Woman Fired After Photo Of Her Flipping Off Trump Motorcade Goes Viral

[Twisted Titan]

Woman Fired After Photo Of Her Flipping Off Trump Motorcade Goes Viral
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Remember that old saying “don’t bite the hand that feeds you?” Well, in case you’ve somehow forgotten, here’s a timely reminder.



Juli Briskman, a 50-year-old Virginia woman who was captured in a viral photograph flipping off the president’s motorcade as it left the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, has been fired from her employer, a government contractor called, for allegedly violating the company’s social-media policy, the Huffington Post (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/woman-flips-off-donald-trump-fired_us_59fe0ab4e4b0c9652fffa484)reported.




Briskman’s employer, Akima LLC, a construction firm that reportedly relies on government contracts for much of its revenue, was less than pleased with her newfound notoriety: They fired her for “violating their social media policy”, saying her presence at the firm could jeopardize future business with the federal government.



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The picture, snapped by a White House photographer traveling with the president as he left his golf course in Sterling, Va., went viral almost immediately. News outlets picked up the story when it appeared in a White House pool report. Late-night talk show hosts told jokes about the encounter and people on social media began hailing the unidentified woman as a “she-ro,” using the hashtag #Her2020.




Taken aback by the sudden publicity, Briskman briefly set the photo as her profile picture, before deciding that - given the nature of her work - she would do the right thing and inform her employer of the phenomenon. Since the photo contained no hints about her association with the company, she figured she had nothing to hide, and nothing to fear.



Unfortunately, that’s not quite how things turned out.



A day later, she was summoned to her company’s HR department, where she was given the bad news.








“They said, ‘We’re separating from you,'” Briskman said. “Basically, you cannot have ‘lewd’ or ‘obscene’ things in your social media. So they were calling flipping him off ‘obscene.’"

Briskman, who worked in marketing and communications for the company for a little more than six months, said she pointed out to the executives that the incident didn’t happen when she was on the clock and that the social media posts didn’t mention her employer.

At a meeting Tuesday, her bosses told her she violated the company’s media policy by posting the photo as her profile picture on Twitter and Facebook.



Briskman criticized her former employer for firing her while declining to punish a male employee who called somebody a “fucking Libtard asshole” on Facebook. Displaying a shocking lack of self-awareness (typically of libtards everywhere), Briskman implored her former employer to justify exactly how her colleague’s Facebook comment was less obscene than her decision to personally disrespect the leader of the free world.



Briskman, a Democrat, said as the motorcade began to pass her on Oct. 28 as it returned to the White House from the Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Va., she had a gut reaction to flip it off.











“He was passing by and my blood just started to boil,” she said. “I’m thinking, DACA recipients are getting kicked out,” she said. “He pulled ads for open enrollment in ObamaCare. Only one-third of Puerto Rico has power. I’m thinking, he’s at the damn golf course again."


Despite being fired, she said, Briskman says she has no regrets.

[Twisted Titan]

Because once her shit goes public she's a liability and damage for the company image.
As happened with this other libturd:
Anti-Trump Nintendo Employee and Prostitute Alison Rapp Leaked (http://celebrity-leaks.net/anti-trump-nintendo-employee-and-prostitute-alison-rapp-leaked/)http://celebrity-leaks.net/anti-trump-nintendo-employee-and-prostitute-a... (http://celebrity-leaks.net/anti-trump-nintendo-employee-and-prostitute-alison-rapp-leaked/)

Keep your private life PRIVATE.
And the 1st doesn't keep your from being fired by a privately held company. Is there to let you speak your mind without gov punishing you.
Your non-gov employer is free to kick you out.









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HopefulCynical (http://www.zerohedge.com/users/hopefulcynical) God Emperor (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-06/woman-fired-after-photo-her-flipping-trump-motorcade-goes-viral#comment-10606287)Nov 7, 2017 12:07 AM (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-06/woman-fired-after-photo-her-flipping-trump-motorcade-goes-viral#comment-10606299)
Once more folks, from the top:
The 1st Amendment protects you from GOVERNMENT backlash against free speech.
Companies can do what they like, set whatever reasonable rules they please.
"Don't flip off the ******* POTUS and get caught on film doing so" is well within their rights to say.
Play shitlib games, win shitlib prizes.

