If you founded a charity that clothes disadvantaged children, you should be considered a hero. If you write on Facebook about the Arizona shooting, so long as you do not support the shooting, you do not deserve to be fired. Well, Coats for Kids disagrees.
Glen Busch and his wife founded the organization's Chicago chapter, which has clothed thousands of children since 2005. On Saturday he wrote on his Facebook profile about the shooting:
"This was not a political thing, it was a psychotic thing. This kid was nuts! Now lets (sic) drop the ink wars and pray for the families. Maybe apologize in public just like your accusations as well? I'm just saying."
He then wrote:
"OK in the spirit of open discussion. Now that we know that this kid was an extreme socialist and democrat, does that change some of the opinions? Guys, look, this is not political, he's just crazy."
The next day his boss, Paul Darby, called Busch a "radical," and fired him:
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ReplyDeleteWow. Was he speaking that truth from his personal Facebook acount?
ReplyDeleteUpdate: After talking with Paul for several hours Friday, I have been offered and accepted my position back. I consider this over. Now I have to turn my efforts to restoring the charity to what it once was. More on my FB page....and elsewhere. Great ending as far as I'm concerned.
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