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Miami-Dade firefighter under investigation for Trayvon Martin Facebook rant
Miami Herald ^ | April; 15, 2012 | DAVID OVALLE

Posted on 04/16/2012 6:45:08 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A Miami-Dade firefighter’s rant about the Trayvon Martin case — posted on his personal Facebook page — is drawing scrutiny from his bosses.

Capt. Brian Beckmann’s post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests “urban youth” are the products of “failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: martin; miami; trayvon; trayvonmartin
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I wonder the reaction if someone said "blue eyed devils" as we were subjected in recent days.
1 posted on 04/16/2012 6:45:20 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Conservatives should flee FaceBook as though it were the Devil. It should have a disclaimer every time you post : “Anything you post here will be used against you in a court of law”.


2 posted on 04/16/2012 6:50:37 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I did not see it in my rearview mirror.)
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When are these people ever going to wake up to the fact that Facebook is a turncoat site that is monitored by gov’t , both Federal, State and Local and now, by many corporations? There isn’t any “privacy” on Facebook. Sheeesh!


3 posted on 04/16/2012 6:51:37 AM PDT by Rich21IE
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People who post anything remotely controversial on Facebook are STUPID.


4 posted on 04/16/2012 6:52:22 AM PDT by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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Controlling what a person thinks it what a tyrannous culture does - think North Korea - children turning in their parents and watching them being executed without remorse.

Is that what we want?

This type of activity described in the Miami Herald smacks of a beginning.

5 posted on 04/16/2012 6:55:23 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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“Anything you post here will be used against you in a court of law”.

...or the Court of Public Opinion...........1984's Thought Police are here.........Orwell was a prophet..........

6 posted on 04/16/2012 6:55:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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People who post anything anti left/progressive you mean.

The left are true fascists. This man’s personal opinion on his off time is not his bosses concern.


7 posted on 04/16/2012 6:56:12 AM PDT by snarkytart (http://www.freerepubli224%2C1)
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Capt. Brian Beckmann’s post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests “urban youth” are the products of “failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.”

What happened to free speech? Remember the radicals on campuses in the 1960s?

Is there some element of truth in the rant? Maybe that is the problem in today's repressive environment.

8 posted on 04/16/2012 6:56:56 AM PDT by olezip
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To: BipolarBob

Conservatives who work in government jobs (Fed, State, local, military) should be very careful what they post on Facebook. It is NOT a forum like FR; you are NOT anonymous. It should be entertainment only; posting anti-Government sentiments can be a detriment to your career.
The same thing is true for posting about your employer. If your not saying how much you love them and how great their products and services are, DON’T post it on Facebook. Go somewhere where you are anonymous.


9 posted on 04/16/2012 6:57:19 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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Are firefighters under some subjective moral code 24 hours a day?

These hustlers are doing whatever they can to prop up their little industry.


10 posted on 04/16/2012 6:57:19 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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OTOH, this kind of case must have our support. This is Thoughtcrime, pure and simple.


11 posted on 04/16/2012 6:59:12 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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I see.

The Fire Chief had a “rant”, you know, a “tantrum”, requiring an “investigation”.

But Loui$ Farrakhan, Al $harptongue, and Je$$e Jack$on can stoke up racial hatred, and the Black Pampers can even issue “Wanted Dead or Alive” posters without so much as a raised eyebrow from the goons who are going to “investigate” the Fire Chief.

The hypocrisy is beyond blatant, beyond palpable, and is encroaching on the delusional.


12 posted on 04/16/2012 7:00:09 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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Just another salvo against our First Amendment rights.

It all started with “sensitivity” and political correctness.


13 posted on 04/16/2012 7:00:26 AM PDT by Walrus (Can a president be impeached for stupidity?)
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I think this guy could have made his point without drawing criticism had he been a little more careful in how choosing his vernacular.
14 posted on 04/16/2012 7:02:23 AM PDT by Carbonsteel
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Facebook use is inversely proportional to IQ.

However, I cannot see a single thing he supposedly said that was incorrect.

Sooner or later, we’re going to have to start seeing and saying the truth.


15 posted on 04/16/2012 7:02:41 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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The investigation and racially-charged entry on the private Facebook page is an example of how employers both private and public struggle to balance free speech and conduct that may reflect poorly on an employee.
How is criticizing bad parenting and the welfare society "racially-charged"???

He said nothing about race.

The Miami-Herald is reading race into it. (Surprise! Surprise!)

16 posted on 04/16/2012 7:03:24 AM PDT by samtheman
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yes be careful the words you choose on facebook. Are you serious? Are you really on a conservative website that is basically saying this man pretty much had it coming for voicing a politically incorrect opinion on his personal time?
Thought and speech police!


17 posted on 04/16/2012 7:05:41 AM PDT by snarkytart (http://www.freerepubli224%2C1)
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>>>“Anything you post here will be used against you in a court of law”.

You should treat anything you post anywhere in electronic format subject to having to explain it before a jury.


18 posted on 04/16/2012 7:06:02 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
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Capt. Brian Beckmann’s post, published for the public Friday by the website theGrio.com, lambasts the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case and suggests “urban youth” are the products of “failed, sh*tbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.”

And the truth shall set you free...from your job!

19 posted on 04/16/2012 7:07:58 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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Orwell, Huxley, Clarke and Rand have told us what to expect..............


20 posted on 04/16/2012 7:14:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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