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UPDATE: Mass. Women Fired for Flipping Off the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Nov. 22, 2012 11:38am Becket Adams

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TheBlaze’s Erica Ritz on Tuesday asked whether Lindsey Stone and her friend should be fired for flipping off the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Stone’s employer, Living Independently Forever (LIFE), answered her question: Yes.

Lindsey Stone & Friend Find Themselves Unemployed After Posting Controversial Arlington Cemetery Photo

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“We wish to announce that the two employees recently involved in the Arlington Cemetery incident are no longer employees of LIFE. Again, we deeply regret any disrespect to members of the military and their families,” the group said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

LIFE plans to delete all comments on its Facebook wall pertaining to the unfortunate incident, Fox News reports.

“We appreciate your concern and understanding as we focus on the care of our community,” the organization said.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with this story, here’s a quick refresher from Miss Ritz:

Lindsey Stone is seen either yelling or pretending to yell, while giving the middle finger near a sign that asks for “silence and respect.” Her co-worker reportedly took the photo.

According to CBS Boston the image sparked thousands of comments, and while Stone has since deleted the photo and her relevant tweets, she wrote this in response to the initial fury:

(Photo: Facebook via Gawker)

Unsurprisingly, that post did little to calm emotions.

Within the past 24 hours there appears to have been a huge resurgence in interest in Stone’s photo, and a Facebook page called “Fire Lindsey Stone” has gotten more than 5,000 “likes.”

Hundreds of angry commenters have also posted on LIFE’s Facebook page, asking why they are continuing to employ such disrespectful individuals.

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One woman commented on LIFE’s page that she doubts Stone and her friend truly “meant no disrespect” in flipping off the Tomb of the Unknowns. Since they appear to have no courtesy for the grief of those who have lost a loved one in the armed forces, she continued, perhaps they need to be taught a far less painful lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.

“I respectfully request you allow them to experience the grief of sudden unemployment,” she wrote, before complimenting the photos of the facility.

It looks like that one commenter got her wish.

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Black Tiger
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:29pm
Well, bye.

Don’t let the door knob hit you on your way OUT!

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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:17pm
  .
  I respect her right to be a moron.
  I also respect her bosses right to realize he hired a moron,
  and fix the problem.
  
  The company is called LIFE “Living Independently Forever”
  and I can assume it has something to do with elder care.
  Imagine how she treated the elderly!!!
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:18pm
  .
  Meet Debbie Wasserman Shultz’s new spokesperson.
  
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- Ditto Head
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:22pm
  Most lucrative occupations of the future:
  
  -Tattoo remover
  -Plastic surgeon specializing in ear de-gauging and facial alteration
  -Identity transition attorney
  
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- lani59
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:38pm
  She’s a perfect example of Obama’s base and why this country will have a hard time surviving four more years of Obama’s plan to destroy the US.
  
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- CanadaRocks
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 3:43pm
  Hey lani. Where does it say she is an obama supporter? Could just as easily be a romney supporter. Or a tea party supporter. What a joke
  
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- HYPNOTOAD
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 3:58pm
  CANADAROCKS…Shut up you oblamea tool. You are a blind as you are ignorant.
  
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- Trail_Jumper
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:01pm
  To CanadaRocks,
  
  People in the Tea Party would never, ever disrespect our servicemen and women, dead or alive. It’s not in their nature. He’s making that conclusion based on behavior we have all witnessed by liberals. You know, spitting on soldiers during the vietnam conflict, letting them die in Benghazi, etc. It’s an easy conclusion to come to in America because we see our armed forces disrespected time and time again by liberals. Conservatives here tend to support our troops to the bitter end, regardless of the conflicts they are involved in (by order of our …wonderful…..government).
  
  Hope this helps, Cheers!
  
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- CanadaRocks
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:25pm
  Trail_jumper. I appreciate your post. Finally no one calling me a leftard or other liberal insults. I do agree that when your service people are concerned there really arent that many people that show respect more for them than the tea party. My point was to illustrate that making a comment about obama when there is no evidence at all to support the fact they are actually obama supporters is irresponsible and contributes to the fact that that is why cons are painted with the same brush. Vietnam was 45 years ago and was a war america had no right being in. Why those people chose to get to the soldiers,and spit on them is stupid. many of whom were drafted against there will. That is what angers me about it. They had no choice to be there and should have had the entire country’s empathy. But recklessly saying someone is this or that with no proof makes your base look foolish just as the hippies during the nam war was. Not all libs are idiots and neither are all cons but we treat them all like the extremists in their group. The same way blaze readers paint all muslims as radical murderers.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:42pm
  I suppose you feel the same way about Israel’s plight then. Hamas killing innocent civilians, a media that lies about what the terrorist’s do and a lying corrupt “government”. Or does it only apply if the “MAN” is conservative leaning?
  
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- Trail_Jumper
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:46pm
  Canada,
  
  I’m not really a name caller. I come here for good info (usually weeks before the MSM even mentions it) and the commentary which is usually hilarious or insightful (or a combination of both). I read your posts on previous stories and you seem to be someone who thinks through things and doesn’t jump to conclusion unless you have the info to go on.
  Being ex-military, I do find things like this story really irritating, and you’re right about the vietnam vets. They shouldn’t have been targeted by anyone. When the big dog tells you to go somewhere and fight, you go. It’s that simple.
  I have plenty of liberal friends and I enjoy their take on things. The conservative friends I have I have more in common with but there are things in either camp I disagree with, and things I agree with. That’s normal for everyone who’s looking at things with a little bit o’ wisdom as far as I’m concerned.
  As for the muslim thing, I haven’t seen all the Blaze readers thinking that all muslims are radical murderers. I do know why a lot of them think that way, and it’s because they’ve never talked with anyone from those countries that have come here so they can live their lives without being killed or injured because they choose to worship differently than other muslims in their home country. They are as patriotic about America as I am. I love them for that.
  Anyway, happy (American) thanksgiving!
  TJ.
  
