US Flag 'Offensive' at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield, Texas

If someone finds the U.S. flag offensive, perhaps they ought to be invited to leave the country.

Bob Becker

MSGT, USAF (Ret)

Get used to Life under OBAMA

Here is the real issue, it is call the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which also by the way protects those who would burn the flag. Once freedom of speech & expression are prohibited in the USA, then we have submitted to control of the government and the media as a whole. Whether or not the person protesting the flag being there likes it, the person displaying the flag has the EQUAL right to display the flag, just as I have the freedom to tell everone I know to send an email, letter or phone call to Kindred Hospital telling them that they are WRONG.

Any one bother to ask if the African woman who was offened is even here leagally??????

I will be the first to chip in and buy her a one wat ticket home....

I suppose, as Paschen said, they have a right to set the behavior standards at their facility. Funny no administrators were worried about the flag until one disgruntled person complained about being offended . It appears the woman wanting to fly it was offended when asked to take it down. Which offense is the more important one to the admin? It seems the offense at seeing the flag is weighted heavier than being offended at not being able to display it. Fine. I suggest anyone in an area served by a Kindred hospital who is offended by their actions go out of their way to avoid doing anything that will bring money to that company, i.e. ANY Kindred hospital/health facility, even if it means changing doctors. I would further suggest they write an e-mail to their web site(s) telling them of their displeasure and actions because of it. Write early and often, and encourage your friends to do the same.  

I want to thank all the people reading this who have or know someone that has fought and/died for the my rights and of the people like this idiot immigrant flag protester. It's the blood of these brave people that made this country what it is today, and thank God there are people like them. Thanks to all the supporters here who love this country and are willing to let everyone know how much they do. I want to remind all the supporters here of a very important FACT: 

The great majority of people who live here LOVE this country and the men and women who protect it. They are proud and strong. They sit next to you at airshows and get a lump in their throat when they see a jet fly over while "Proud to be an American" is played over the sounds sytem. But they often sit silently in the corner while the less than 1% of the people who piss and moan about Our Country speak their minds and disrespect the great lives we have here.  Don't be fooled. There are good people are all around you and they read this stuff too. They are watching these idiots make fools of themeselves in these blogs.

I assure you of this; If the day comes when things go bad here and fighting breaks out, the nay-sayers would be wiped out in less than a week.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN FLAG THAT REPRESENTS IT!

Amen

DEBBIE,

I STAND BESIDE YOU WITH HONOR AND RESPECT .I THANK  YOU FOR YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR FAMILY FOR HELPING US TO LIVE IN AMERICA FREE ,TO SAY AND DO AS WE WISH THATS OUR GOD  GIVIN RIGHT MY HATS OFF TO YOU MY SUPPORTS THERE FOR YOU AND MUCH MUCH RESPECT TO YOU MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER THE PROUD THE BRAVE WOMAN THAT SHE IS .GOD BLESS HER BRING HER HOME SAFE AND HANG YOUR FLAG 24-7 ANY WERE YOU WANT TO .

MILITARY MOM

As a  Veit  Nam  Vet  -  I want to say  -  My  buddy  was  from  Texas  +  was killed   in  Veit  Nan  in  1970.  The  Army  buried  him  in Texas  -  with  an  American  Flag  draped  over  his  coffin .  As   many  Texans  have  lost  family  for  the  cause  of  this  Great  Flag  -  Texans  should  want  this  Flag  displayed  any where , any  time .

If that happened in my workplace, I would quit my job, at whatever personal cost.  Thankfully I am privately employed; nevertheless, it is time for a revival of patriotism in the United States.  In Nazi Germany people didn't burn flags.  They even had neighborhood organizers that made sure the proper regalia was displayed.  You might not like 'em, but if America is going to mean anything to tomorrow's generation, we are going to have to be willing to embrace Nationalism - politically correct or not.  We can can talk about how we live in a free country... but if THE PEOPLE do not stand for the principles of freedom in the PRIVATE SECTOR, the only places where America will remain free will be our streets and public squares.  My closing thoughts?  Give flag-haters 30 days to evacuate the country, and after that if they are still there, run over them with an M-1 Tank.  The 10th Amendment of the Constitution declares that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."  Let us use the powers RESERVED TO THE PEOPLE to continue supporting the United States and our Emblem!

FUNNY THAT,,PASCHEN GOT VERY QUIET WHAT HAPPENED PASCHEN FLAG GET YOUR TOUNGE OR HAVE YOU CAME TO YOUR SENCES AND RELIZED YOUR ON A LOOSING STREAK HERE AND PERHAPS THATS A GOOD THING.GEE SILIENCE IS GOLDEN ISNT IT PASCHEN,I THINK SO.

MILITARY MOM

God Bless America and if you find our flag offensive get out of our country. I will NEVER use any of your facilitys or Dr.s that work with you. Shame on you for your actions

My first thought is that this must be a fantastic work environment - one can only imagine how nice it is to work with someone who is "offended" by the sight of the American flag. One has to wonder what criteria this person used to choose the United States as the country to immigrate to - let's see, yes, I know I'll move to the country that offends me most. Hmm, Cuba - no. France - no. United States - yes, that is the country that I hate the most so I'll move there...I wonder if they use that criteria for choosing restaurants - I can't stand chicken. Let's go to KFC...then stands up halfway through the meal exclaiming, "this is a horrible meal" and demands that KFC stop serving chicken.

It's good to see that the company overrode it's on-site manager - hopefully, his/her next position will be choosing what tp to stock in the office's restroom.

As for workplace censorship, yes there are limits - no swasitkas, KKK logos, etc. but if someone wants to hang an American flag (or Nigerian or Dutch or Swedish or NASCAR or Boston Red Socks - well maybe not the Red Socks), it's hard to imagine that that should be banned.

As an aside, I remember a couple years back some reporter on CNBC or MSNBC - one of the NBC cable channels - made a joke on air about how the president looked like a monkey. I think they've since been promoted to host a show on the main NBC network - Today perhaps. Can you imagine what their career would be like if they made a similar comment today? They'd be lucky to get a job as a weathercaster in Fargo if not jail time....I guess there's offensive and then there's OFFENSIVE...

Maybe there is more to this story....

If this immigrant is so offended by the American flag I suggest they go back to their third world hellhole. The supervisor should be deported immediately!