I really feel like I’m going to throw up. Go read what the guy that took the vid, Ryan Reilly has to say about this. Don’t know about these guys, but that Christian god I’m heard about doesn’t advocate harassing innocent people in his name.
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The only thing keeping me sane is the thought that maybe, maybe people will learn their lesson from these ABSOLUTE IDIOTIC MORONS WITH NO BRAINS OR SENSE. Ahem.
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott welcomed black legislators to lunch Tuesday at the Governor’s Mansion, but his choice of words left some feeling more alienated than ever.
In discussing his own humble origins, Scott implied that all black lawmakers grew up poor.
“I grew up probably in the same situation as you guys,” Scott said to the group of 20 Democrats. “I started school in public housing. My dad had a sixth-grade education.”
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Afterward, she said, “He assumed that everyone [in the room] was poor and that can only be because you’re black.”
Rep. Joe Gibbons, D-Hallandale Beach, said Scott’s choice of words was unfortunate even if he was trying to “empathize” with the black caucus.
“Some of us might be from the projects, but we come from all spectrums of life,” Gibbons said.
“I grew up in the projects, too,” said Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando. “I would hope he would be sensitive to his own background. We don’t want a handout, but some jobs.”
For an hour over lunch, the lawmakers voiced opposition to Scott’s plans to end state support for two historically black colleges, to abolish a state office that helps minority-owned businesses get state contracts and to lower unemployment benefits and health care funding for the poor. They also expressed concern that Scott so far has not appointed any black agency heads and asked him to stop using the term “Obamacare.”
Because it was just too damn good. Via.
Hard to imagine where this came from…
Discrimination, fear of deportation and access to jobs remain key areas of worry among Latinos, though within the group, there are divisions about the depths of those concerns, according to a Pew Hispanic Research study released Thursday.
The national study found 61 percent of Latinos surveyed believe discrimination is a “major problem” that keeps them from succeeding in America — up from 54 percent in 2007.(snip)
Clara said when the economy went south, people tend to panic and look to scapegoat Latinos.
“In good economic times, you don’t hear the rhetoric,” Clara said. “Hispanics have been stigmatized by the anti-immigrant rhetoric. When you can refer to a Hispanic woman’s child as an anchor baby and turn the child into an object … it’s dehumanizing.”
But Clara said the fear of deportation has been driven up by measures like the Arizona law and a bill being proposed by Utah Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem. Both seek to crack down on illegal immigration by using local police to enforce federal laws and deport violators.
I’d give them a couple weeks of community service in some sort of area that would open up their little pickled brains. Idjits.
EASTLAKE, Ohio, Oct. 19 (UPI) — The principal of an Ohio school where students chanted a derogatory term for gays during a football rally calls the incident a “life lesson.”
Jennifer Chauby, principal of North High School in Eastlake, said she met Monday with several of the 300 or so students involved, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports. Chauby said some of the students said they were just going along with the crowd, adding that suspending 300 students would be disruptive.
A video posted on YouTube shows a pre-game rally last Thursday with students chanting “Powder blue,” a reference to rival Willoughby South’s school colors, followed by a derogatory term for homosexuals.
Not as overt as some of the other suicides, but just as poisonous and alot of concentrated hate for just three hours. Hell, we hear worse from our elected (and wanna be elected) politicians every damn day.
NORMAN — A week after attending a Norman City Council meeting where a heated debate played out in public, 19-year-old Zach Harrington took his own life at his family’s home in Norman.
At the Sept. 28 meeting Harrington attended at City Hall, the council acknowledged receipt of a proclamation recognizing October as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History Month in the city. Council voted 7 to 1 in favor of it, with only Councilman Dan Quinn casting a nay vote.
Support for and opposition to the proclamation were fairly even and the public comment portion of the agenda item lasted for three hours — the entire time allotted.
(snip)
One man said he moved to Norman because he thought it was the kind of place that would never accept the GLBT community with open arms. A woman, who described herself as “bi-racial,” said she was tired of the GLBT plight being compared to Civil Rights.
Some of those who opposed the proclamation claimed that members of the GLBT community would use it to infiltrate the public school system, essentially allowing the “gay lifestyle” to become a part of the curriculum.
Others claimed that council recognizing October as GLBT History Month was a waste of their time. Some members of the audience even suggested that any council members voting in favor of the proclamation may have trouble getting reelected.
Numerous residents also claimed the Bible was their guiding light, citing the ancient text as their primary reason for opposing the proclamation and the GLBT community in general.
And for those in attendance, it was hard to ignore the intolerant grumblings, the exasperated sighs and cold, hard stares that followed comments from supporters of the GLBT proclamation.
(snip)
Harrington’s family, who described him as a private young man who internalized his feelings and emotions, said it was this “toxic” environment at the Sept. 28 council meeting that may have pushed their gay son and brother over the edge.
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