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- CanadaRocks
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 5:24pm
  Thanks trail_jumper. I completely agree with you. It annoys me to no end how idiotic both sides are sometimes. I used to post on huffpo but i mean… Well a lot of them are so far gone with their selective hearing and reading i stopped altogether. It drove me nuts reading about how stupid romney is. That was obviously a biased comment because although he may say stupid things sometimes he is far from a stupid man. His priorities and knowledge on certain things may have been lacking but what did obama know about everything when he started campaigning in 2007? Potus is a job where learning on the job is just a part of the deal. I felt the states are screwed either way. Not because one choice was the same as the other. But rather because the hardcore base they needes to satisfy were either far left or right. What sunk romney was the social issues and the nuts in the senate and house. How anyone can think that forcing a rape victim to carry a child after is beyond me but being an atheist allows me to discount the religious argument. I know that if it was my daughter that child would not get past the fetal stage. Then on the left they talked about the financials which killed it for me. I believe whole heartedly in fiscal prudence and responsibility. Thank god we have a 3 party system here in canada. Good way to keep everyone in check.
  
  Happy thanksgiving to you and your family and friends and much respect for serving your country. The right needs morre thinkers like you.
  
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- Buddynoel
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 7:17pm
  The right of free speech also comes with the consequences of exercising that right.
  
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- Techster64
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 8:04pm
  No, Canadarocks, she has to be an Obama supporter. She demonstrated the same smart aleck attitude as Obama did while pardoning the turkey. Ridicule is the strongest Alinsky weapon. She worked at a facility that worked with special needs people. You want unsentitive jerks like that working around those people? She should have been fired for displaying poor judgement and displaying it further publicly. She reflected a poor image upon her employer. They had to let her go. She did it to herself.
  
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- FlashRiver
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 8:38pm
  wow, imagine that, her 1st amendment rights have been revoked. come on, seriously? if everyone here was fired for being a complete moron, we would never have been the greatest nation ever to exist. just think about this for a second. every politician in washington would be unemployed and surely biden and obama would have held the shortest president/vice presidental office in history.
  totally disagree with what they did, but ask yourself; is this what you really want? if it is, you can not possibly agree in free speech.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 9:07pm
  15 minutes of fame for Lindsey Stone now equals A Life time of infamy!!!
  
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- GeorgieJo
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 10:50pm
  GRIEF OF UN EMPLOYMENT?
  Stand in line you doofus kook.
  FREEDOM ISN’T FREE.
  so FUBO.
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:25pm
  Welcome to the world of the unemployed. This long-long-long line was created by Obama who just got re-elected and is trying to break his record so put your feet up cause you’ll be here for awhile.
  
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- TheePolitinator
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:01am
  @Lani59 four more years? try 8 mark my words.
  
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- pschlentz
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:37am
  Boy, they are really funny and really cool, right? ‘Douchebags’ is absolutely correct.
  
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- Ed_North
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 5:30am
  She has proved herself not to be trustworthy in the job she has. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- LiveFreeOrDie63
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 8:39am
  The Debbie Wassermann Shultz comment hilarious!
  
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- Jacque
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:50am
  It could just as easily been a picture of bho, he has been giving the American people the finger since idiots elected him.
  
  Pray for America!
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:41am
  Now she can go be a “douchebag” on unemployment benefits and every prospective employer can look up her record for any future jobs she applies for.
  
  As for FLASHRIVER..read the story again please. She was on her company’s time and dime when she did this. If her behaviour on company time affects her employer’s business he has every right to fire her. I applaud his decision.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:45am
  “challenging authority in general”…the stupidity of the statement aside….”challenging authority is standing up to your teachers or police or the government..someone who has “authority”. But making a joke at the expense of our honored fallen is not “challenging authority in general” (ugh)…it’s simply mentally challenged. Vaya con dios “douchebag”.
  
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- 3-Blue
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:44pm
  Hey, I’m all for disrespecting authority. Especially the evil clowns (real douche bags) presently in power. For example; if she had flipped off the TSA, it would be a badge of honor. I don’t smoke any more either but I do miss those clouds of cigarette smoke in the restaurant- and just being able to light one up to make the food come faster… :) Aaah, the good ol’ days…
  
  The politically correct can all just go straight to hell without passing go. But wow lady; you gotta know the difference between authority and life blood. Perhaps these events will aid in rebuilding that critical facility of discernment. (If she can stay off the juice long enough for the lesson to stick… :) So, after you figure out who the good guys are, by all means, you go girl!
  
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- Brad4601
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:36pm
  How does one “mean no disrespect” by acting out unseemly disrespectful acts? Which is it? I’m so tired of all these people laughing all this stuff as silliness. They are only able to do that due to the luxuries that we enjoy due to capitalism and our military. Fools like Lindsey have no clue how they enjoy the lifestyle they do. I suggest she be sentenced to 10 years of caring for wounded military folks that have lost lives, limbs, and families to protect her freedom to be shockingly insensitive and destructive.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:40pm
  CanadaRocks
  
  She’s from Mass. nuff said
  
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- Lamarr01
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 4:42pm
  When I visited the Tomb of the Unknown, the guard had to admonish the audience to show some respect. Many of the youths don’t have any respect for anybody or themselves. The American symbols of the pre-Obama era will gradually become denigrated and reviled. The symbols of the New America will be determined by the dominate religion, ethnic group and culture.
  
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- Brian Skrocki
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 5:19pm
  Secret Squirrel, well put. Perhaps Miss Stone should have run that by a few people before she decided to post it for all the world to see. She had her right to free speech, and we have our right to speak our dismay. People seem to forget that rights have responsibilities as well as opposing rights. I think a lot of people think this kind of stuff is a 1 way street.
  
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- bdsconserv
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 6:08pm
  acting like a juvinale delinquant (sp?) has nothing to do with “questioning/challenging authority”. grow up.
  
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- fande3rls
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 6:39pm
  The last time Iwas there , I watched my granddaughter lay a wreath at the tomb, i weeped at taps , I saluted the tombs and the tomb honor guard , filmed them ,Thanked as many vetrans as i could find . thanking the them for their service and sacrifice , she is adisgusting piece of humanity .
  
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- brewers97
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 7:51pm
  USN, 8 yrs…..greatgradnfather 76th NYV….grandfather 76th US Inf,………..father 15th US Cav…..Messge………..desecrate the men who came before me…………at your PERIL!!!
  Good ridence to BAD TRASH!!!!!!!!!
  GOD Bless and keep my nation!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- brewers97
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:16pm
  USN………..greatgrandfather, 76th NYV Infantry…..grandfather………77th US Infantry, father…15th US Cavalry. Another atheist idiot……..apparently no one in her family stood at Gettysburg or The Argonne. Maybe deportation to the progressive womens rebulic’s of egypt or saudi arabia is the answer???
  