[Neuro]

Because once her shit goes public she's a liability and damage for the company image.
As happened with this other libturd:
Anti-Trump Nintendo Employee and Prostitute Alison Rapp Leaked (http://celebrity-leaks.net/anti-trump-nintendo-employee-and-prostitute-alison-rapp-leaked/)http://celebrity-leaks.net/anti-trump-nintendo-employee-and-prostitute-a... (http://celebrity-leaks.net/anti-trump-nintendo-employee-and-prostitute-alison-rapp-leaked/)

Keep your private life PRIVATE.
And the 1st doesn't keep your from being fired by a privately held company. Is there to let you speak your mind without gov punishing you.
Your non-gov employer is free to kick you out.









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HopefulCynical (http://www.zerohedge.com/users/hopefulcynical) God Emperor (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-06/woman-fired-after-photo-her-flipping-trump-motorcade-goes-viral#comment-10606287)Nov 7, 2017 12:07 AM (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-06/woman-fired-after-photo-her-flipping-trump-motorcade-goes-viral#comment-10606299)
Once more folks, from the top:
The 1st Amendment protects you from GOVERNMENT backlash against free speech.
Companies can do what they like, set whatever reasonable rules they please.
"Don't flip off the ******* POTUS and get caught on film doing so" is well within their rights to say.
Play shitlib games, win shitlib prizes.





Fuck that! She was doing something on her spare time and posted it on her private Facebook page, which has nothing at all to do with the company. This is total BS!

[Stop Making Cents]

Fuck that! She was doing something on her spare time and posted it on her private Facebook page, which has nothing at all to do with the company. This is total BS!

I'd have done the same as this woman if it were Clinton or soetero driving by.

[woodman]

Fuck that! She was doing something on her spare time and posted it on her private Facebook page, which has nothing at all to do with the company. This is total BS!
She should be free to do whatever she wants on her own time. The company should be free also. If they want to fire her for any reason, including parting her hair in a way they dislike, they should be able to fire her.

[crimethink]

The fact the Secret Service didn't pound her ass into the pavement right then and there proves Trump is not a "Nazi dictator." (sic)

[crimethink]

Fuck that! She was doing something on her spare time and posted it on her private Facebook page, which has nothing at all to do with the company. This is total BS!

While I don't concur with the extreme position of "an employer should be able to whatever they want to you," she was working for a government contractor. What she did is the equivalent of giving the finger to the CEO of your funding enterprise. If this wasn't Trump (or another "political enemy") she aimed it at, no one in the Jewsmedia would be saying a peep.

I would feel different if she worked for a random firm and anonymously gave the finger to a group of faggot "activists" or BLM thugs.

She sealed her own fate when she bragged about doing it (and that's what it was, not some "I'm so honest, I have to come clean" moment).

[woodman]

While I don't concur with the extreme position of "an employer should be able to whatever they want to you," she was working for a government contractor. What she did is the equivalent of giving the finger to the CEO of your funding enterprise. If this wasn't Trump (or another "political enemy") she aimed it at, no one in the Jewsmedia would be saying a peep.

I would feel different if she worked for a random firm and anonymously gave the finger to a group of faggot "activists" or BLM thugs.

She sealed her own fate when she bragged about doing it (and that's what it was, not some "I'm so honest, I have to come clean" moment).

The way I see it, you can't or should not have it both ways. If a person is free, then they should be able to leave employ of whatever company they work for, at any time they choose. It would also hold then, that a company should be equally free to terminate the employment at any time they choose. If you go down the rabbit hole of forcing a company to employ someone, then you are opening up a dangerous conduit that leads to forced employment, in other words indentured servitude or slavery such as they had in the Soviet Union. Next comes the gulags.

[woodman]

The way I see it, you can't or should not have it both ways. If a person is free, then they should be able to leave employ of whatever company they work for, at any time they choose. It would also hold then, that a company should be equally free to terminate the employment at any time they choose. If you go down the rabbit hole of forcing a company to employ someone, then you are opening up a dangerous conduit that leads to forced employment, in other words indentured servitude or slavery such as they had in the Soviet Union. Next comes the gulags.

