Alabama Congressman Says Those Seeking to Remove Confederate Flag Are “Beyond Contempt”

[mfcorey1]

Speaking on a local radio program this morning, Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., criticized the growing call for South Carolina to remove the Confederate battle flag that flies at the state capitol.

Political figures in South Carolina and across the country have demanded that the flag come down in the wake of the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The demand to remove the rebel flag grew even louder over the weekend after the discovery of Dylann Roof’s manifesto, which glorified segregation and featured pictures of Roof posing with the Confederate flag.

Asked by host Matt Murphy about the controversy over the flag, Palmer said the calls to remove the flag came from “people that have an agenda seeking to exploit a tragedy.” He added that, “to me, that’s beyond contempt.”

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/22/alabama-congressman-confederate-flag-removal/

[3catwoman3]

1. Continuing to fly it is...

...what is beyond contempt.

[shenmue]

2. Rep. Palmer can bite me

[randys1]

3. deleted - dont want to say anything bad to these people, need to protect my family

[jeff47]

7. FYI, you need to actually hit the "self-delete" link on the bottom-right of your post

in order for the post to really go away. It'll show the post again, and a big pile of yellow text warning you about the delete. In that yellow text is another link to really delete your post.

Otherwise, everyone can see the original version of the post, and any edits you have made. (It's visible to other readers by following the "permalink" link to the bottom-left of your post and scrolling to the bottom. "Permalink" isn't shown on all views of your own posts)

If you'd like an example, I edited this post so there would be edit history.

[0rganism]

4. apparently, the only time society at large can even question this crap is after a tragedy

that's pretty lame, but it's hardly the only area where there might be some tough after-tragedy questions

"Was it really a good idea to build a nuclear power plant on a fault line?"
"Would we be better off with a strong air-traffic controllers' union?"
"Did Iraq actually have WMDs?"
"Does hydraulic fracturing have an adverse impact on our ground water quality?"
"How long should we really let an interstate bridge go without regular maintenance?"
"Can you please take down the racist traitor flag?"

sometimes, the only way we get change at all is when people with "an agenda... exploit a tragedy".

[myrna minx]

5. It's interesting to watch the poor contemptible racists having to justify their

contemptible, racist, traitorous "heritage". Puke.

[Bettie]

33. And yet

they claim to be "patriots".

Well, you can't be both, you cannot be a patriot in the USA and still cling to a failed rebellion.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Well, let's have a look at this stuck in the 50's shitstain, shall we?

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49 years old.

Never worked hard a day in his fucking life.

Founded and ran a conservative think tank in Alabama for 25 years (as if there would be any other kind in that state)


Hey Gary! You were born in the 1960's, for crying out loud! Smoke a joint, you asshole!

The 50's called. Uhhhh...ummmm.....no, they don't want you either.


(Well, that's very weird! My iPad keeps putting up A Cricket players Wiki page instead of the Alabama chucklehead! Well...google him yourselves!)

[LunaSea]

9. That would be a waste of weed

Your link is to a cricket player, btw.
This is the asshole-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Palmer_(politician)

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. Very strange, that is.

I tried to correct it 4 times, copying and pasting! Oh well. On my iPad. I'll just leave it off.

Thanks.

[hifiguy]

12. An eminently punchable face

that screams Dorkus McGorkus. What a maroon.

[mentalsolstice]

15. Southern Poverty Law Center

Is headquartered in Montgomery, definitely not conservative.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. OK....that's one. Apologies. n/t

[spanone]

8. then i'm proud to be beyond contempt

[Triana]

10. He should stop projecting. n/t

[hifiguy]

11. All I can say to this assklown is

[struggle4progress]

14. Hey, Gary! News flash! The war was over a century before you were born. Your side surrendered.

The winners were really rather nice about the whole thing, considering how nasty the war had been

.. At around 2:00 in the afternoon on April 9, Lee and Grant met at the McLean House in the village with a group of officers. The Union general granted Lee favorable terms of surrender: allowing the men to return to their homes and letting the officers, cavalrymen, and artillerymen keep their swords and horses if the men agreed to lay down their arms and abide by federal law. Grant even supplied food to the Rebels, who were desperately low on rations ... The formal ceremony and collection of weapons took place on April 12 under the supervision of Brig. Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. As ranks of Confederate soldiers came forward to hand over their weapons and flags, Chamberlain ordered his men to salute their defeated adversaries as a gesture of respect ...
www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse/appomattox-court-house-history/appomattoxcourthouse.html

Jeff Davis was never hanged from a sour apple tree

Now, a hundred fifty years later, almost everybody has gotten over it, except for a handful of hateful fringe lunatics who still fondly recall the years of chattel slavery. And it's a sad thing to see you sucking up for the crazy vote, Gary

[pnwmom]

16. delete

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Contempt, Alabama. Population: You.

Sallllll-yoot!

[Martin Eden]

19. I think more Rethugs of like mind should step, say their piece ..............

......... and show their racist stripes.

[Missn-Hitch]

20. Oh no. The south is going to rise again....YAWN.

[FSogol]

21. LOL, For the 153th Consecutive Year, the South Fails to Rise Again

http://www.theonion.com/article/south-postpones-rising-again-for-yet-another-year-377

[Missn-Hitch]

23. Classic. Check this one out.

http://www.theonion.com/article/south-carolina-refuses-remove-confederate-flag-cap-50725

[FSogol]

26. LOL. Thanks. n/t

[heaven05]

22. typical american racist

PIG!!!!

[LibertyLover]

24. Gosh Rep. Palmer -

as a conservative Republican aren't you all about States' Rights? If South Carolina decides to step into the 21st Century and stop flying the flag of a treasonous group, that's their business and not yours. So STFU.

[niyad]

29. a most excellent point.

[Orsino]

25. Beyond the contempt of Rep. Palmer, anyway. n/t

[on point]

27. Yes, they are on the 'Admirable' end of scale, while Palmer lives at the Contemptible end of it

[hobbit709]

28. Alabama congresscritter can perform anatomical physically impossible act on himself.

[1Greensix]

30. CSA was an enemy state

CSA was an enemy state to the United States, even though Lincoln said it wasn't as a way of demonstrating his compassion for the fallen South. Anyone flying that flag is an enemy of the United States, just as if they flew the flag of ISIS, the NVA, or any other avowed enemy. Hundreds of thousands died to make sure that racist rag ended up in the dirt and only Our enemies would even think of picking it back up. I can't help that their ancestors were slave owners or racist rednecks. That's their problem, not mine. They were the enemy and they lost the war. Get over it. If it had been most Yankees at the time, instead of Lincoln, all those racist traitors would have been hung or shot. Any state that flies the flag of the CSA should have all federal funding cut, and we all know the Red states get a lot more federal dollars than they donate to the feds in taxes.

[Adrahil]

31. Fuck him and ALL the neo-Confederates. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

32. Rec for exposure. nt

[spanone]

34. there's one lonely fucking voice of hatred and racism...'THAT'S' beyond contempt

[lastlib]

35. Memo to Mr. Palmer:

It happened.



Take it down. Today.