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- brewers97
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:24pm
  Apparently replies are censored if the dont fit OBOZO’s criteria.
  GOD Bless, Help and keep my Nation!
  
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- leftisneverright
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 10:00am
  Hey! CanadRocks:
  
  She’s from MASSACHUSETTS! Hello….anybody home???????
  
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- myopicseer
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 11:20am
  Hey FlashRiver, no one’s first amendment right was violated. She exercised it. The government did not arrest her, and imprison her. You cannot, however, withhold that same right of others who wish to speak our disapproval–including the right of the administrators of a private company, who have a fiduciary duty to do the what is in the best interest of the other employees and the shareholders / owners. If an employee acts out in such a public manner, there may be public backlash. That backlash may hurt the image of the company the person works for, and hurt business. Who wants to send their handicapped child to be under the care and custody of people like this? Do ya think ya get it now…?
  
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- Maji
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 5:37pm
  canadaocks
  Its an expression of low mental capacity!
  If you voted obama again you cant be to bright!
  One I concure with also!
  
  Kinda like canadians are “tree benders”…meaning you have female no population…thus
  you go looking for inviting “knot holes” in trees!
  I’m sure you don’t appove of that one either.
  
  Just an expression
  
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- fightingforfreedom
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 4:42pm
  like i told my boys when they were younger you can do anything you want to do, so long as you face the consequences. so keep doing your dumb things one day you will learn.
  
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AlwaysAmazed
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:23pm
Happy Thanksgiving!

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- TurboCat
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 1:57am
  She compared her disrespect to what they did at a no-smoking sign? Moral relativism, anybody?
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:47am
  The “OBVIOUSLY” in her non-apology also served to state that anyone who was angry at her was painfully clueless (perhaps they were simply stupid). Nice touch. Glad they were fired.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:06am
  CHUCK..you noticed the “OBVIOUSLY” also? I’m sorry…I can’t see any “OBVIOUS” respect for “people in the military” at all. Perhaps she can tell us where that “OBVIOUSLY” part is?
  
  But what is “OBVIOUS” is an idiot who has no idea of the solemn ground set aside for our honored fallen who could not be given a proper burial and final peace. This is what makes her behaviour even more disgusting in that she is “OBLIVIOUS” to the fact that this ground is set aside for remembering those who fought and died and could not be returned home to their loved ones.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:20pm
Good! Where were her parents when she needed to be taught respect. Due to this gap in her education she should be remanded to the Patriot Guard Riders for a little remedial course in courticy.

She has a bright future as an OWS Fleabagger.

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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Hey Lindsey, this is just you losing your job because you’re an imbecile who does pathetically stupid things and wants to excuse it all away. I dont know what the hell you were thinking, as a mater of fact, wonder if you can think at all. You are disgusting.
  
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- EgbertThrockmorton
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:29pm
  Ms. Stone and gal-pal, have already self-identified as to WHAT they are, and how they came to engage in the very public behavior that ultimately garnered their immediate
  unemployment. I wholeheartedly agree with the personal self-assessment of Stone and gal-pal, and think that they both hit their character and integrity classification on the head. May they now ooze back into the oblivion from which they came.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:37pm
  Lindsey Stone hates the military and hates soldiers who have died in foreign wars.
  
  the above quote is cut from her FB page….so I do not buy the”JOKE” homily.. that picture is a clear description of her feelings for our military, period. she reaps what she has sown.
  
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- nueces
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:40pm
  egbertthrockmorton,
  
  “May they now ooze back into the oblivion from which they came.”
  
  Major LOL!!!
  
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- Ditto Head
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:35pm
  @STOIC
  That is not “her” facebook page, you twit. It’s a page somebody else set up to disparage her, which she had coming. The page was created yesterday. Are you really that stupid that you thought that it her was her personal page? You are a cyber-moron.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:35pm
  DITTO HEAD
  thank you for that factual evaluation of yours.
  may God bless you and may you have a blessed Thanksgiving.
  Oh knowledgeable one.
  
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- Ditto Head
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 3:12pm
  @STOIC
  
  You’re welcome.
  God has blessed me exceedingly.
  I obviously have more knowledge than you.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 7:32pm
  DITTO if you think so… you are entitled to opinions.
  
  Occasionally I jump without looking.. Some topics just get my blood boiling. I did erroneously not look at all available information.
  Yur right I am just a STOOPID person
  
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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:19pm
Miserable people.

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ricks525
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:17pm
They should have lost their jobs for doing it on company time.

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- ZaphodsPlanet
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:57pm
  Dude…. did you even read the article???? It’s not like it’s really long ……quit being so freaking LAZY…
  
  They did loose their jobs bonehead!
  
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- Hugh Williams
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:44pm
  Nowhere in this story does it say they did this on company time.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 9:37pm
  HUGH….
  
  http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/21/lindsey-stone-on-silence-and-respect-at-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/
  
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spfoam1
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:13pm
LIFE did the right thing. She clearly has no place caring for the disabled of any kind. She needs to apply for a job with a like minded employer, like John Kerry.

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MrKnowItAll
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:12pm
And Bugs Bunny And Road Runner were to Detrimental to our Children!

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mary12153
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:11pm
Is this a prospect for Gloria Allred? Certainly Allred’s speed.

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biffo
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:09pm
These obama useful idiots are everywhere and feel that they can do and say what they want. Obama hates the military, responsible black men, all white men, Catholics, good parents, on and on. These creepy obamites have been hiding behind the bully shield, while insulting all our good American traditions. 30 years ago they would have had their ass kicked, then and there. Despicable products of our dumbed down, USA hating, homosexual, feminist, communists, brainwashing, educational complex. Home school!! Save your children.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:23pm
  You are right. I expect the left to praise them and lift them up as wonderful gals just having fun and they will most likely play the media circus fr all it’s worth.
  
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Rational Man
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:08pm
The level of disrespect and irresponsibility shown by the two women is not worthy of a job working with the disabled, PERIOD!

Even the woman’s facebook posted excuse, “challenging authority in general”, with it’s rebellious attitude is not worthy of keeping a job where she is responsible for the care of the disabled. What employer wants an employee with an attitude like that? This deal entails much more than just the insensitivity, offensiveness and disrespect shown at the memorial, (as if that weren’t enough). She did it while being payed to be a responsible caretaker of 40 ‘residents’ on a field trip. There is no excuse for that.

