Meatflap

re: Why does fentanyl even exist

Posted by Meatflap on 8/7/20 at 11:45 pm

Muh-knee....

re: WTF do people keep getting tested?

Posted by Meatflap on 7/25/20 at 6:29 pm

I can tell you that my job often has me traveling to other job sites to do my work. On one particular job, someone from another company got sick and tested positive. The general contractor on that job insisted that we couldn't go back to that job site until we had been tested negative. Some peop...

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 5:19 pm

Do you think that the writers of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 deliberately left out gay people? Were they not people that deserve protection from discrimination too? Homosexuality just wasn't talked about that much but it doesn't mean that it didn't exist. There are plenty of stories where gay p...

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 2:49 pm

The paragraph directly before the one that includes your quote, defines "sexual orientation discrimination" and makes the connection as to why it is "because of sex". It might sound murky, but until they invent new language for this situation, we're stuck with this choppy legalese....

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 2:00 pm

It is pretty strange how language evolves from one generation to the next, and I agree that in the 1960s, when the Civil Rights Act was written, they may not have considered LGBTQ people as needing protection from discrimination. But sixty years later, those people who are charged with interpreting ...

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re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 1:46 pm

[link=(https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/federal-court-issues-historic-ruling-eeoc-lawsuit-civil-rights-act-1964-prohibits-sexual)]eeoc.gov[/link] On March 1, EEOC filed the U.S. government's first sex discrimination lawsuit based on sexual orientation, U.S. EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center (Case ...

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 12:22 pm

Although the original person I responded to and I were discussing a different aspect of this ruling, I can see your point. I do however disagree that the Supreme Court made law. It is their job to interpret law as it says on their own website. First paragraph: "EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW"-These word...

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 11:16 am

I don't disagree with you there, but the government isn't telling me that I can't hire people that are going to help my business, they are saying that I can't fire them based on their sexual orientation. I'm also aware that lawsuits happen daily and thankfully I haven't been sued by any employee ...

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 8:57 am

If an employee I hire sucks, I let them go based on their performance, not because they are gay or transexual. I have a gay employee right now and he is a very good craftsman. I have no problem with his orientation and it doesn't reflect poorly on my business. My criteria is that I hire the peopl...

re: SCOTUS Reasoning

Posted by Meatflap on 6/16/20 at 8:22 am

If they were a good and valued employee, why would it matter? I don't hire my employees based on their sexual orientation. I hire them based on their potential to earn or produce for my business....

re: This Is How You Cuck!

Posted by Meatflap on 5/15/20 at 8:52 pm

It might be factual, but to wish that violence upon anyone is pretty vile....

re: This Is How You Cuck!

Posted by Meatflap on 5/15/20 at 8:43 pm

Good gravy, man. Hoping all their women get raped is a bit much. ...

re: What’s your thoughts when you roll by a construction site and see a male flagger?

Posted by Meatflap on 4/30/20 at 4:45 pm

OSHA requires that work done with heavy machinery and definitely those working in operable roadways, be done with a traffic flagger. I'm thinking that his boss put him in a position that is required by law and if he's doing his job correctly, I usually give him a nod of appreciation because he's tak...

re: What a Cool Ice Chest with the MAGA sticker. I want one.

Posted by Meatflap on 4/20/20 at 10:24 pm

What pound test is that?...

re: How many baws listen to this in their trucks?

Posted by Meatflap on 3/11/20 at 8:48 am

How does one even find this stuff? Also my favorite comment: "This is what Dr. Martin Luther King wanted". :lol:...

re: Denmark is often cited as the socialist model

Posted by Meatflap on 2/27/20 at 10:48 pm

Where do you figure they'd go?...

re: Why are we afraid of Democratic Socialism?

Posted by Meatflap on 2/17/20 at 1:30 pm

No sweat! :cheers:...

re: Why are we afraid of Democratic Socialism?

Posted by Meatflap on 2/17/20 at 1:03 pm

I think you may have replied to the wrong person....

re: Why are we afraid of Democratic Socialism?

Posted by Meatflap on 2/16/20 at 9:03 pm

You're right, I don't know the inner workings of your employee benefit structure but it sounds like it's fantastic for you. Not everyone can work for your company, not everyone can work for a large company and furthermore, they might not want to. So I'm glad that you are happy with your setup an...