{"id":2029,"date":"2017-10-11T01:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2017-10-11T01:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:07:45","slug":"hamilton-man-fired-for-showing-a-confederate-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2029","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Man Fired for Showing A Confederate Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hamilton Man Fired for Showing A Confederate Flag<\/span><\/h2>\n<h1>Canada is gripped with a Red Guard like fever of politically correct madness. People lose their jobs for flying a Confederate Battle Flag on their truck. Even more galling their politically correct employers chant the mantra of &#8220;diversity&#8221; and &#8220;inclusiveness&#8221; and declare support for free speech,&#8221; but &#8230;<\/h1>\n<p>With every passing day it should be clear that &#8220;diversity&#8221; is a code word for anti-White.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?attachment_id=2030\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2030\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LIPIEC-AND-CONFEDERATE-FLAG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LIPIEC-AND-CONFEDERATE-FLAG.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LIPIEC-AND-CONFEDERATE-FLAG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LIPIEC-AND-CONFEDERATE-FLAG-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The CBC\u00a0 \u00a0(August 22, 2017) explained:\u00a0 &#8220;A man who was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/confederate-flag-1.4256324\"><strong>seen proudly flying a Confederate flag<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from his truck at a downtown Hamilton construction site has been fired, his employer says.\u00a0Keith Lipiec posed for pictures with the flag at a Yoke Group job site at Hamilton&#8217;s historic Treble Hall at the corner of King and John Streets yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yoke Group owner and CEO Anthony Quattrociocchi told CBC News Monday evening that Lipiec has been fired.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have absolutely zero tolerance for this behaviour. He will no longer be working for Yoke Group,&#8221; Quattrociocchi said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>evening, saying the company believes &#8220;strongly in diversity, inclusiveness and acceptance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is zero tolerance for racism and discrimination in our business and on our sites,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;We were deeply offended by the actions of the rogue temporary employee at our Treble Hall site today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not condone or support this individual&#8217;s actions. We encourage\u00a0\u00a0freedom of speech but not when it evokes any form of hatred or discrimination.&#8221; So, freedom of speech to say &#8220;nice&#8221; or bland things. Keith Pipiec was only flying a flag; he wasn&#8217;t hating or discriminating against anybody!Hamilton Man Fired for Showing A Confederate Flag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamilton Man Fired for Showing A Confederate Flag Canada is gripped with a Red Guard like fever of politically correct madness. People lose their jobs for flying a Confederate Battle Flag on their truck. 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