How old are these women anyway?!
They got what she deserved.

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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:18pm
  She “obviously” does not qualify to care for disabled aka vulnerable people. So who was caring for her charges while 2 of the chaperones were off “challenging authority”? Bragging about smoking next to a non-smoking sign the day before? So she does this all the time? What has she done to those poor vulnerable people relying on her for their care when she looks for every opportunity to challenge authority? Maybe not feed them, or allow them to injure themselves, who knows! If that company hires people like those 2 females (I won’t call them ladies) I would never trust them with the care of a family member!
  
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- Normanator01
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:11pm
  @ all the it’s just a joke people…..I know this sounds crazy….but it is possible to make people laugh without being a douche, bleep head or being disrespectful to the country in general. the old saying is a wise one….there’s a time and a place…….she had both dead wrong and lacked the wisdom to know better….that being said…..getting fired?…..well it will now make her reevaluate her comedic skills.
  
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PunkMooCow
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:06pm
This is the problem with social media and comment trolls, I see people getting upset by the supposed disrespect but if I may for a moment…What she was doing was just trying to recreate a funny photo..it’s kind of an internet joke, like other internet memes.. the idea behind these photos is (in a joking manner) “I do what I want”..it’s just meant to be satirical like someone taking a picture on grass next to a “stay off the grass photo” I have very little doubt she even took a second to read the rest of the sign before posting it. If she did mean to be disrespectful to those buried there, then I would agree she is a D’bag but after seeing her comment it is apparent there wasn’t malicious intent. As for firing her..get real you retarded comment trolls. What about the freedom of speech?? It works both ways…I get so sick of one side citing it over the other but when something offends you…where do you get off saying someone should be fired etc…? It’s pitiful really. I read offending things in the news everyday and wish they would fire the entire msnbc network or maybe we could start executing the large number of uninformed people that seem to always inhabit protests.Anyways if you are interested in what I was talking about here is a link to a bunch of dumb photos of people “doing what they want”…it’s just satirical humor
http://thechive.com/2012/11/01/i-do-what-i-want-23-photos-6/

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:14pm
  I’m on your side on this. This was a stupid prank and it shouldn’t have lead to her losing her job. This photo has nothing to do with what she did as a profession, did nothing to the company itself besides getting negative comment on Facebook. I smell wrongful termination suit. This is America, where you have the right to be a jerk…
  
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- biffo
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:19pm
  it’s just satirical humor
  
  BS! There are lines to draw. You will not understand, for it seems that you are the master of equivocation, having been trained well in obama’s plantation. There are some things in this world that are sacred. This is one. You can go and attend your pass/fail, everyone gets a trophy, It’s ok to spit at a priest, lifestyle with your peer review, useful idiots, but there are millions of people who still regard many things as sacred. We get it, you and these cretin girls, could give a crap about anything but your own selfish opinions. Keep up the bad behavior, and sad excuses. The more you wastes of oxygen bleat from the obama plantation, the quicker it will fade into the ash heap of history as the worst presidential periodevah! A stain on this good country that needs to be shown for what it is. Go away.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:24pm
  “This is America, where you have the right to be a jerk…”
  
  And being a jerk may have consequences. Moral to the story… don’t be a jerk just because you can.
  
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- stm62
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:25pm
  Whether it was a joke or not, Arlington is no place for that behavior. People like YOU just DON’T get it.
  
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- Rational Man
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:26pm
  I’m thinking that both of these posts are, “just satirical humor”.
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:26pm
  @BIFFO
  Right on! It is time for more consequences for actions.
  
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- guz75
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:29pm
  @BIFFO
  Hypocrite. People here are always banging on about unrestricted freedoms and rights, until you think it’s offensive. It was a reaction to a sign, maybe an ill advised place to do it, but was not directed at anything except a sign. Get off your high horse, funny how suddenly there are responsibilities attached to rights and freedoms when it suits.
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Who said it was ok to spit on a priest? That’s a physical assault against someone else. A far cry from taking a photo of yourself being a douchebag. We’re free in this country, free to do good and free to be a douchebag. As long as your douchebagger neither pri.cks my foot nor picks my wallet, why do I give a ****?!
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:31pm
  PUNK, more pathetic excuses. Is nothing sacred any more? I’m sick of there being a built in excuse for every pathetic, stupid, disgusting thing that low life morons do. Behavior like hers is sickening.
  
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:31pm
  She was on a company trip which is more than enough legal ground to fire her/them ,but that was the companys choice. Freedom of speech? You can say whatever you want ,but that doesn’t mean everyone has to like it or stick around to listen to it IE Freedom of speech ,not the consequences of that speech. Now it is wrong to have started a witch hunt and to pretty much have ruined the life of one of them since any major employer nowadays does a google search on you.
  
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- tj1961
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:34pm
  The First Amendment is NOT an “Anything Goes” deal!
  
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- nueces
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:45pm
  punkmoocow and american soldier,
  
  This is also the America where an employer has the right to demand decent behavior from their employees. I would not hire these fools to clean public toilets.
  
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- Blue Barbarian
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:47pm
  I’m in agreement that firing her was inappropriate, unless she was doing this on her employer’s time. However, public scorn and derision should be heaped upon her for her obvious lack of thought and respect for the Tomb. That being said, I really don’t have any sympathy for her being fired either. when she posed for this photo I am sure she thought she was being funny, outspoken, and witty. She and others like her tend to shoot for the low hanging fruit, like smoking next to the sign, where they are pretty sure there will be no consequences. OOPSIE!
  
  They’re like children swearing to show off to each other and show how bold they are, not realizing the only people they impress are equally callow.
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:01pm
  She was not caught doing this during the trip. This was brought upon nosy ******** that saw her facebook page and didn’t get the joke, got offended and went on a personal vendetta to rally up a MOB to take care of her. Had she not posted this on her personal facebook page, her employer and NONE of you would know about this. How many times have WE done something so STUPID in our lives that you got lucky no one saw you do it?
  
  This was stupid. I do not defend her acts as they are disrespectful, but still not grounds to be fired. She got fired because of a MOB that descended on the company. She got fired due to PUBLIC PRESSURE. No one, no group, should have that power over something as pathetic as this failed attempt at a meme.
  
