Saskatchewan man says treatment of confederate flag unfair, files complaint

[struggle4progress]

Dale Pippin says he filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
CBC News Posted: Jul 21, 2015 6:20 PM CT
Last Updated: Jul 21, 2015 7:59 PM CT

... Beth Bilson, Interim Dean of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, said she would be surprised if the SHRC considered Pippin's complaint for mediation.

"The debate is really about what the flag represents," Bilson said.

"What the media has done, in Canada, is to try and engage people in that discussion," she said. "That seems to be what he is objecting to."

Bilson noted Pippin's complaint letter failed to clearly identify any one person or organization responsible for the offence he claims to have endured ...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-man-says-treatment-of-confederate-flag-unfair-files-complaint-1.3161967

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Shouldn't he be assimilating

to Canada?

[struggle4progress]

4. Maybe they should just send him back to the Neanderthal Museum

[JustAnotherGen]

5. I was going to suggest Cro Magnon

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Huh?

Flag display is a human rights issue? That doesn't even make sense.

[struggle4progress]

3. Making sense may not be one of his special skills

... The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission declined to confirm if it received the complaint, but Pippin has published what he says is the complaint on his personal website. "Both episodes of negative and misleading news 'stories' were an unneeded insult and needless trashing of the Confederate flag. Why is this type of publicly broadcast discrimination being allowed in Canada? Are news agencies not held accountable to slander?" Pippen wrote in his complaint. It also recounts his attempt to buy a Confederate flag from a store in Saskatoon that earlier had publicly declared it would stop selling the item. While business owners certainly have the right to decide what to sell, does a business owner have the right to stop selling something due to bias from the media and personal preference?" Pippin wrote in his complaint ...
Confederate flag supporter in Saskatchewan files human rights complaint
BY THIA JAMES
THE STARPHOENIX
JULY 21, 2015

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. Maybe some day when you grow up to be a big country you can have your own civil war.