I guess I need to qualify what I wrote. If there is good reason for the employee to fight the termination, such as promises made and not seen to, or perhaps a good deal of personal investment that was done in good faith and the employee was promised compensation for such then they have very good reason reason to be recompensed.

[Hitch]

I guess I need to qualify what I wrote. If there is good reason for the employee to fight the termination, such as promises made and not seen to, or perhaps a good deal of personal investment that was done in good faith and the employee was promised compensation for such then they have very good reason reason to be recompensed.

Right, an example of that would be an employee who was promised a bonus, worked hard for it, but was terminated without good reason before receiving it. Companies can do some shady things, but all that can be handled through civil law. In this case, I do not see anything wrong with the company terminating her. In my industry, employee's like myself interact directly with our customers, and we are the 'face' of the company in that regard. I know this responsibility and do my best to present a positive image for the company, and provide the best service for the customers. However, I know if I do something stupid, it's on me, and if the company lets me go for it, that's my fault not theirs.

[crimethink]

The way I see it, you can't or should not have it both ways. If a person is free, then they should be able to leave employ of whatever company they work for, at any time they choose. It would also hold then, that a company should be equally free to terminate the employment at any time they choose. If you go down the rabbit hole of forcing a company to employ someone, then you are opening up a dangerous conduit that leads to forced employment, in other words indentured servitude or slavery such as they had in the Soviet Union. Next comes the gulags.

First problem: corporations do not have rights.

Second problem: corporations perceive all things in monetary value, including employees. But people are not monetized objects to be disposed of at will; that is the flip side of the same coin as where Gulags came from (Jewish Capitalism/Jewish Communism).

I would like to see maximum leeway regarding employment relationships extended only to those who have natural rights: actual people, who retain such rights while not expecting a government shield (incorporation) that works only for their own benefit. A sole proprietorship or even a non-incorporated partnership is going to have a human dimension to an employment relationship that no corporation can ever have, and wrong, even evil, is much less likely - especially since an evil man will gain the notoriety as a real son of a bitch in the community.

Corporations, and, specifically, corporate law have been weaponized against people, and I desire a counterbalance only because of that weaponization. A weaponization that leads to institutions destroying human beings on a whim.



perhaps a good deal of personal investment that was done in good faith

There are millions of employees who sink years of themselves into a corporation, only to be discarded like a beer can one day.

[Camp Bassfish]

There are millions of employees who sink years of themselves into a corporation, only to be discarded like an EMPTY beer can one day.

Fixed :)

[woodman]

First problem: corporations do not have rights.

Second problem: corporations perceive all things in monetary value, including employees. But people are not monetized objects to be disposed of at will; that is the flip side of the same coin as where Gulags came from (Jewish Capitalism/Jewish Communism).

I would like to see maximum leeway regarding employment relationships extended only to those who have natural rights: actual people, who retain such rights while not expecting a government shield (incorporation) that works only for their own benefit. A sole proprietorship or even a non-incorporated partnership is going to have a human dimension to an employment relationship that no corporation can ever have, and wrong, even evil, is much less likely - especially since an evil man will gain the notoriety as a real son of a bitch in the community.

Corporations, and, specifically, corporate law have been weaponized against people, and I desire a counterbalance only because of that weaponization. A weaponization that leads to institutions destroying human beings on a whim.




There are millions of employees who sink years of themselves into a corporation, only to be discarded like a beer can one day.

As long as no express contract was entered into, then the owners of the corporation should have every right to give leeway to their representatives to hire and fire at will. You believe in socialism and a ferociously strong, Daddy government. I do not. I still say that to take away the right to fire employees is a fast track to it's reciprocal; denying employees the right to terminate the employment at will.

[madfranks]

If I spend 10-15 years building my own company, and hire someone, I would want the complete and total right to terminate that employment at any time, for any reason. BUT, I would really try to never have to need it. If I end up hiring someone, I would want them to be satisfied with their work and compensation, and I certainly would never discard them like an empty beer can as they get older. I would be very happy to be able to provide income and livelihood for a family (or many families). But, if the employee is lazy, cuts corners, or for any other reason doesn't do their job, I would want to be able to terminate their employment without them having the ability to hire a lawyer and sue me to get revenge. My wife used to work for Comcast, and the number of fired employees who file some sort of wrongful termination complaint is way higher than you might think. All the cheap lazy ass workers want to milk the company for more money on their way out, and claiming their manager was a racist/sexist/whatever is a surefire way for them to get thousands of extra dollars on their way out.