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- wolverine
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:13pm
  She is a DA c$$nt and we don’t even need her DNA in the gene pool let alone living i n this country
  
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- Rational Man
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:15pm
  What you are really ‘separated’ from is reality and the whole story, evidently.
  She pulled this stunt while on the job being payed to be a responsible caretaker of 40 ‘residents’ on a field trip to the memorial. This, at the very least, tarnishes the reputation of the non-profit she worked for. And calls into question her maturity level for taking care of the disabled. She was on the job when she did this. That gives her employer the right to fire her sorry, self admitted “douchebag” self.
  
  Maybe if posted enough times, it will sink in.
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:41pm
  Soldier, go take a picture of yourself robbing a bank and spread it around. Tell me how that works out for you when the cops show up with the picture and how the defense “No one saw me do it” works out for you. Again, she put it online and now has to face the consequences of her actions. I’ve seen people fired for less and that’s right belongs to the company if they want to fire her or not.
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:19pm
  Are you really suggesting we compare committing a crime to being an idiot?
  
  We don’t even know what her job performance was. She could have been the best care giver and extremely professional at work. This was a side stunt that lasted 5 seconds of her life and pathetic, nosy people created a MOB mentality to get her fired. If she wasn’t good at her job, she would have been fired for that.
  
  You all act like you have NEVER done something stupid in your life. Count all the times you’ve been stupid, should you have lost your job over any of them?
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:56pm
  “You all act like you have NEVER done something stupid in your life. Count all the times you’ve been stupid, should you have lost your job over any of them?”
  
  That’s a pretty stupid mindset. You take it for granted that everyone has done something stupid. It may be just the circles you hang out in or the pond you swim in…
  
  As kids we may do some pretty stupid stuff. Ages 10 -16, 17? This woman looks like she should be beyond the age of being springloaded in the dumbs@!t position. But these days… the maturity and common sense level is lowering even as age increases and advances.
  
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- Malrick
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:25pm
  If we can all agree she was an idiot why are we arguing on whether not she should fired? If you owned a business wouldn’t you fire idiots? An employee is an investment, and like all investments many don’t turn out well.
  
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- Hugh Williams
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:53pm
  PUNKMOOCOW
  Your comment was well thought out and well written. I also think you are dead on correct in all aspects of your comment. However most people that post at this site don’t like to be confronted with reason and logic. When this site first went online it was a great place to discuss articles and issues. Now though unless you are an extreme right winger there is no place for you here. Free people that think for themselves are ripped here regularly.
  
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- PunkMooCow
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 7:24pm
  okay, seems I started more of a firestorm than I figured I would. First you have BIFFO who can’t imagine a world where everything isn’t black or white…where do you get off from my comment that I “have been trained well in obama’s plantation.” And WTF does that mean anyhow? You sir are an assclown who needs to get outside and interact with people more. Turn Glenn Beck or Rush or Hannity off once a week and experience what life was like with friends and neighbors before you started driving the damn bandwagon. Of course these pundits have good takes/ideas but you still need to listen to one thing they all say each day when they talk..go see/research for yourself. You are the type of person that I was referring to the most in my response to the article(comment troll). If I looked at every one of your posts I bet they all respond along the same lines to what you wrote here. You figured me out politically/morally/ and spiritually from one comment. Grow up guy. I detest most of those things you mentioned but because you live in a sheltered world you now fail to look at things objectively. I tried to provide a little backdrop for some of those unfamiliar with the humor around the internet. And yes STM62..I do get it…I don’t think you do however…(before you “rally ’round the flagpole” and accuse me of no respect for the military..blah, blah, blah then I wont give you my family’s history of military service and my own personal experience HOOAH!.. more to come..
  
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- PunkMooCow
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 7:39pm
  ..just a couple more things and I’m done with this rant. LIBSALWAYSLIE…pathetic excuses??..give me a break guy. I would accept your moral high ground if you can honestly tell everyone here you never once laughed at a loud fart or dirty joke..or other off color joke that deep down you know you should have walked away from. Tell me you turn down the volume when watching an r rated movie so you don’t have to hear the cursing. As for the rest of you who read these things and have me figured out then brother..you might as well go peel an onion cause my take on life and the way this country should be hasn’t even been touched by a candidate in the real or hollywood world. Your (BIFFO, STM^@, LIBSALWAYSLIE..et. al.) banter from the high horse does nothing more than a great disservice to this country than the people you incriminate with your insinuation and suppositions. Your dirty rhetoric and accusations do nothing more to divide people without ever hearing them out. Suffice it to say i can’t even say what political affiliation I really belong to. I can tell you this much…it’s not anywhere close to the extreme end of any affiliation.
  
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- ThunderclapNewman
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 10:19pm
  You don’t know what The Bill of Rights mean. These are rights government can not take away. Her free speech rights were not violated by any governmental authority.
  
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- Elia
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 10:42pm
  Speaking of “retarded comment trolls” Freedom of speech is a protection for private citizens from governmental action, it has nothing to do with this event. A private employer may fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all (excepting discrimination). Perhaps if you took a course in “civics 101″ prior to posting your drivel we would have one less retarded troll commenting.
  
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- rEt_fiELdoP
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 7:58am
  @ PINKMOOCOW
  
  Nice posts… I see your point (a good one). What else can be said beyond that is just fill….
  
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- myptofvu
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 8:20am
  IF the pic had been in a slideshow portraying the other acts of non conformity ( smoking next to No Smoking sign etc) I doubt people would have gotten upset. Its the implied disrespect that has stirred their anger.
  
  Sadly the lesson this girl will learn from this is not the one people are hoping she would. People wanted to send a clear message that its not ok to disrespect the honorable but since that was not her intent she only learn to live in fear of ever expressing herself again. Bet she stays off the grass from now on and does’nt make any U turns.
  
