Quote:A North Carolina Trump campaign staffer revealed a chilling allegation of political persecution on Wednesday, detailing his account of being fired from a charter plane company merely for his previous employment with the Donald Trump campaign.

Dawson Buchanan went public with his account of being purged from his job by the National Hockey League on Tuesday night, hours after an associate alluded to an instance of political blacklisting. Buchanan had been hired to work for a private jet concierge company that provides transit services to the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/dawsonbuchanan_/status/1349175838521106436[/tweet]

The NHL itself allegedly made the demand that Private Jet Services fire Buchanan, solely on the basis of his experience working for Donald Trump’s campaign.

Buchanan explains that the company’s owner caved to corporate demands to fire Buchanan, openly admitting that his firing was entirely political in a conversation with the now-unemployed. The owner of Private Jet Services allegedly threatened to defame Buchanan and take bogus legal action if he went public with his claims of political persecution.

Big League Politics has reached out to the NHL, Private Jet Services, and the Carolina Hurricanes for comment.

Ironically, hockey’s following arguably trends more conservative than the fan bases of other American professional sports. They don’t seem to care how the league’s own fan base will react to treating Trump supporters as second class citizens; it’s an imperative to enact discrimination for any “responsible” corporation.

The NHL is no longer worthy of the attention span-let alone the money- of Republicans, right-wingers, and conservatives. Sports have great value to youth insofar they’re directly competing, it’s time to look beyond the meaningless spectacle of a left-wing corporation that detests you and your values.

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

(01-13-2021 02:26 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

I'm certainly not in favor of his firing, but I'm not so sure there is any payday in his future. There are no federal laws preventing an employer from firing an employee based on political affiliation. Some states do have laws, but I don't think North Carolina is one of them (though I don't pretend to be an expert on laws in that state).

Also, he states in his tweet that the company "fired me for their own financial gain". At 20 years old he might not be aware of this, but that's kinda how companies work.

(01-13-2021 02:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Yes---Im afraid it may be time to add a new civil right. Like religion, people should not be discriminated against simply on the basis of political affiliation. I' d have no issue supporting such legislation and making it an Constitutional amendment.

(01-13-2021 03:35 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 02:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Yes---Im afraid it may be time to add a new civil right. Like religion, people should not be discriminated against simply on the basis of political affiliation. I' d have no issue supporting such legislation and making it an Constitutional amendment.

it's already covered in 1a..... but fk it. ..let's muck the works further....

just g'dammit...

(01-13-2021 03:54 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 03:35 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 02:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Yes---Im afraid it may be time to add a new civil right. Like religion, people should not be discriminated against simply on the basis of political affiliation. I' d have no issue supporting such legislation and making it an Constitutional amendment.

it's already covered in 1a..... but fk it. ..let's muck the works further....

just g'dammit...

2a covers 1a

(01-13-2021 02:26 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

I'm certainly not in favor of his firing, but I'm not so sure there is any payday in his future. There are no federal laws preventing an employer from firing an employee based on political affiliation. Some states do have laws, but I don't think North Carolina is one of them (though I don't pretend to be an expert on laws in that state).

Also, he states in his tweet that the company "fired me for their own financial gain". At 20 years old he might not be aware of this, but that's kinda how companies work.

(01-13-2021 04:08 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 02:26 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

I'm certainly not in favor of his firing, but I'm not so sure there is any payday in his future. There are no federal laws preventing an employer from firing an employee based on political affiliation. Some states do have laws, but I don't think North Carolina is one of them (though I don't pretend to be an expert on laws in that state).

Also, he states in his tweet that the company "fired me for their own financial gain". At 20 years old he might not be aware of this, but that's kinda how companies work.

North Carolina has a hockey team? Who knew.

(01-13-2021 04:08 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 02:26 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

I'm certainly not in favor of his firing, but I'm not so sure there is any payday in his future. There are no federal laws preventing an employer from firing an employee based on political affiliation. Some states do have laws, but I don't think North Carolina is one of them (though I don't pretend to be an expert on laws in that state).

Also, he states in his tweet that the company "fired me for their own financial gain". At 20 years old he might not be aware of this, but that's kinda how companies work.

North Carolina has a hockey team? Who knew.

(01-13-2021 04:20 PM)solohawks Wrote:  What is to prevent an employer from checking the party affiliation of all its employees and vendors and firing/terminating them based on that party affiliation?

Incredibly scary and sad that people are doing this to each other

(01-13-2021 04:15 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 04:08 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 02:26 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

I'm certainly not in favor of his firing, but I'm not so sure there is any payday in his future. There are no federal laws preventing an employer from firing an employee based on political affiliation. Some states do have laws, but I don't think North Carolina is one of them (though I don't pretend to be an expert on laws in that state).

Also, he states in his tweet that the company "fired me for their own financial gain". At 20 years old he might not be aware of this, but that's kinda how companies work.

North Carolina has a hockey team? Who knew.

(01-13-2021 04:14 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 04:08 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 02:26 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(01-13-2021 01:31 PM)No2rdame Wrote:  I hope he has documentation that they fired him for this, he's in for a payday.

I'm certainly not in favor of his firing, but I'm not so sure there is any payday in his future. There are no federal laws preventing an employer from firing an employee based on political affiliation. Some states do have laws, but I don't think North Carolina is one of them (though I don't pretend to be an expert on laws in that state).

Also, he states in his tweet that the company "fired me for their own financial gain". At 20 years old he might not be aware of this, but that's kinda how companies work.

North Carolina has a hockey team? Who knew.

Even won the Stanley Cup once too.