The way I see it, it's a personal integrity issue between the owner of the company and the employee, and no government regulation can force an employer to be kind and an employee to be honest. Until society becomes centered on Biblical principles of honesty in hard work and business dealings, I don't think it'll ever be fixed.

[crimethink]

As long as no express contract was entered into, then the owners of the corporation should have every right to give leeway to their representatives to hire and fire at will. You believe in socialism and a ferociously strong, Daddy government. I do not. I still say that to take away the right to fire employees is a fast track to it's reciprocal; denying employees the right to terminate the employment at will.

If the owners of corporations want to exercise God-given rights, they can forego the "Daddy government" shield of limited liability. It's all pissing and moaning about "socialism" and "big government" until we start talking about taking away their limited liability shield (or their government-licensed monopolies). Corporations are creations of government, and if their controllers expect special privileges, they should expect special responsibilities, as well.

Yes, I believe in "socialism," because I believe that society can and should work for all decent people, not just the filthy-rich scum who have weaseled their way to riches. It's a "dirty word" only because the dishonest in media and academia have equated "socialism" with Jewish Marxism.

Should dead wood and especially hostile elements be booted out from a company? Absolutely, whether a small enterprise, or a corporation. I have never said or even implied I oppose that. What I do oppose is this "at will, for any reason or no reason" crap. If a working man or woman has put good effort into an enterprise, sometimes over many years, even decades, said enterprise better have a damn good and just reason to can them. Again, people are not (empty) beer cans to be discarded like garbage.

[crimethink]

Until society becomes centered on Biblical principles of honesty in hard work and business dealings, I don't think it'll ever be fixed.

Universally applying the Golden Rule would fix all employment problems, but in a society that won't even acknowledge God, we've got a situation where garbage will take advantage of others, whether they're worthless Niggers who won't work, or worthless rich bastards who believe they are entitled to use and abuse people.

Alas, we have a situation where regulation is not only necessary, but essential. And the minority of moral folks, who would give everyone a fair deal, such as yourself, get caught up in things that, for you, are rigmarole, possibly even injustice.

[Neuro]

Maybe wasting 100's of thousands of dollars of tax payer money to go to your own golf course should be reason enough to get fired? Unless you can show that the excursion actually gave benefits that outweigh the cost...

[woodman]

If I spend 10-15 years building my own company, and hire someone, I would want the complete and total right to terminate that employment at any time, for any reason. BUT, I would really try to never have to need it. If I end up hiring someone, I would want them to be satisfied with their work and compensation, and I certainly would never discard them like an empty beer can as they get older. I would be very happy to be able to provide income and livelihood for a family (or many families). But, if the employee is lazy, cuts corners, or for any other reason doesn't do their job, I would want to be able to terminate their employment without them having the ability to hire a lawyer and sue me to get revenge. My wife used to work for Comcast, and the number of fired employees who file some sort of wrongful termination complaint is way higher than you might think. All the cheap lazy ass workers want to milk the company for more money on their way out, and claiming their manager was a racist/sexist/whatever is a surefire way for them to get thousands of extra dollars on their way out.

The way I see it, it's a personal integrity issue between the owner of the company and the employee, and no government regulation can force an employer to be kind and an employee to be honest. Until society becomes centered on Biblical principles of honesty in hard work and business dealings, I don't think it'll ever be fixed.
Thanks for saying it better than I did. I have worked all my life and seen so much bullshit from both sides, management and workers. Everyone seems to be trying to get what they can and screw everyone else. I've seen lazy mf'ers milking the companies I worked for and I've seen management puposefully creating a division that should not exist between them and the workers. I've seen whole plants shut down and all the workers laid off for no good reason after years of faithful service. The whole thing is incomprehensible to me. What I do understand though, is personal freedom. I have a company and if I want to fire someone, for any reason, that should be my right. If I am a heartless bastard, so be it. I happen to be a very caring person, but that is beside the point. If I work for a company for years and they come to depend upon me for their very survival due to my excellence, I should have the right to walk away ant any time regardless the consequences. You start denying the right to fire people, next thing is denying people the right to work, live, and breathe as they choose. Slavery. We do not need layers of beaurocracy to shield us from bad actors. There are bad actors all around, both management and workers.