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- PunkMooCow
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:37am
  @ ThunderclapNewman & Elia
  
  My reference, in regards to freedom of speech, was aimed at the people calling for her head over something like this. In other words what I was attempting to say is..something along the lines of “Where do you people get off running your trash talk at me about some Obama Plantation blah blah but in the same baited breath call for all of this punitive action to come down on this woman for a dumb attempt at humor?”
  Again the comment troll violation comes from the supposition of things I had not written. You seem to judge me for my take on her employers decision to terminate. I did not even comment on her firing. As far as that goes..I support the LIFE foundation for their decision. It’s up to the employer and if all the negative press gives them a bad name and affects their business then so be it, it’s a smart decision to part ways with their employee. That’s between them and theirs as far as I am concerned..I think it sucks this woman has to lose her job over something so silly.
  As for taking a class on Civics..sorry I missed that one,I wasted those college years on things like science and technology…you know ..tangible skills in today’s world. Guess that makes me somewhat less than you for not majoring in political sciences…see that’s me supposing that you are some stuck up poly-sci major without knowing anything about you!! Awesome isn’t it? Honestly though, I don’t believe that, cause I don’t know you.
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:27am
  PUNK , SEPARATED. I have NEVER, in all the decades of my adult life, done anything so stupid, disrespectful, disgusting and pathetic. Your comparisons are so far out of whack that I’m convinced that you have no ability to understand the topic. Laugh at a fart or dirty joke? Really? That’s your pathetic comparison? Imbeciles like you are the problem with society, there’s an excuse for everything. And If we’ve done one stupid thing in our life, we have to ignore, tolerate and put up with the stupid things that others do? That makes no sense.
  
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- TERossi
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:03pm
  When you become disabled we’ll all have a good laugh when someone like Lindsey Stone is your care provider. We’ll all say, “Remember when that moron ‘Punk’ wanted to chime in and moralize? What an idiot!”
  
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- rudderfish
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 5:31pm
  From PUNKMOOCOW’s post…..” What about the freedom of speech?? It works both ways…I get so sick of one side citing it over the other but when something offends you…where do you get off saying someone should be fired etc…?”
  
  Oh the irony……
  
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- nedbarnett
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 6:21pm
  “Freedom of speech” doesn’t give people the right to say anything without consequences, that isn’t what the constitution says. It says that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech …” It says nothing about an employer deciding to act based on what someone says or does in their free time and personal lives (as long as those actions don’t relate to union organizing,which is protected speech). The First Amendment says nothing about a lack of consequences for statements made (which is why you’ll get arrested for yelling “fire” in a crowded theater that’s not on fire).
  
  This woman chose to act in a way that is clearly protected by the Constitution – no government official arrested her for her behavior, which would have been a violation of her constitutional protections – but she also acted in a way that many (including her employer) would deem irresponsible.
  
  There are consequences for acting irresponsibly. One of those consequences is the risk of losing your job if your employer doesn’t approve of what you say, especially if what you says rebounds negatively on your employer (as this certainly did).
  
  She’s free to make an ass of herself, and she exercised that freedom. Her employer was free to fire her for making an ass of herself in a way that hurt his business, and he exercised that freedom.
  
  I don’t get your beef, Punkmoocow – she made her bed, and now she’s sleeping in it. Think of it as evolution in action!
  
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- rudderfish
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 6:23pm
  Scenario for all who disagree with the firing…
  Jimbo (a white guy) works for the NAACP. While on a employer sponsored trip, Jimbo and a co-worker (also a white guy) go to a Klan rally. They snap a few photos of themselves in their white robes and thinking it would be “funny” they post the pictures on Facebook.
  Question 1. Should Jimbo and co-worker be fired?
  Question 2. Do you think the HuffPo would be supportive of Jimbo and co-worker if they were fired?
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 7:54pm
  Seperated
  Had you of ended up in Arlington, I wouldn’t piss on your grave out of respect for the decent people there.
  moocow-not in Arlington. Got it? Sorry, but had I of been near her at the time in Arlington, I would have punched her in the throat and shared her shocked look with her. Sharing and being stupid and all. Moron.
  
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- PunkMooCow
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 8:21pm
  This is getting kind of fun actually. The sad thing about these stories is that you never get the whole story. I tried to offer some insight as to why I felt it wasn’t a big deal (granted I took a pot shot at anonymous people weighing in heavy handed)…from the replies I now know that I’m an uneducated “CIVICS 101 DERP”, “Obamaplantation something or other”,”spit on priests”, “Disgusting pathetic excuse making..” moron..oh the last one THE MORON / idiot comment from TERROSI yeah you can GFY..If you wanna name call go back to grade school. I’ll stoop to it though cause… screw it… it’s anonymous right, you can’t see if I’m 6′ 280 lbs or 5’3 130 lbs..(spoiler: one of those is true) …besides after reading your other comments its about all the ammo you have in your arsenal..I am guessing you already have a link to a good thesaurus so you can degrade people with big fancy 10$ college words and the sweet use of references in your other name calling posts makes you seem really well read.
  @ RUDDERFISH…touche’ my friend, touche’ Well played sir, well played well I still can’t fathom your example but the first comment anyways
  @ LIBSALWAYSLIE..just stay up there on your moral high ground so you don’t get your feet muddy with the rest of us pathetic excuse making so and so’s..I read some of your other comments..yeah exactly what I expected…again stay up on that high horse guy..you look good up there..not like that bimbo or the simple minded people blah
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:03pm
  Moocow
  Do what you will, just not at Arlington cemetery and expect reactions to childish and juvenile actions. Do you still need sofa time? Under aca and ada you are showing signs of needing a blue placard on your rear view mirror.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:12pm
  Hugh
  Did you complete your due diligence and actually read more or are you still on the poor ADD me schtick? I support her right to ignore you too. I support her right to be assinine while you clamor for attention. I support you two doing peyote in a sweat lodge with mike Moore, just not at Arlington.
  
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- PunkMooCow
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:33pm
  @ Fubared
  WTF guy? Go back and reread. I don’t condone what she did and wouldn’t do it myself. I’ll say this again, stop supposing to know anything about me. you wouldn’t piss on Seperated’s grave out of respect for others? Have someone read that out loud to you. You think I would do what she did? You don’t even know me? I’m a vet and have nothing but respect for most of those serving, so much in fact that I have pretty much spent the majority of my civilian career supporting the military on different fronts (still do). Sofa time?? I’m sorry that’s a lost reference on me, as for the rest of your post where does that even come from? ADA american disabilities act? I guess, blue placard, I need a handicap sticker..is that just some coy way you have of calling me names by saying I am handicapped in some way..if so just say it out loud brother, use a dirty word or something.. obscure references and idioms don’t make you any smarter or more morally just..see here this is the problem with commenting: Try and have an original thought and you get jumped on by a pack of trolls who have a supreme intellect due to the anonymity of the internet. Then you become the target and people miss the point of your original comment. Have a nice life guy..you are boring and just looking to pick a fight (my own personal take on you per your karate chop a chick in the throat comment) still not sure whether or not to derive the moron comment as directed at me or to the chick from the st
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 9:57pm
  Moocow
  The lesson is…not at Arlington. Spin it. Revel in the theories and widen while you ride the fence. Whatever you want. Just not at Arlington. Real sorry to hurt your endless personal feelings. I have read a few post from (seperated) and I think you are suppose to pronounce it with a lisp. Are you pronouncing (seperated) with a lisp? Are you angry that (seperated) comes with an obligatory lisp? Should you postulate endlessly and theorize on the endless characters with which to mimic (seperated)s lisp?
  
