Derek Fenton, a Critic of islam -- NJ Transit Authority, just Hypocritical
Derek Fenton, an opponent of islam, a religion/political doctrine that enslaves women, forbids Freedom of Speech, forbids Freedom of Religion, opposes democracy, opposes plurality and despises capitalism, lost his job because of his public display. He lost his job because he disapproves of a death cult that aims to convert America into an islamic sharia state.
At the time he burned the Koran, he was dressed in a blue polo shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap. Not a New Jersey Transit uniform. He was an anonymous citizen acting on his own beliefs. Yet the NJ Transit Authority fired him for his off-hours activities that were in no way connected to his employment or his employer. Seems extreme.
He committed no crime. Violated no law and brought no unwarranted criticism upon his employer. But he was fired. Does his firing mean the NJ Transit Authority favors islam? Does the NJ Transit Authority support the enslavement of women? Female genital mutilation? Marriage of pre-pubescent girls? Is the NJ Transit Authority opposed to Freedom of Religion? Opposed to Freedom of Speech? Seems that way.
People may approve or disapprove of the way he expressed his anti-islamic feelings, but he has the right to do what he did. In response, his employer went way overboard.
Koran burner Derek Fenton fired from his job at NJ Transit
BY Alison Gendar and Pete Donohue
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 7:55 PM
A radical who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero was fired from his job at NJ Transit, sources and authorities confirmed.
Derek Fenton, an 11-year employee at NJ Transit, was fired Monday, the agency said in a statement, two days after he was photographed burning the Koran.
"Mr. Fenton's public actions violated New Jersey Transit's code of ethics," NJ Transit said.
"NJ Transit concluded that Mr. Fenton violated his trust as a state employee and therefore was dismissed."
Fenton's hate-filled display occurred during a protest against the mosque on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11.
At the time he burned the Koran, he was dressed in a blue polo shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap. Not a New Jersey Transit uniform. He was an anonymous citizen acting on his own beliefs. Yet the NJ Transit Authority fired him for his off-hours activities that were in no way connected to his employment or his employer. Seems extreme.
He committed no crime. Violated no law and brought no unwarranted criticism upon his employer. But he was fired. Does his firing mean the NJ Transit Authority favors islam? Does the NJ Transit Authority support the enslavement of women? Female genital mutilation? Marriage of pre-pubescent girls? Is the NJ Transit Authority opposed to Freedom of Religion? Opposed to Freedom of Speech? Seems that way.
People may approve or disapprove of the way he expressed his anti-islamic feelings, but he has the right to do what he did. In response, his employer went way overboard.
Koran burner Derek Fenton fired from his job at NJ Transit
BY Alison Gendar and Pete Donohue
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 7:55 PM
A radical who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero was fired from his job at NJ Transit, sources and authorities confirmed.
Derek Fenton, an 11-year employee at NJ Transit, was fired Monday, the agency said in a statement, two days after he was photographed burning the Koran.
"Mr. Fenton's public actions violated New Jersey Transit's code of ethics," NJ Transit said.
"NJ Transit concluded that Mr. Fenton violated his trust as a state employee and therefore was dismissed."
Fenton's hate-filled display occurred during a protest against the mosque on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11.
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