Stardate 20010811.1731 (On Screen): A guy in Pennsylvania has been terminated for having Confederate Flag stickers on his truck and lunchbox and for refusing to remove them.
If that is the reason he was terminated, then it's probably wrong, since it violates his right of free speech. But though he's going to court over it, that's not the grounds he's using, and I have to wonder about the sanity of his lawyer.
He's claiming that he's being discriminated against because of his national origin, to wit "Confederate Southern American." He's entitled to try that in court but it's not going to fly, I'm afraid. The US government never legally recognized the Confederate States of America, and I don't think a court now will recognize that as an official ethnic group. His loonie theory suggest to me the possibility that he was really terminated for something else. (discuss)
