You might remember the lady who was thrown off a Southwest Airlines flight for wearing a certain T-shirt. Well, it’s happened again. Destiny Corkle was thrown out of the Social Security Administration office in Joplin, Mo., for wearing the now-infamous “Meet the Fuckers” T-shirt.
The T-shirt bears the message, “Meet the Fuckers,” surrounded by photographs of President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff and former FEMA head Michael Brown. It is a parody of a 2004 movie, “Meet the Fockers.”
When she walked into the building to obtain a replacement Social Security card, the security guard approached her and asked her to leave, Corkle said.
“He told me that wasn’t the appropriate way to talk about the president,” Corkle said. . . .
In a phone conversation Monday, Corkle said [security guard James] Talley and other office officials discriminated against her not because of the language on the shirt, but because of its political message.
Officials wouldn’t comment about the incident in detail, but they said in a statement released last week that it is the office’s policy to provide everyone the best possible service.
“A visitor to our office wore a T-shirt bearing a message generally considered to be offensive to the community we serve,” the statement said. “We offered this individual expedited service and were able to quickly transact her business without disrupting others.”
Even if the shirt was offensive, it is not the kind of speech that government can limit, such as a clear and present danger or fighting words, said First Amendment Center attorney David Hudson. . . .
It is unclear what kind of service Corkle actually received. After the incident, she said that she had been denied service. Then, in a phone interview this week, she said she was forced to stand outside the building before she could fill out her paperwork.
Karen Brown, the Social Security Administration’s district manager, said Corkle’s claims that she was served outside the building were untrue.
“It’s not like she was out in the lawn or anything,” Brown said. She would not comment further on the incident. — Joplin Globe
Now many people commented on the Southwest Airlines story that since it is a private company and not the government, they were well within their rights to deny service to the woman in that story.
This is different; it’s a federal government office.
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Mark J
Nov 03, 2005
Glad you made the distinction between private/government. Most morons in this country would yell “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” about the Southwest Airlines incident. It’s not a trivial distinction, but a lot of people miss it.
Kevin Fields
Nov 05, 2005
But are we so threatened by unpopular opinions that we must take physical action against it? I don’t disagree that in either case they had a RIGHT to do it, but just because one has the right or the power to do something doesn’t mean that it is wise to do so.
Destiny Corkle
Dec 07, 2005
I WAS GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE SO MY POINT OF VEIW LET ME HELP CLEAR IT UP ONE I WAS TO BEGIN WITH DENIED SERVICE HOWEVER I KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO SERVE ME I WAS THERE TO BEGIN WITH TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE! I WAS NOT GIVING FAIR SERVICE EVEN AFTER THAT AND IT WAS NOT ON THE FRONT LAWN BUT IT WAS IT THE DOOR WAY PARDON MY BUT THATS NOT IN THE BUILDING I WAS IN NO WAY A THREAT I NEVER RAISED MY VOICE IT WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THE PLAIN INCEDENT UNTIL LATER I WAS CARRYING MY TODDLER AND WAS VERY INTEMIDATED BY THIS 6′3 OR SO MAN WHEN I MEASURE UP TO ONLY 5′1 IS IT SO BAD IN AMERICA THAT EVEN MY CLOTHES CAN BE A THREAT TO SECURITY AFTER ALL I AM NOW RED FLAGGED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Rich Boakes
Dec 07, 2005
…that’s all the encouragement I need. Queue-jump T-shirts for all my friends this Xmas.
Mat g
Feb 16, 2006
I resently saw a Meet the Fuckers tshirt which was a direct
take off of the meet the flockers DVD cover (loved it )and now searching for this T.
Love M@
Michael Hampton
Feb 16, 2006
Did you try clicking on the link to it?
Mohamed
May 06, 2006
I want to write letter to our staff mention don’t meet your visitors, freinds & relative in you office department, only you have to meet in vistors room or conference room, and also you have to follow him until the company main gate, don’t leave him alon
t.w.moore
Sep 10, 2006
I bought this t-shirt in key west, and if i won the lottery, i would buy one for everyone in amreica who wanted it. you know how the saying goes- “the
truth hurts.”
becca
Jan 15, 2007
it’s ok..actually it’s not her fault at all….stupidity is everyone’s fault..maybe if she took education more seriously(i am referring to her completely misspelled blog and constant misuse of the english language)she may have been able to read what her t-shirt said and realized she offended not only the president but the entire country and those who serve and have served to defend her unappreciated and undeserving right to stand in the very office she recieves her money and benefits “stolen” from tax payers everyday..so she can stroll in to the s.s. office any time of day with her kid hanging off her hip and proudly wear that disgusting and disgraceful shirt and know that i nor anyone in my family would ever stoop to her level or fight for her in any manor..on a battle field or for her rights!!!!!get a life..get some education(sadly,that would be free for you too)and get a job!!!
u r not the world
Apr 18, 2007
So wearing a sarcastic T-Shirt is evil and has to be removed from public, while bombing other countries without good reason and killing thousends of people for mastery and money is OK ???
I’m glad NOT to live in such Police-State!
People; Start to read proper books, start to use your brains. Or change the slogan on your currency to “in rifles we trust, in chaos we believeâ€
destiny corkle
Jun 19, 2007
Hey becca I am not so concerned with spelling i dont have the time but just so you know I am more then educated, I have never excepted a dime from the government My husband & myself have worked my way through school. I didnt just wear the shirt I live the life I work elections, pass out flyers, ride on my canadates float in parades, what about you do you really support your beliefs??? Or do you just try to attact everyone and assume they are stupid!!! Just so you know I went to some of the best schools growing up of course my parents couldnt pay for them so I had to work hard to make it in, And trust me i am better educated then oh i dont know BUSH for one… maybe a stuck up good for nothing like your self wouldnt understand the struggles of the poor but I do yet I have taken care of myself I for your information was refiling for a social security card that they lost in the first place. Dont fight for me I am more then happy to do it for myself! Please continue to follow Your dim-witted president blindly as he runs this country into the ground and I will gladly laugh in your face when my democrates put it back together