On Sep 11, 2014, stempleton wrote:
Struck me as ironic on a day like today, and silly to put it all under a "bias/racism" tag. Watch the entire vid.
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/09/10/fo......0960289/

On Sep 21, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote:
Here's an alternative scenario: Someone else puts up a swastika and is told to put remove it or be suspended or fired. The ACLU steps in to represent the guy for free (as opposed to the City, which pays hundreds of thousands in tax dollars to defend the suit). The ACLU argues that the fire department (a public entity) is discriminating against the fire fighter for the content of his free speech, because they arbitrarily accept the flag and the Marine Corps sticker. The suit clears summary judgment, and after spending tons of tax money defending the suit at its outset, the city settles or loses the case and the fire fighter retires or takes on long sabbatical on even more of the tax money that the city hands over to him.

On Sep 22, 2014, landmark wrote:

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On Sep 21, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote:
Here's an alternative scenario: Someone else puts up a swastika and is told to put remove it or be suspended or fired. The ACLU steps in to represent the guy for free (as opposed to the City, which pays hundreds of thousands in tax dollars to defend the suit). The ACLU argues that the fire department (a public entity) is discriminating against the fire fighter for the content of his free speech, because they arbitrarily accept the flag and the Marine Corps sticker. The suit clears summary judgment, and after spending tons of tax money defending the suit at its outset, the city settles or loses the case and the fire fighter retires or takes on long sabbatical on even more of the tax money that the city hands over to him.

Sounds about right. However, do you think there's an argument that the presence of a swastika is akin to "fighting words" and could provoke an immediate danger? Hate crime, akin to a lynching noose?

On Sep 22, 2014, Dennis Michael wrote:
Talk about raising one's blood pressure....

Removing anything patriotic is another nail in the USA coffin.

On Sep 22, 2014, Dennis Michael wrote:
Talk about raising one's blood pressure....

Removing anything patriotic is another nail in the USA coffin.

Man forbidden from flying U.S. flag on his balcony because it could 'offend foreign people'

Brad Smith, a student at San Diego State University and a tenant of Boulevard 63 Apartments, said apartment complex managers told him to remove the American flag he was displaying on his apartment's balcony because it "could offend foreign people."

Smith said that when he asked management about the notice he received ordering him to remove the flag, they reportedly told him "it was for political reasons and that the flag could offend foreign people that live here, foreign exchange students."

ABC News' investigation revealed that the rules of Smith's lease prohibit signs or other personal property from being kept outside the premises, and that management determines what is "permissible and acceptable."

But Smith asserts this is not the explanation he was given.