, how stupid.

Flying a flag at half staff on Memorial Day, how horrible of him! How could he do such a thing?

[Rex]

5. I did not know a company could fire you due to your political affiliation.

Really? All he did was lower the flag.

[One_Life_To_Give]

7. So it's not about what he did after

So it's not about what he did after he was told he was wrong. (Flag at half staff till 1200hrs) And his complaining, posting on Facebook etc. had nothing to do with it? Just lowering the flag got him fired?

Now lets talk about this swell acreage I got for you in SouthWest Florida. It's a real steal!