I worked for the unions in Detroit for years. First I was with the UAW and later worked for American Motors before they went tits up, in the mechanics' union, MESA. I have seen shit you wouldn't believe.

[madfranks]

I worked for the unions in Detroit for years. First I was with the UAW and later worked for American Motors before they went tits up, in the mechanics' union, MESA. I have seen shit you wouldn't believe.I would be interested in hearing some of those stories!

[Cebu_4_2]

I would be interested in hearing some of those stories!


One of my old acquaintances fathers used to work for one company and an auto plant (GM / UAW). The first company asked him to forfeit pay for 2 weeks to keep the company in business which he did. For 30 years he took his secret repayment in equipment and sold it. Not real fair but to each their own. After that he would go to the auto plant and punch in, then go to his cubby hole and sleep the shift. This also went on for 30 years. He retired and died of a heart attack a year later.

[Joshua01]

sounds like a happy ending to me
One of my old acquaintances fathers used to work for one company and an auto plant (GM / UAW). The first company asked him to forfeit pay for 2 weeks to keep the company in business which he did. For 30 years he took his secret repayment in equipment and sold it. Not real fair but to each their own. After that he would go to the auto plant and punch in, then go to his cubby hole and sleep the shift. This also went on for 30 years. He retired and died of a heart attack a year later.

[Cebu_4_2]

He was otherwise a good man.

[Neuro]

One of my old acquaintances fathers used to work for one company and an auto plant (GM / UAW). The first company asked him to forfeit pay for 2 weeks to keep the company in business which he did. For 30 years he took his secret repayment in equipment and sold it. Not real fair but to each their own. After that he would go to the auto plant and punch in, then go to his cubby hole and sleep the shift. This also went on for 30 years. He retired and died of a heart attack a year later.
Same kind of heroic personality as my grandma's brother, who 'worked' a year or so at a steel plant, and then he fell and broke a leg or something at work, after which he got intractable low back pain and was on sick leave and early retirement spent on making moonshine and talking bullshit and taking on the system to get workers compensation beyond what the sick leave pay gave him. He was overweight got diabetes, amputated legs and died of heart attack in his early 60's. He sure got out way more from the system than he put in. I guess he must have felt like a winner in his book, a man of principles. Yeah he was a dedicated socialist as well.

[Cebu_4_2]

Same kind of heroic personality as my grandma's brother, who 'worked' a year or so at a steel plant, and then he fell and broke a leg or something at work, after which he got intractable low back pain and was on sick leave and early retirement spent on making moonshine and talking bullshit and taking on the system to get workers compensation beyond what the sick leave pay gave him. He was overweight got diabetes, amputated legs and died of heart attack in his early 60's. He sure got out way more from the system than he put in. I guess he must have felt like a winner in his book, a man of principles. Yeah he was a dedicated socialist as well.


A real winner in his book. I dont read books.

[Neuro]

A real winner in his book. I dont read books.

Maybe you should?

[Cebu_4_2]

Maybe you should?


Trying to quit, thanks.

[Atocha]

First problem: corporations do not have rights.

Second problem: corporations perceive all things in monetary value, including employees. But people are not monetized objects to be disposed of at will; that

There are millions of employees who sink years of themselves into a corporation, only to be discarded like a beer can one day.

I am one of them. 35 years, same employer, made a ton of money, but am a beer can that will be discarded. My flip side us i had a damn good run, but still fell short!!! Also I work for a dying corporation. Go figure.

[woodman]

Also I work for a dying corporation. Go figure.
Interesting. Why is it on it's way out? Imports?

[Atocha]

Interesting. Why is it on it's way out? Imports?

No. Bad management and a 4th generation family owned corp. Corporations usually fail in the 3rd generation. I have had a great run though. Super blessed and started as a kid from the street. In executive management and engineering from a grease monkey.