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- Hugh Williams
  Posted on November 25, 2012 at 8:39am
  FUBARED
  Thank you for demonstrating my point. You and many, many others like you will not engage in actual discussion. Not only do you lash out at any thought you don’t agree with, your rants are insane and make no sense.
  
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longun45
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:04pm
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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uffda
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:02pm
Interesting that these 2 women never heard of “hallowed ground.” But then not so surprising considering they are from Massachusetts.

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hi
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:59am
I think she was just saying,”This is how Obama feels about our military.”

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- hatchetjob
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:35pm
  Yep, and I wonder when the Pres. is going to give her a congratulatory phone call and a new job?
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 7:32pm
  Yup. I wonder if they took this photo just before or just after casting their vote for their worthless Baraka Claus.
  
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- Dissident_Agressor
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 7:41pm
  agreed..
  
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COFemale
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:57am
This is a hard lesson between right and wrong. Obviously they drifted to the wrong side of their antics. There antics were in defiance to the message on the sign and not to the soldiers. How many of us have defied a sign even if it was only for a few minutes in your youth? I know I have, but not to the extent these two girls did. Did their antics warrant unemployment? That is up to the employer and they felt yes. The girls learned, although fun at the time, the consequences were not fun. Unless you nip this in the bud right away, this type of behavior would continue from these two girls. Next time it may not be so innocuous.

Lesson: Don’t take pictures and then post them on the Internet.

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:20pm
  How is that up to the employer? If half the **** we do on the weekend, getting wasted at bars, acting stupid, most of America would be unemployeed. Employers are not to regulate what an employee does in their spare time. Unless she was an employee at the cemetery and knew better, but otherwise, I don’t think her employer should have fired her. If they did, she better have gotten a huge severance pay.
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:31pm
  I think the lesson is to not be such a disrespectful jerk.
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:34pm
  What if this picture was taken while she was on duty?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:04pm
  AMERICAN SOLDIER…
  
  This photo was taken on a company trip with 47 coworkers and several donors. It was NOT on her “free time”.
  
  http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/21/lindsey-stone-on-silence-and-respect-at-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:05pm
  On duty? If she was walking with a disabled child, teacher the child how to walk on her own, and she decided to make that gesture, then yes, as she caused a dereliction of duty to create the photo. She’s obviously not on company time when she took that photo…. and no logo of the company is to be seen.
  
  When I use to work at a car dealership, we brought in a hot dog stand. It had a picture of giant hotdogs on the side of the stand. One of my buddies thought it’d be cool to stand there and pretend one of the dogs was his penis. Posted it on facebook, didn’t realize he was wearing a company shirt and showed the dealership logo in the background. Embarrasing, yup. Did the company find out? Yup. They told him to take it down and not to do it again. And he hasn’t….. we do dumb things sometimes, but this dumb thing she did shouldn’t have gotten her fired….
  
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:46pm
  Your friend was lucky. His stupid actions were grounds to fire him. The company decided not to, which is up to the company. This company decided not to be so lenient. Everyone does dumb things, but she was dumb at work, being the big difference. She could be a nazi in her spare time and many companies won’t care as long as your not a nazi AT WORK.
  
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- kevinj319
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 10:30am
  As it has been pointed out, this woman was on company time when she did this. However, even if she was not “on the clock” the company would still be in the right here.
  
  Yes, what you do on your own time should be your own business. Until you do it while wearing a company logo. Or in a company car. Or until you post it on the Internet. On Facebook. With your real name attached to the account. With your place of business listed. If your stupid actions affect only yourself, then who cares? But when the blowback lands all over the company you work for, expect consequences.
  
  Aside: {I am going to reveal myself as an old fart here, but has no one taught this generation that putting your real name on the Internet is a bad, bad idea? Let alone your personal details with pictures? Back when AOL and Prodigy were the $hit, the first rule was never use your real name in your screen name. Even in they days of CB radio, you used a handle, never your real name. Now people plaster their real name everywhere. It is the most insane thing you could do, yet in the age of Facebook it is commonplace.}
  
  The point is, stupid pranks, inside jokes, and crazy weekend antics make great stories for your friends. Keep them between you and your friends.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:14am
  AMERICAN SOLDIER…she and her workmate were not only on company time but her employer had paid for the day at the monument. She was representing her company. Do you really think her employer didn’t get legal counsel on this decision? Please read the original story before you attempt to comment.
  
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KingCanon
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:57am
Ladies?
What ladies?

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Uncurable wound
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:55am
Lets all chip in and buy her a ticket to Iraq.
She can learn first hand what freedom is!
& why it costs so much….
Am I the only one who would like to backhand this thing???

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- Marcia
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:15pm
  Uncurable wound has a point. I’m sure she can join the military and see what REAL service is all about. She would have an decent paying job right off the bat and provide a valuable service to her country. The drill instructors would shape her right up!
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:58pm
  “The drill instructors would shape her right up!”
  
  As a former Drill Sergeant in the Army… take it from me. If she made it past the Recruiter (knowing what is known)… we’d go back with her tow, looking for her Recruiter and hog tie her to his GOV’s bumper with a note attached…
  
  “STOP sending us these idiots… WE can’t cure ALL the nation’s kids of their own stupidy. Only the one’s that want to help themselves.”
  
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offbrat56
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:54am
Hey, I’m satisfied now. I wouldn’t even read the article when it was first posted without a consequence.

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Lois150
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:51am
Thank you LIFE for standing up and doing the right thing. Actions have consequences. Because the incident happened while on a work outing and acting as a representative of LIFE, termination was the correct action.

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piper60
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:48am
As a Mass(achusetts) woman, I need tom say that not all of us are as asinine as this twit.

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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:37pm
  @PIPER60
  All rarely means “ALL.” Usually it means “THE VAST MAJORITY OF…”
  
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shorthorn
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:46am
OBVIOUSLY, she meant no disrespect.
Sure, it’s obvious to me by the picture that she meant no disrespect.
Her employer should have fired her long ago, just for being stupid.

