A man filed a complaint against a fellow coworker when becoming offended by the man’s attire. The defendant reportedly wore a “Don’t Tread On Me” ball cap that according to the man that filed the complaint, “found the cap to be racially offensive to African Americans because the flag was designed by Christopher Gadsden, a ‘slave trader & owner of slaves.’” Give me a break. These people are just looking for any reason to pick a fight.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreed with a complainant who claimed that his coworker wearing the Gadsden flag (more popularly known as the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag) was a form of racial harassment.
The complainant, who is black, objected to his coworker wearing a cap with the flag, a patriotic and anti-tyranny icon dating back to the Revolutionary War. The man stated that he “found the cap to be racially offensive to African Americans because the flag was designed by Christopher Gadsden, a ‘slave trader & owner of slaves.’” He also argues the flag is a “historical indicator of white resentment against blacks stemming largely from the Tea Party.”
The EEOC agreed. “Whatever the historic origins and meaning of the symbol, it also has since been sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts,” they argue. “For example, in June 2014, assailants with connections to white supremacist groups draped the bodies of two murdered police officers with the Gadsden flag during their Las Vegas, Nevada shooting spree.”
Our country has gotten to the point where anything and everything has become offensive, but I have a question… When did becoming offended actually become a crime? It’s time to take our diapers off and pull up our big boy pants because this is getting out of control and it’s only a matter of time until the people with any sense left stand up and fight back.