police officer in trouble for using a clannad meme

[krill]

seriously? people are to hyper sensitive.  so apparently just using a meme thats used all over the net constantly hell ive seen it used here plenty of times is enough to start some shit.  what are your guys thoughts on this? did he go to far? was this way to over sensitive of a over reaction? 

 

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-13/police-officer-lands-in-hot-water-after-sending-clannad-meme-image-with-racial-pejorative/.88140

[Eclipsed]

lol 

is all i can say 

[BookwormOtaku]

What a surprise, it happened in Florida

[Nosebleed]

#ThugLife

[LinovaA]

If I hadn't changed my picture to what it is now for Ren's music thing, I would have changed my picture to that after seeing this.

 

Just oversensitive people being oversensitive. It happens.

[Flutterz]

To be fair, the tension between cops and black people in the USA has been pretty high recently, from what I've heard. It's still an overreaction though, they'd be better off suspending the cops that kill people without pay, not the ones sending "offensive text messages".

[EldritchCherub]

Nowadays, it's like one is walking on eggshells all the time thanks to the PC (Politically Correct) society that we live in. Whether it be at our jobs, academia, or in a public space there are certain words that illicit a pavlovian response out of people, thus resulting in punishment for daring to use said 'forbidden' words like 'nigga' or any other word that can offend someone. Unfortunately for this guy, he was made an example of by his employers and will no doubt be denigrated in the media for some time.

 

Just goes to show you, can't entirely trust that the person receiving your message won't report  you for using language that seems in any way offensive to them. A lot of people seem to get off on hyperbole, just ignore them and don't choose to self-censor your words just to please someone else's expectations of what constitutes as 'proper language.' Someone may argue that because he's in a position of power he should take heed of his words in order to not inflame certain minorities, but if that's the case then we should hold everyone to the same standards. It irks me when I hear when someone gets mad because someone uses an 'offensive' word against them, but at the same time turns around and calls their peers by the same 'offensive' word. In conclusion, nothing to see here folks, just another example of how topsy-turvy this world is.

[Nosebleed]

After discovering that sitting down is a form of oppression, statues of old English authors are oppresive to minorities, that disease names are triggering and that greek mythology should require trigger warnings for students, this seriously (and sadly) doesn't even faze me anymore.

We now live in a world where being offended automatically seems to give you entitlement to have it your way. We really need to colonize Mars soon and leave these people here on Earth.

[joehawks12]

Don't forget clapping triggers anxiety.  Remember to use jazz hands and check your fucking privelege cis-gendered scum.

[Deep Blue]

...

[BookwormOtaku]

After discovering that sitting down is a form of oppression, statues of old English authors are oppresive to minorities, that disease names are triggering and that greek mythology should require trigger warnings for students, this seriously (and sadly) doesn't even faze me anymore.

We now live in a world where being offended automatically seems to give you entitlement to have it your way. We really need to colonize Mars soon and leave these people here on Earth.

So basically...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaY9k6tuLog

[Bolverk]

#ThugLife

Fuuko is obliviously the representation of the white male patriarchy. 

[babiker]

Hmmmm... Wasn't the reason for the guy's trouble that fact that it had "N****" in the image, and nothing to do with Clannad? It seems to me like the same result would have happened if he had just sent the words text only

[Decay]

in like 95% of workplaces in America, if your boss finds you sending this image to someone while on the job, you'll be in trouble. I mean, this guy basically just got a slap on the wrist because it's innocuous, but let's be real, no supervisor can actually afford to overlook something like this completely. That's just the way of things.

[Soulless Watcher]

It was quite obvious that there was no ill intent from Blunt, but who the hell sends internet memes to their supervisor ON THEIR DEPARTMENT PHONE. Isn't it kinda common sense that you communicate with your supervisor like they were a combination of God, your parents, and a world leader you actually respect?.... and not like one of your "internet friends".

[sanahtlig]

The question is... who reported him?  Did the supervisor report him?  Or was someone snooping on their correspondence?  Why did this get reported to the news?  I feel like there's missing pieces to this puzzle we're not seeing here.

[Heizei_koukousei]

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/casselberry-police-officer-punished-text-message-s/nmF42/

First comment: "banned for shitposting"

 

It's not just wrong, it's illegal.

[BananaShiki]

After discovering that sitting down is a form of oppression, statues of old English authors are oppresive to minorities, that disease names are triggering and that greek mythology should require trigger warnings for students, this seriously (and sadly) doesn't even faze me anymore.

We now live in a world where being offended automatically seems to give you entitlement to have it your way. We really need to colonize Mars soon and leave these people here on Earth.

Oh wow this is hilarious.

America ruins everything. Always.

[Deep Blue]

poor fuko she never wanted this to happen

[OriginalRen]

Well, the fact that he did it on the job and on company property is a little questionable. That's like me saying "fuck" out loud in a restaurant while serving people. You shouldn't do that.

[Kurokusari]

I can sympathize with it being an offense (please try to understand that he's on a job plus he's talking to his superior) but I can't understand why it needs to be posted in the mass media. Some people might find it interesting but come on people. He's only one person that did one mistake. No need to put it in the news for everyone to see in expense to the offender.

 

People nowadays are too desperate for news fodder.

[Kenshin_sama]

I don't agree with this in the slightest, but he still should have been a little more cautious. I remember one of my past managers talking about how he'd never add any of his co-workers as friends on any kind of social network or forum until they were no long working with each other. And considering all the backlash you can get from posting the wrong thing on the internet, I don't blame him in the slightest. It's much easier to do something stupid on the internet than it is in real life, you're better off keeping both entities of your social life separate.

[Narcosis]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[krill]

Well, the fact that he did it on the job and on company property is a little questionable. That's like me saying "fuck" out loud in a restaurant while serving people. You shouldn't do that.

 

he was not on the job and he was not using department property. the superior he was joking around with was using a department cell phone he was on his day off and using a private cell phone. the problem is either his superior officer ratted him out or some one is monitoring her cell phone and they reported him.

 

my opinion not that it matters is that he was a idiot for treating his superior as his friend while she was working. chances are he knows its a department phone (i cant imagine he wouldn't know that) so the guy made a poor choice in sending a meme to his superior. i don't believe this warranted media attention, i don't believe this warranted punishment beyond a simple reprimand, and i think this is pretty much just outrage culture showing their ass.

[sanahtlig]

From my arguments with OriginalRen, he seems to be a consequentialist.

 

Consequentialism is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct.