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TexasTowelie

(112,236 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 09:03 PM Jun 2019

Mayor Apologizes for Comment About "Killing Out" Gays

CARBON HILL, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of a rural northwest Alabama town who posted online about "killing out" gay and transgender people has posted an apology, after initially denying he was responsible.

WBRC-TV reported that Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers complained on Facebook that "homosexuals lecture us on morals" and "transvestites lecture us on human biology." He also complained about "baby killers" and "socialists."

Chambers wrote: "The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out."

The station reports Chambers on Monday denied writing the comment, which has since been taken down, and then said it was taken out of context. Then he said it was meant to be a private message, not a public post.

"I never said anything about killing out gays or anything like that," Chambers told the station. "If it comes to a revolution in this country both sides of these people will be killed out."

Read more: https://www.apr.org/post/mayor-apologizes-comment-about-killing-out-gays

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Mayor Apologizes for Comment About "Killing Out" Gays (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
WTF is 'killed out?' What does 'both sides of these people' mean? Front and back? CurtEastPoint Jun 2019 #1
Mission accomplished: he got his message out to their base.... keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #2

keithbvadu2

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2. Mission accomplished: he got his message out to their base....
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 09:22 PM
Jun 2019

Mission accomplished: he got his message out to their base....

Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...

Cokie's Law states that it does not matter if it is true or not. It's out there.

Cokie Roberts journalist, author, reporter

Then they can apologize in a much smaller forum.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/14/1501054/-NPR-Admits-It-Has-A-Cokie-Problem

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