{"id":3628,"date":"2020-01-10T04:57:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T09:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2020-01-10T04:57:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T09:57:15","slug":"why-would-anyone-want-to-serve-a-censorship-state-that-denies-you-freedom-of-fun-or-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"Why Would Anyone Want to Serve A Censorship State That Denies You Freedom of Fun or Expression?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All the West Virginia cadets pictured giving a Nazi salute will be fired, governor says<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;By Scottie Andrew and Carma Hassan, CNN&nbsp;19 hrs ago<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/news\/newspolitics\/firings-at-trump-property-cap-year-of-purging-undocumented-workers\/ar-BBYvXa2?li=AAggNb9\">Firings at Trump property cap year of purging undocumented workers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/news\/world\/trump-vows-iraq-will-not-be-a-benghazi-after-iran-backed-embassy-raid\/ar-BBYvLv1?li=AAggNb9\">Trump vows Iraq &#8216;will not be a Benghazi&#8217; after embassy raid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BBXPtNT.img?h=450&amp;w=799&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f\" alt=\"a group of people posing for the camera: A number of employees of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been suspended surrounding the investigation of a photograph showing a correctional officer training class performing the Nazi salute.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9 WV Division of Corrections&nbsp;A number of employees of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been suspended surrounding the investigation of a photograph showing a correctional officer training class performing the Nazi salute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the West Virginia correctional cadets seen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/12\/05\/us\/west-virginia-corrections-trainees-nazi-salute\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apparently giving a Nazi salute<\/a>&nbsp;will be fired, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The image, discovered in early December, shows the members of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Basic Training Class 18 with one arm raised. The text above reads &#8220;HAIL BYRD!&#8221; in a reference to a training instructor for the class, according to the state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>x<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor condemned the training group&#8217;s behavior in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have a lot of good people in the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety,&#8221; Justice said. &#8220;But this incident was completely unacceptable. Now, we must continue to move forward and work diligently to make sure nothing like this happens ever again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three staff members at the training academy will also be fired. Four other instructors who failed to report the photograph will be suspended without pay, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Some of the cadets did it because they &#8216;feared they would not graduate&#8217;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety released the image, with the faces of the trainees and employees blurred, earlier in December. A number of employees were suspended amid an investigation into why the group picture was taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Sandy, cabinet secretary for the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, recommended the cadets&#8217; firing to Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted in his letter to the governor that some of the cadets &#8220;were aware of the connotations associated with the gesture, that they were uncomfortable with the practice &#8230; and\/or that they only followed what they perceived to be an order&#8221; because they feared they wouldn&#8217;t graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nonetheless,&#8221; Sandy wrote, &#8220;their conduct, without question, has also resulted in the far-reaching and harmful perceptions that are the antithesis of the values we strain to attain.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the West Virginia cadets pictured giving a Nazi salute will be fired, governor says &nbsp;By Scottie Andrew and Carma Hassan, CNN&nbsp;19 hrs agoFirings at Trump property cap year of purging undocumented workersTrump vows Iraq &#8216;will not be a Benghazi&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3628\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3644,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions\/3644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}