This story from the UK is both tragic and instructive.
A medical technician killed himself after being suspended from work after someone complained that he made a politically-incorrect joke about a black friend.
Roy Amor, 61, who was devastated at the prospect of losing his job making prosthetics, shot himself in the head outside his house.
So far, it looks like he said something dumb, got a complaint from the person that he said something dumb about, and reacted extremely. But upon closer inspection,
He was facing a disciplinary investigation after suggesting to the black colleague that he ‘better hide’ when they noticed immigration officers outside their clinic.
It is understood that the man was a close friend of Mr Amor and was not offended. However, it was overheard by someone else who lodged a formal complaint.
Five days after his suspension, Mr Amor received an email about the incident from his employers, Opcare, a private company that provides prosthetic and orthotic services to the NHS.
A few hours later police found his body in the road outside his home near Bolton, Lancashire, after being alerted by a neighbour.
So he makes a joke to his black buddy, who wasn’t insulted, and some race busybody (I’m sure some guilt-addled white asshole) narks him.
The black man, who is believed to have attended Mr Amor’s funeral and had known him for many years, is said to be ‘shattered’.
His distraught family believe that what he intended as a light-hearted remark became overblown.
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Mr Amor, a classic car enthusiast, was married to his wife Ann, a former nurse, for 39 years. The couple have a grown-up son and daughter.
Last night, Mrs Amor, who was not at home at the time of her husband’s death, was too upset to comment. Friends said Mr Amor was a highly regarded and experienced prosthetics technician.
So now we have a dead man leaving behind a wife and a couple of kids, a black friend who’s going to need some serious therapy, and some asshole race nark who probably feels great about the whole thing. If there’s no hell, somebody needs to invent it for pricks like that. It’s all about them.
Opcare chief executive Michael O’Byrne admitted that Mr Amor had been suspended over the joke.
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Asked if he had any regrets about suspending him, he replied: ‘I don’t want to comment further.’
Yeah. You already said plenty.
Tags: Progressive Hypocrisy
