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Humanist_Activist

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22. For being insensitive and being racist...

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 03:43 PM

Aug 2016

If I posted this picture on my facebook, with my employer being listed under, well, employers, at BEST I might get written up, but most likely they would let me go, assuming it caught their attention.

It's a diverse workforce, and if I display insensitivity and racism in my social life, that can create a lot of tension at work that they wouldn't want to deal with. My manager is a Colombian immigrant, her boss is a gay man, my QE supervisor is black, etc. You think posting something like this wouldn't matter to them?

The least I would want from the police is being held to the same standard I would be held at by my employer. Hell, being police, they should be held to a much higher standard, but it seems the opposite is what actually occurs.

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Police union's 'Black Labs Matter' dog photo is called insulting to Black Lives Matter cause [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2016 OP

Color blind? No, tone deaf. n/t DRoseDARs Aug 2016 #1

Touché! lapucelle Aug 2016 #3

depends on context. police union is bad context IMO msongs Aug 2016 #2

This would be inflammatory no matter who it came from. Chakab Aug 2016 #5

Aww, poor dogs... Why bring them into this? targetpractice Aug 2016 #4

Anyone involved should be immediately terminated. LiberalFighter Aug 2016 #6

Terminated for what? Doctor Who Aug 2016 #8

for in flaming racial strife gopiscrap Aug 2016 #10

Wow. That's a pretty interpitive term. Doctor Who Aug 2016 #11

I'm not familiar with the term, "interpitive." MineralMan Aug 2016 #17

I meant "open to interpretation" Doctor Who Aug 2016 #19

For being insensitive and being racist... Humanist_Activist Aug 2016 #22

This was printed in a UNION publication. Not something they did on the job. Xithras Aug 2016 #14

The City of Omaha has fired over comments in the police union paper & cable access TV Omaha Steve Aug 2016 #15

Honestly, that Union should be broken, police unions shouldn't exist. Humanist_Activist Aug 2016 #20

If the "free speech" calls in to question the police employee's ability to interact... Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2016 #23

Wow. That was a stupid thing to do. SusanCalvin Aug 2016 #7

hard to find common ground with people you are making fun of Skittles Aug 2016 #9

Blue Bloods matter klook Aug 2016 #12

"Insulting" is putting it mildly.... nt Blasphemer Aug 2016 #13

Some real candle power went into that BeyondGeography Aug 2016 #16

Someone needs to turn their sensitivity dial down from 13... TipTok Aug 2016 #18

Police value the lives of dogs over the lives of black humans, seems about right. n/t Humanist_Activist Aug 2016 #21

K&R n/t uawchild Aug 2016 #24