Actions sometimes have consequences. I hope that picture follows her the rest of her life.

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USPATRIOT101
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:45am
This should be a lesson to anyone that wants to create an image of themsleves as “edgy”. The hell that so many Americans went through fighting for the very liberty you mock, wil be respected.

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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:05pm
  My husband served during the Vietnam war & was spat upon so disrespect for the military is not new to them. Disrespect for this very special memorial is so wrong that it needs to be made very clear it will not be tolerated. We cannot be PC and quiet any more we must demand that the disrespect stop and the disrespectful should understand there are consequences to such horrible behavior. She not only did the act she bragged about it & posted & tweeted pics. I don’t think she is worth defending.
  
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drphil69
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:43am
“OBVIOUSLY we meant no disrespect…”

Really? Giving the finger means what? I love you???

And your boss OBVIOUSLY MEANT NO DISRESPECT WHEN YOU GOT FIRED!!

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- Derek01
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:12pm
  +1 on that
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:23pm
  If being a douchebag in public, none work related is grounds for being fired, I would say a good 70% of the blaze commenters would be fired right now
  
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- JohnnyRaiden
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Soldier didn’t read the entire story it seems. She was on a company trip.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:44pm
  Being “(SEPARATED)” pretty much say’s it all….
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:10pm
  @ SOLDIER
  It is a thing called “Personal Responsability.” Personal responsability to do the right thing. That is what true freedom is about. It is not about hate and disrespect to others and others’ ways because we can. All of us could use more personal responsability in our day-to-day lives – even you.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 1:11pm
  “If being a douchebag in public, none work related is grounds for being fired, I would say a good 70% of the blaze commenters would be fired right now”
  
  That’s right. That’s why we all use anonymous screen names.
  If i used my real name… i’d fire myself.
  
  Notice nobody here is dumb enough to post a link to their own facebook page?
  
  The non-profit she works for has free-speech, too, and they used it to say “you’re fired”.
  
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- ZaphodsPlanet
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:17pm
  @ YEASTINFECTION
  
  The only ones who’d really risk getting fired posting in here are the liberal trolls like you. Since you’re the only ones who’d be big enough douche bags to take pictures like this stupid woman did. We also know that you liberal douche bags don’t have any clue as to where to draw the line, we have no interest in morons like you showing up on our front door steps smelling up the place. And Facebook BLOWS CHUNKS…. if you want to be a narcissist and believe everyone is interested in every stupid ass thing you do by all means, knock yourself out. I killed my FB accounts when I found out they were not kicking out pedophiles. They’re far too intrusive anyway…. I could give a crap about hearing from every idiot I went to high school with. But the kiddie raper stuff was too much. If you lay down with dogs you wake up with fleas. But it sounds like you might belong there. I’m sure you’re really important and everyone needs to know what you’re doing….
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:48pm
  @ZaphodsPlanet
  
  Huh?.. Not sure why that tirade was directed at me.
  Quite certain that i’m not a Liberal… also quite certain that i’ve never used facebook, or twitter, or any of that other nonsense… (though as a remodeling contractor i have denied employment to idiots that do because my “researcher” has dug up stupid pics of them)
  But that’s OK, go on inventing a profile for me in your head because endorsing LIBERTY is something i support vehemently…
  ….and keep hitting those Mimosas.. apparently they really help your reading comprehension.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 2:54pm
  Oh, and BTW ZAPPY…
  
  when someone starts their post with a quotation, they’re usually quoting one of the posts above them, like i was doing with AMERICAN SOLDIER’s post. Most likely, your rambling rant was meant for him.
  
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- TERossi
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 3:00pm
  “American Soldier (Separated)” – the response of a typical Liberal Fascist: Everything is “relative” but yours is worse.
  
  You’re as much as “Soldier” as Obama was born in Selma, Alabama.
  You’re as much as “Soldier” as Elizabeth Warren is a Red Indian.
  You’re as much as “Soldier” as Rigoberta Menchu was oppressed by capitalism.
  You’re as much as “Soldier” as Cornell West is a scholar.
  
  When a Liberal says they’re something, the exact opposite is true. Never believe a Liberal.
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 6:28pm
  @terossi
  plenty of good liberal soldiers, andd gay soldiers, and atheist soldiers, and Muslim soldiers. Many of them died serving our country. You disrespecting soldiers who do not conform to your own philosophy is not at all different from what the woman in the photograph is doing at the tomb.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on November 23, 2012 at 8:55pm
  Seperated
  Uncle really tried to retain you huh?
  
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- moonlight on the bay
  Posted on November 24, 2012 at 3:36am
  Like some others said in their comments to the original story, she apparently has difficulty with the definition of disrespect. Maybe she isn’t really yelling in the picture, but that gesture she’s giving is VERY disrespectful. She’s got a right to her freedom of expression, but she seems a little surprised at others using their freedom of expression to let her have it for using such poor judgement. If she thought she wouldn’t catch hell for this, she’s an idiot. Your employer has the right to fire you if you make the company look bad. I wasn’t really in favor of her being fired, I figured all the negative feedback that came her way would be enough to make her regret her mistake.
  s
  
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bdandsl
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:42am
Good! People need to understand just because you have the ‘right’ doesn’t mean you should. With rights comes responsibility and that is the part most fail to comprehend. For these gals consider it a lesson learned.

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:11pm
  “With rights comes responsibility and that is the part most fail to comprehend.”
  
  Correct. And that’s where the individual selfishness and individual self-importance of Liberalism and Liberal-tarianism fail. Not comprehending the fact that the responsible among us is an ever growing minority.
  
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drphil69
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 11:41am
GOOD! Mabye now these “ladies” have learned that THEIR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!

TOO BAD THEIR PARENTS DIDN’T TEACH THEM, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE JOBS NOW…

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on November 22, 2012 at 12:05pm
  “TOO BAD THEIR PARENTS DIDN’T TEACH THEM, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE JOBS NOW…”
  
  Not every knucklehead’s actions can be attributed to their parents. Her parent’s (parent, adoptive parents, guardian) may have well taught her manners, respect, proper etiquette in social settings, good judgement and having some class.
  
  Look around and see how many good parent’s children have gone astray due to no fault of the parents and ask yourself why ??
  
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