Looking at the second of Mazes two facebook accounts there's one post that is longer than others, where he talks about how he got fired from a job at a farm he worked on. It's but a small fragment of his thoughts, but one of the few posts he actually wrote that goes beyond a single sentence. I am going to post screenshots here, and copy+paste the text of what he said, so they stay around the web a bit longer.
He posted it on the 28th of June, 2016.
Really? Does this really have to be what is like in 2016?
Sorry for the rant but I was just fired from one of my first jobs that I actually enjoyed.
I was working on a farm being paid and also being able to have free peas and beans. Then of course I got stung by a hornet and I'm allergic it was right when I got out of work. Oh yeah I got stung twice so more hives yay. My boss came over and said she had to look at the sting sights, there was one on my back and one on my upper leg near my groin. So I'm not out to her and when she looks first at my leg she looks at me then goes behind me and looks at my back. I'm wearing my freaking binder. The ambulance get's there and she tells me to contact her when I feel better. So I did when I was waiting to be discharged and the message I get back is that " Sorry, we do not think you are a good fit to work with us considering what you are chosing to do with your life. Maybe next summer if you are doing better and we're hiring you may come back to work for us."
Did this really just happen, I've gotten prejudice and ignorent comments from schools, teachers, family, and friends who are not anymore but never have i ever gotten fired for being myself. This world is just becoming more closeted more and more.
In comments Mazes friends wondered if this was illegal or not. But Maze told them the job was under the table so there was no way you could call law into the situation. Here are Mazes responses to the comments. I'm going to paste just what Maze said and not everything that all of his friends said, only his responses to them.
...It was under the table. But the thing is I was being paid so much better than any legit job I've ever had.
...Thanks
and even if it was legit I probably couldn't do anything, the law and
discriminitory laws just havn't been set up for the LGBTQ+ community and
race the right way so we get all the help we need. They can just use
excuses saying it's against my religion (i havn't
even practiced in a decade), or it's not because i want to it's because
you make everyone here uncomfortable. They'll always will use excuses to
make themselves look good.
...It's
just how crazy people can be this rude. And she even knows my living
situation and how old i am and she still has the guts to say that i'm
fired for chosing to do "this" with my life.
And here are the screenshots.
I am also trying to create an archive of the post, however the www.archive.is tool does not seem to be working on the the post. It resulted in this link - https://archive.ph/hYDim - but it doesn't show anything. Hopefully this blog post will be enough.
This whole thing makes me sad. I remember how hard it was to find work when I was 16 in Vassalboro. The person that fired him was vague, so it may or not be bigotry, but it was still another shitty thing that happened to Maze. It is good his friends cared enough to say the things they did.
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